Posted by NY 986 on August 11, 2015 at 11:01:40 from (174.236.32.86):
In Reply to: Re: Allis Chalmers posted by markct on August 11, 2015 at 10:29:55:
The perplexing thing is that overall AC was financially sound going into the 1970's and had farmers buying products across the line but they never advanced the products. Most manufacturers that built forage harvesters had a cut and blow design by the early 1970's but AC did not. If they could have had a late entry but one that had improvements they could have had a a respectable share for that market. I guess maybe it is like Spook said in the recent FNH thread that manufacturers decided there was not enough money in building implements given the cost but yet companies such as Deere, IH, and NH gave it a go for at a minimum of another decade or more with Deere and NH still building smaller implements. AC might have been around a while longer and the face of Agco today if it had been serious about the ag line.
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