Case IH combine factory

55 50 Ron · Oct 26, 2017

Where is this factory now? I was looking at a satellite view of East Moline IL and it looks like the area where the factory used to be is just ground left after a bunch of buildings have been torn down. I know it used to be just west of the John Deere combine factory when I visited the area some years ago and did a John Deere tour.

oliverplow · Oct 26, 2017

I think they are built in Grand Island, Nebraska.

showcrop · Oct 27, 2017

(quoted from post at 20:49:26 10/26/17) Where is this factory now? I was looking at a satellite view of East Moline IL and it looks like the area where the factory used to be is just ground left after a bunch of buildings have been torn down. I know it used to be just west of the John Deere combine factory when I visited the area some years ago and did a John Deere tour.

A few years ago I saw a few new CIH sitting outside a building at New Holland in New Holland PA.

DR. EVIL · Oct 27, 2017

the last building on the East Moline plant site, front office building, was tore down and hauled away in about August 2006. Not exactly sure what East Moline plans to do with the site. I lived in East Moline till 1989. I suspect when E. Moline gets some money they will extend the Ben Butterworth Parkway along the river further up river. Just checked Google Earth mmaps, property still vacant.

Last week of January, all of Febuary, and first week or so of March 1977 I worked on the Big Shear line out in the unheated steel stores of the E. Moline plant, just feet from the Mississippi river bank. One week it was so cold, well below zero the 2nd shift forman walked around pouring water on bundles of steel and timed it till it froze solid, took 7-8 seconds. One Friday night 2nd shift and Saturday day 1st shift, my partner and I shoved just over 80,000# of steel thru our 8 ft Cinncinati shear, was the front axle for 815 & 915 combines, held the drive gearboxes.

1Plowboy · Oct 27, 2017

Yes, they build combines and windrowers at a plant on the south side of Grand Island.

blue_tractor_man · Oct 27, 2017

I drove past the plant in Grand Isle last year and saw the combines, but it looked like a small operation.

Dennis K (WA) · Oct 27, 2017

Grand Island, Ne.
We toured the plant in 2013, they were going to build 26 combines that day. Well worth your time to do the tour, about 3hrs. Need to schedule ahead of time.
Dennis

Wayne in NE · Oct 27, 2017

I?m pretty sure that both Case IH and New Holland combines are built in the same plant in Grand Island, NE.

WGM · Oct 27, 2017

I guess to anyone but a red guy it would seem small. I?ve heard the tours are impressive tho.

Dennis K (WA) · Oct 27, 2017

(quoted from post at 09:56:03 10/27/17) I?m pretty sure that both Case IH and New Holland combines are built in the same plant in Grand Island, NE.

You're right Wayne, yellow and red came together on the line
Dennis

IA Roy · Oct 28, 2017

I picked up a load from our drop lot just across the street from there in Grand Island last week, I thought it might be the manufacturing plant. They probably use just in time delivery and have a lot of sub-assemblies built by suppliers, so they don't need near as much space as if they made everything there.

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