Re: Farmalls Vs the Johnny Poppers

Posted by Hugh MacKay on February 03, 2004 at 04:58:20 from (209.226.247.176):

In Reply to: Farmalls Vs the Johnny Poppers posted by Ron H. on February 02, 2004 at 05:50:41:

Ron: Back in the era you speak of IH and Deere enjoyed roughly 80% of the market split evenly between them. Sure the Ford 8N had the highest sales of any tractor, but remember 8N was all they had. IH and Deere were each producing 4 times as many tractors as Ford. IH and Deere each had almost complete lines of equipment as well. IH was ahead of Deere on some things and vise versa.

So why did things go as they did? Simple, it was that dealer network, that guy right in your hometown that made the tractor what it was. If you take any 10 year period between 1940 and 1960, IH and Deere each sold in excess of 3/4 million tractors. No one else even came close. Who are we to question the decissions of 1.5 million plus new tractor buyers? I see only roughly 70 responces to this question. The farmers from that era also probably had the highest disposable incomes of anytime during the 20th century, factoring in inflation of course.

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