Gord Baker
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Mismanagement and lack of innovation. I think they are still made in Inda.
Some models are made in India but MF is part of AGCO now and not being mismanaged. They have tractors built all over. Many of the CUTS are made in Japan by Iseki. They are popular around me on farms as we have a good solid dealer 10 minutes from my house. Many farms that had been green, are now rung MF red.Mismanagement and lack of innovation. I think they are still made in Inda.
Yep, Massey/Hesston makes some of the best hay equipment in the world.People don’t realize that Massey Ferguson makes discbines, balers, combines, rakes, tedders and dozens of other farm machines Kubota don’t make.
Its all about dealership dominance in specific regions.Yep, Massey/Hesston makes some of the best hay equipment in the world.
And I was surprised to see there are still a LOT of Massey combines running in western Canada.
Don't forget the following Massey-Ferguson utility tractor's from the mid 50's to the early 60's which were the M-F 35, M-F 50, & the M-F 65's. I still see allot of these being used on farms around the world. & I still operate a 1959 M-F 50 gasser yearly; Maybe not for farming, But for spliting wood, skidding logs, & occasionally for grading a gravel road. & she works right alongside my 2018 M-F 1526 CUT.English United States
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Mf has had some great utility tractors 135, 165, 175 Then made some mistakes when the went to the 235 as the new "heavy duty" steering box was weak and had a lot of failures then came the 230 and 245 with hydrostatic steering. the 265 and 275 were also good utility tractors.
With the big tractor MF has a lot of issues when the 2000 series came out, they had great innovations though like the "electric" over hydraulic three point hitch. After the failures they quickly jumped to the 3500 seris.
After that I lost track of what Massey was building as I changed jobs.
As for dealers they like everyone else have pushed for the multistore dealers and sales quotas, so many of small local dealers just closed up.
The dealer I worked at held the distinction of being second in sales to a much larger, more progressive dealer. Not selling tractors or equipment but combines. When he passed in 93 (?) the dealership closed and was bought by an equipment jockey, who has really expanded the lot.