The Sandwich company was absorbed by New Idea Farm Equipment who was absorbed by Avco who sold the New Idea part to Agro. Sandwich was located in Sandwich Illinois and New Idea had a manufacturing plant and branch there for many years. I have a business card that I carried when I was a Territory Manger That said New Idea Divison of Avco. They actually manufactured the Lycombing Aircraft Engine. They were a very profitable company and New Idea Mangement had high hopes with the availability of money. This when they bought the Minny Mo Uni=harvestor and redesigned it. They also started selling Irrigation Equip. They rejected getting the Valley line of pivots and stuck with hand move. Boy did they miss the boat. I jumped off of the boat just before Agco came on the sceine. I have alway said if New Idea and Oliver would have joined up it would have been one great Line gitrib
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Today's Featured Article - The Day Mom Drove the 8N - by Brian Browning. My Dad was wanting to put in a garden but couldn't operate the 8N and handle the old horse drawn plow he had found and rigged up to use with the tractor. Well, he decided to go get Mom out of the house and have her drive the tractor while he walked behind the plow. You got to understand that while my Mom is a hard worker who will always help whenever she can... she had never operated farm machinery before that day. Dad got her out there, explained how the clutch was the same as in our o
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