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The Factory in West Allis

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Topic: The Factory in West Allis

Posted By: boilerpete
Subject: The Factory in West Allis
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2019 at 8:44am

Question for the historians out there.

How many assembly lines for tractors did they have running at a time?

For example, in 1951, when they were producing the U, UC, WF, WD, B, C, CA, and IB, did they produce them all simultaneously, or did they produce U's for a while, then changed the assembly line over to produce UC's?

But, by 1958, they were only producing the D-14 and the D-17. Did they shut the other lines down and lay off all those other workers?

Just curious, thanks.

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Posted By: Sherman Farms
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:59am

When I toured the plant in 1976 they were making the 7000s and 100s on rhe same line.

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