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Mike

09-12-2001 11:31:10




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I was just looking at the new White planters Agco's website.

When browsing, it looks like Agco trashed the White and the Agco Allis tractor lines and replaced them with a Agco Tractor line. This don't bother me much because there hasn't been a true distinctive White tractor since 1992.

They had a Agco tractor history page. This page has a time line of inovations from the past 100 years. I think this page is misleading. Majority of the pictures are AC, but they do have one Hart-Parr. They give no credit to any of the companies that had "Industry Firsts".

I think a person that knows nothing about Agco's history and is looking at this page would think: AC built the first factory just to build tractors, AC was the first to have a 6 speed transmission, and AC was the first tractor tested at Nebraska to have "Live" PTO.

Maybe I am just overreacting, but I think that Agco should give credit to the Companies like Hart-Parr, Oliver and MM that had these firsts in the tractor industry.

I would like to hear your comments.

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Justin Meyer

09-13-2001 15:46:35




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 Re: Agco History Page in reply to Mike, 09-12-2001 11:31:10  
There has been so many things made by these companies and one usally forgotten is that Oliver came out with the bale thrower. Has anyone ever taken time to think how much time is saved, and Oliver never gets credit.



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Mike M (WA)

09-13-2001 08:46:38




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 Re: Agco History Page in reply to Mike, 09-12-2001 11:31:10  
That's one of the problems with corporate takeovers and mergers in general- The new guys rewrite "revisionist history" to best suit their corporate goals, and certainly influenced by whichever company the "survivor" employees were from.

Of course, if we're talking about live PTO, we can't forget Cockshutt!



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