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.

 

[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"

 

[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...!