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Re: Re: Re: When is model year break on M's
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Posted by Denny Frisk on January 09, 2001 at 14:03:19 from (12.4.181.2):
In Reply to: Re: Re: When is model year break on M's posted by Guy Fay on January 08, 2001 at 11:28:15:
From pictures I've seen the Famall M's & H's were built on what was called "The Start Line" at Farmall in the '80's. It was fed by the transmission lines and engine lines and all the other parts of the chassis were assembled onto the tractor before it was painted. After the paint booth the batteries were installed, the fuel tank placed & plumbed and the tractor was started for the first time. The tractor was sitting on stands on a moving conveyor line. At the end of this line the tractor was picked up by hooks under the side rails and axles shafts from an overhead rail and moved into the repair loop where tests & repairs were done. After this area, the tractors moved down the "Finish Line" where the cabs, sheet metal & tires were put on in the '80's The H's & M's not having cabs & such could be assembled on only the first line which held about 80 to 90 tractors. The line could easily run 150 tractors per 8 hr. shift of the '86 series, so the simple old M's & H's could have approached 175 per shift. I know the Lousiville Super M's were built at 50 per day, but I can't remember if they made 325 or 375 a day at Farmall at the same time. All the Lsl. parts were made at Farmall. And Guy is correct, Nov. 1st was the start of IHC's fiscal year. As far as casting dates being close to build dates, I would be surprised if something like a final drive housing could be machined on only 2 or 3 days. Back in the 40's & 50's everything was machined in several stages on rather manual machines. No CNC's back then! And I wouldn't be surprised if a tractor was built with 6 month old castings either. Farmall was almost 2 million square feet under roof in the '80's and stuff could and DID get lost from time to time. It took SEVENTEEN SEMI's just to keep the place in tires, wheels & rims, EVERY DAY. And just over a semi load of battery's per WEEK.
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