Big Case tractors

[oldnslo]

I did some topographic surveying in front Caterpillar plant when they first started making Challengers. I’m not even sure where it was, I was working for our Rockford Illinois office, it was maybe east of Rockford. That was the first I’d ever seen a tracked ag tractor. My memory was it was a smaller plant but they had a bunch of them outside, maybe this was late 80’s early 90’s.

Dekalb - sycamore Illinois was the challenger assembly plant that I knew of. There could have been others.

 

[dodge man]

Dekalb - sycamore Illinois was the challenger assembly plant that I knew of. There could have been others.

That sounds right, it seems like it was out in the middle of nowhere.

 

[MossRoad]

Saw this today on a construction site. Big tracked Case IH tractors pulling scraper pans. It used to be the tracked Challenger tractors doing this but lately it’s been tractors more like these . The building an area for staging and storage for a new power line project. I assume storm water detention is what the big hole is for. I believe there were 5 of these rigs running around.
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Yep. That's similar to what they did to level the ground for the battery plant and data centers going up near us.

 

[Hay Dude]

Dekalb - sycamore Illinois was the challenger assembly plant that I knew of. There could have been others.

That sounds right, it seems like it was out in the middle of nowhere.

They have a plant in MN and a plant in GA.
My big Challenger was made in Duluth, Georgia.
They also have the Hesston plant in Kansas.

My small Challenger was assembled in France, but has CAT 3056 American engine.

 

[oldnslo]

They have a plant in MN and a plant in GA.
My big Challenger was made in Duluth, Georgia.
They also have the Hesston plant in Kansas.


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My small Challenger was assembled in France, but has CAT 3056 American engine.

The CAT Challenger plant was in Dekalb - Sycamore , Il area. AGCO moved it to Jackson, MN when they purchased it.