Re: MH tractors

Posted by Turke Bros. Farms on August 05, 2006 at 19:53:36 from (205.188.117.14):

In Reply to: MH tractors posted by Red Pete on August 05, 2006 at 18:44:11:

Back in 1939 when Harry ferguson got in bed with Ford, he had a system that marveled anyone in the tractor business, The Ferguson 3pt hitch. He patened under his own name but needed Ford to build the tractor for him, hence the FORD-Ferguson. In 1948 after the death of Henry Ford, Henry Ford II was in charge of the reins of all companies. He claimed ferguson was making more money on the tractors than the Ford goup was and tried to close out Ferguson. So Harry ferguson and his patent went out and made their own version of the Ford - Ferguson. After a long drawn out legal battle over the patent with Ford, Fergusons tractor co. was in peril. With the end of the 1950's in sight the demand for bigger and more universal tractors in demand. His answer was the very rare Ferguson 40, the tractor hit the floors of showrooms with very little interest to farmers. So with a little reserch he found the Massey Harris Tractor Co. Was fighting the same battles, soon a merger was formed and a new product line emerged with tractors on the small scale as the MF -35 to a wide range including some deisel in the MF-85 and 88 series.

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