Foreign made tractor

Charlie M · Apr 8, 2010

My old Farmalls are slowly turning into foreign made tractors. I now have a tire made in Poland on my 300U, I just got a regulator made in India for my 300U and a couple of years ago I got a starter made in China for my M (which went bad right after the warranty ran out). What are the chance there was anything made foreign (including the workers) in the US plants when these tractors were made.

Tim(nj) · Apr 8, 2010

Is Canada included as foreign? 60 years ago, that would probably be the only other place IH would have sourced something from for US assembled tractors.

Bill Lisbon · Apr 8, 2010

The factorys where these tractors were made are gone. Check out you tube and see the last days of the Farmall factory.

CNKS · Apr 8, 2010

In the 50's through the merger, some whole tractors were foreign. Some parts were sent over and installed in US factories. Some from England, some engines from Germany, etc. IH was a world-wide corporation. But, IH had control of their parts, unlike the foreign substitutes now. The Asian, Indian aftermarkets you mention did not exist.

CNKS · Apr 8, 2010

I can (and may be) corrected, but I think most of the Canadian production was imported from England, but it was still IH.

JimB2 · Apr 8, 2010

IH Canada had a plant in Hamilton, Ontario. Tractors were not made there but balers, loaders and other farm implements were. IH also made trucks there for a while.
The reason Canada imported so many 30 to 80HP Diesel European farm tractor was the price of farm gas in Canada was almost double that of USA.
When we had a SC and 300U in mid 50s gas was $0.25 a gallon and Diesel was $0.16 a gallon. The 300U was a great tractor but when under heavy load it would burnt 3 or more gallons an hour.
We traded 300U for B414D and doing the same job the B414D would use less than 1 gallon/hour.

The US IH tractor production was mostly gasoline for the 30 to 80HP range where as the European 30 to 80HP was all Diesel. Therefore IH Canada imported the European Diesels to sell in the 30 to 80HP range. Above 80HP, IH Canada sold USA made Diesels.

JimB

36F30 · Apr 8, 2010

The crank bearings in the 10-20 and F/W30 engines are METRIC and according to my bearing guy, who got new ones for me, IH and others like M.M. were importing these big bearings from Japan before the war. Not sure on the other IH engines from this era

Anonymous-0 · Apr 8, 2010

I have a IH B414 and it was made in England. I believe it to be a 1964.

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