I mean NO, JD didn't copy Case. The never got bought out! Heck Case was the victim of a buy out in the 70's and Tenneco didn't buy out IH until 1985!
Kinda funny but most guys don't have a clue. Cat was the first AG tractor made in the US with a diesel engine. So what if it was on tracks. Then Cat had the 1st factor turbo in the early 50's on the bigger D crawlers. Ford had the first power shift called the Select-O-Speed. I don't remember off the top of my head who had the First Live and Independent PTO's. But they were out there before 1950.
Here is the scoop. Oliver, Case, AC, IH and many others failed through the years. Don't mean they were a bad tractor. Just that they had a bad business model that failed the company. CaseIH is not Case and IH combined. It was Tenneco and is now FIAT. AC construction is owned by FIAT too. Ford sold out to New Holland who in turn were bought up by FIAT. Tenneco and later FIAT were smart enough to keep the CaseIH tags on the tractors because of brand loyalty. AC failed. Became AGCO. Now the White and AC names are nothing but a memory. They bought out MF too. So really the only US farm tractor company that still has it's heritage is JD. And no, I'm not a huge JD fan. Just the facts.
If I were to buy a new tractor today under 200HP or so? I'd look at Kubota first. I don't know what I'd do if I needed something larger. AGCO here is a joke because of the dealer. CaseIH I've been hearing a lot of complaints about the newer stuff. And then JD has it's issues too.
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