1952 UK tractor sales figures

samn40 · Feb 7, 2014

I know I go on about Ferguson tractors, but then it is all myself and many other British Farmers know....We were reared on a diet of nearly wall to wall Ferguson tractors. On another forum I visit one of the ex MF guys has just posted some interesting figures of UK tractor sales in 1952, just before Ferguson joined with Massey Harris..............
Total tractors sold= 33188...........
Ferguson TE20 sales= 17335..........
Massey Harris sales= 68
17,335 Fergusons sold left every other tractor brand to sell 15,853 tractors....So Fergson sold well over half of the tractors in the UK that year.......But I still don't know why he sold to Massey Harris????? Sorry, I do not have any figures of what other makers sold that year. Just for comparison, does anyone know how many tractors were sold in America per year around that time?
Sam

rrlund · Feb 7, 2014

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Ted in NE-OH · Feb 7, 2014

1932 and 1933 were tough years, before my time.

Ultradog MN · Feb 7, 2014

Ford built about 100K 8Ns in 52. And a few NAAs - 2000?

LenND · Feb 7, 2014

In the early thirties most family sized farms were still farming with horses. There was only a few tractors being built that were small enough for them. The JD "d" and the IH 10/20 were too expensive for them until the farmers started getting better crops in late thirties.

samn40 · Feb 7, 2014

Out of all the tractors built , how many were sold on the home market? or how many exported? These figures I listed were actual home market sales...Ferguson actually built 69,443 tractors in England during 1952, but only sold 17,335 on the home market.
Sam

RGMartin · Feb 7, 2014

Do you happen to have the numbers for the other British manufacturers?

Ted in NE-OH · Feb 7, 2014

What is the yearly cost for a license plate for a tractor in the UK ?

samn40 · Feb 7, 2014

A license plate is compulsory for to use a tractor on the road in the UK.....The cost of the annual license plate per year is £0.00, yes that's right zero pounds, but I have a hunch that this is a trick to get as man tractors as possible licensed and then it will go through the roof!!.........Sorry, as I said before, I have no other figures for others manufacturers..........
Sam

NY 986 · Feb 7, 2014

Why did Ferguson sell to MH? I recall it had something to do with marketing in terms of implements offered plus combines of which MH was a leader. Also, MH was very dominant in Canada plus other parts of the world. In a way each helped the other out as MH did not have a small utility tractor such as the TO. A merger was considered with Deere during the mid1950's of which Deere was interested in the market reach that MH-F had across the globe but as we all know nothing came of it.

ShadetreeRet · Feb 8, 2014

Good thing nothing came of it, or MH-F would just be two more names in the history books.

ShadetreeRet · Feb 8, 2014

Sam, your opening statement sounds like you are almost apologizing! No need for that, everyone has his favorite tractor, truck, beer, etc. and a true enthusiast makes it his business to be informed about it. I enjoy your posts and the information that you share. Of course, I enjoy statistics on almost any tractor, truck or car.

massey333 · Feb 8, 2014

Ford 8Ns=98500. TO30s=35960 in1952 1953 Ford Jubs.=77,478 TO30s=17,313 in 1953

1952 UK tractor sales figures

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