Georgia and tractors

[smibota]

Why are so many tractors made/assembled in Georgia?
It seems that any tractor manufacturer I read about is there!

 

[paulharvey]

Well, it has good ports available, fairly low taxes, fairly cheap labor, a pro business type goverment, large agricultural sector, good weather, one of the largest farm/a shows at Moultrie, ect. The only thing it lacks might be the foundry to actually make parts, but those parts aren't made here in US anyways.

 

[beemerphile]

...The only thing it lacks might be the foundry to actually make parts.

That is also one of the main reasons we lost the War Between the States. The north had all the foundries. Georgia competes hard with tax incentives for new industry. Alabama and South Carolina do as well. LS got incentives from North Carolina (but lost some of it when the predicted number of jobs did not appear). It just depends on how the bidding turns out (plus how the new company factors in the criteria that paulharvey mentions). It is not just tractors, but everything from Glock pistols to automobiles.

 

[jeff9366]

Why are so many tractors made/assembled in Georgia?
It seems that any tractor manufacturer I read about is there!

Who besides Kubota? And where?

 

[MikeInEburg]

That is also one of the main reasons we lost the War Between the States.

I thought it was called "the war of northern aggression"

 

[paulharvey]

That is also one of the main reasons we lost the War Between the States. The north had all the foundries. Georgia competes hard with tax incentives for new industry. Alabama and South Carolina do as well. LS got incentives from North Carolina (but lost some of it when the predicted number of jobs did not appear). It just depends on how the bidding turns out (plus how the new company factors in the criteria that paulharvey mentions). It is not just tractors, but everything from Glock pistols to automobiles.

For some reason Jacksonville, FL actually dropped out of the running for the BMW plant that ended up in Savanna. Most if not all the west coast, North east, and rust belt have high taxes, lots of unions, and other negative factors.

Now that most of the scrap steel is sent to Asia (not just China; Korea, Japan too) industry is less tied to the old industrial centers around the great lakes.

 

[smstonypoint]

For some reason Jacksonville, FL actually dropped out of the running for the BMW plant that ended up in Savanna. ?

Has BMW opened a new plant or are you thinking of the current plant in Spartanburg, SC? I have read that BMW is thinking about adding an engine plant in the US or Mexico.

Steve

 

[nolewatcher]

jeff9366, my JD 5420 was made in Augusta Georgia, so I know Kubota and John Deere at least are in Georgia.

 

[travlitt]

Who besides Kubota? And where?

Branson .......2100 Cedartown Highway Rome, GA

 

[jeff9366]

Kubota, Deere and Branson; that qualifies as a cluster.

 

[smibota]

Yanmar...Atlanta Georgia
I want trying to start a civil war, just asked a simple question! I never mentioned the word "cluster"
Man no wonder guys get aggravated on these forums.

 

[k0ua]

I thought it was called "the war of northern aggression"

"that recent unpleasantness with the north"

 

[smstonypoint]

Why are so many tractors made/assembled in Georgia?
It seems that any tractor manufacturer I read about is there!

Kubota, Deere and Branson; that qualifies as a cluster.

Yanmar...Atlanta Georgia
I want trying to start a civil war, just asked a simple question! I never mentioned the word "cluster"
Man no wonder guys get aggravated on these forums.

I don't understand your aggravation. It seems to me that "business clustering" (Business cluster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) offers a possible answer for you initial question.

Steve

 

[smibota]

So then maybe the answer should have read: "its a business cluster... That's why!"

 

[paulharvey]

Has BMW opened a new plant or are you thinking of the current plant in Spartanburg, SC? I have read that BMW is thinking about adding an engine plant in the US or Mexico.

Steve

Perhaps that was it, it had though it was in Savanna, but I very well might be wring.

 

[smstonypoint]

So then maybe the answer should have read: "its a business cluster... That's why!"

If you expect fully-developed responses in every post, you are going to remain aggravated/frustrated.

Steve

 

[GManBart]

AGCO (Massey Ferguson, etc) headquarters is in Duluth, GA, but their U.S. plants are in Kansas and Minnesota.

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

CNH was doing compacts in GA, although I'm unsure if that's continued.

 

[/pine]

...The north had all the foundries...

Things would have turned out a lot different if the South would have been able to produce some cannons...!

 

[kenmac]

Things would have turned out a lot different if the South would have been able to produce some cannons...!

More men to shoot them would have been a big help as well