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rrlund

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There was a post a few days ago about the popularity of "green" tractors when most folks grew up on "red" ones. Just happens there were some stats about that in the Hart Parr Oliver Collector that came the other day. It gives the market share for 1947 sales of full line companies. IH was at 22.8%,Deere 15.3,Case 7.0,Allis 6.8 and Oliver 4.2. Guess maybe if you combine the green of Deere and Oliver,you get close.
 
I noticed that myself.I don't know if it was just that they stopped when they got to Oliver at number 5 or if Ford just wasn't considered a "full line" company at the time.
 
I wonder if the tractor companies were up to speed by 1947. Most had converted to war production and during and after the war tractors were in short supply. My grandfather needed a new tractor and wanted a farmall but couldn't get one so bought a JD A instead in '48. If the manufacturers had been able to supply demand I wonder if the numbers would have been the same or would IH have sold more and Deere less.
 
Local lawer in town who collects some items related to the town history has yardstick from the local Oliver dealer. On the other side he also advertised Ferguson tractors probably because he wanted a utility tractor and did not have one at that time. I am not sure he old sold any. This would be a little later than 47.
 
I would suspect that if you were talking tractor sales alone, Ford would have ranked number 3 at that point in time.
All one need to do it look at the proliferation of "N's" that remain out there today...
Around here at least, there are more of them than anything else, but IH did have a very strong following here too.
There never was a Deere, Oliver or Case around here in those days...
Here it would have been IH, Ford, Cockshutt and Massey Harris.

Rod
 
Around NE Ohio, and Western PA, the farm equipment was a almost either IH or Deere tractors for main equipment and a Ford here and there as secondary power. There was a sprinkling of AC and Case
 
I was there. There was a lot of little grey Fords in my part of the country. Had a local Ford dealer who would fly a part out to you, land his J3 Piper Cub in the field.
 
Hey Rod, up in this area it was Massey Harris, IH, Ford and nothing else. The Massey Harris's make up probably 75% of the early post war tractors right in this area.
 
do you think it was because Ford may have had a reputation from their "plow car"?http://www.yesteryearmachinery.org/fordtractorhistory.pdf
 
I grew up in North Central Ohio in the 50's. There were more IH than anything. Maybe next would be Allis and Deere. Quite a few Olivers and a few Case and Massey. The Fords I remember were usually second tractors with a loader on them. Really depends on where the strongest dealer was.
Paul
 
In SE Michigan, Ford was huge. A lot of Ford employees farmed on the side or had relatives that did. Ford had a "A" plan for tractors. Ford employees could buy a Ford tractor at a nice discount, financed thru Ford credit, and done thru payroll deduction. Ford built tractors in SE Michigan until the 80's. After that IH was pretty big, but nothing like Ford. I worked for GM, and we had lots of shop mules, all Fords.
 
I grew up in Ohio near Akron, Medina, Wadsworth area and our tractors were Farmalls. neighbor to north had green JD neighbor to west had an Oliver. I went to the IH show in Chicago in 1946 (14 yrs old) with a bunch of farmers froom my area and they had lots of tractors abd equipment to see. Grandad bought an M for 47 delivery. Bought an H in 48. Henry
 
I this area "Huntington WV" it was FORD , Massie Harris,Case,Oliver & last was I/H . there were very few Deer Johns. The first tractor I rembember seeing was a 48 8-n One of my uncles bought new. I know where that tractor is today would like to own it but will neaver happen. I can rembember Travling to the Johntown area of Ohio to an uncles . They used Cats & John Deeres to plow those large fields . You could hear them going all night long till the fields were plowed.
 
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