How AGCO Fixed the Biggest Mistake in Tractor Hist
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Topic: How AGCO Fixed the Biggest Mistake in Tractor Hist
Posted By: dfwallis
Subject: How AGCO Fixed the Biggest Mistake in Tractor Hist
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2026 at 8:43pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpN_nFp8cgI" rel="nofollow - Link ------------- 1952 CA13092, CA Pickup Plow, CA Cultivator, CA Two Row Planter, Dunham-Lehr GC78 Disc, Grader Blade, 3pt Fm180 Finish Mower |
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Posted By: EPALLIS
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2026 at 12:18am
| Thanks. Will always appreciate Robert Ratliff. |
Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2026 at 8:09am
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If that isn't a garbage AI-generated video then I don't know what is. There may be some facts in it, but I would be highly suspicious of the content. Definitely fact check it. ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Posted By: bigal121892
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2026 at 8:26am
| Interesting video. I question some of the facts, but can kind of sort it out base on things I already knew. We had a couple of the 9100 series tractors, they were good solid machines; crude compared to the 8000 series, but more rugged in their construction. However, they did not make good yard tractors. The problem in my opinion with Deutz, was they are like most Germans, can't tell them anything. If they had left the tractors orange, I think that would have gone a long ways toward acceptance. Also, I would have tried to mate the 8000 series cab to the White tractor. As far as to why Fendt uses MAN engines, a German company is only going to use German engines, everything else would be considered inferior. |
Posted By: dfwallis
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2026 at 10:12am
I admit I didn't do a good job analyzing whether it was likely AI generated, but it didn't immediately pop out to me when I watched it. If it IS AI FUD, then moderator, please delete this topic :( I did note that it was excessively harsh. ------------- 1952 CA13092, CA Pickup Plow, CA Cultivator, CA Two Row Planter, Dunham-Lehr GC78 Disc, Grader Blade, 3pt Fm180 Finish Mower |
wjohn wrote:Posted By: AMDG
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2026 at 10:21am
Not knowing a whole lot of the AGCO history, I did learn a few more things. So AI or not,thanks for the link. Having some German in me, I can also relate to that stubborn trait  ....------------- Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2026 at 1:49pm
| The 9100 series tractors had a lesser cab and no Power Shift transmission as compared to the 8000 series. Whatever else was said about operational "noise" was total BS. |
Posted By: SilverShoes
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2026 at 3:52pm
| Actually…we had a 9170 and that tractor was a beast. It had a much better Fwd axle and the engine was a beast. We never had a cooling issue. It was green and our dealer repainted it orange to our delight. But there was not small or less than other makes on that tractor compared to other makes of their day. Wish I still had it around. It was very dependable and didn’t have all the electronic BS like the newer equipment has today. Oh yeah and sipped fuel. We pulled a 30’ Great Plains notill drill back in the day and that thing was an absolute tank. It would’ve brought the front wheels off the ground on a 8070. The 9170 pulled it around like a champ. |
Posted By: tbran
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2026 at 10:01pm
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I would not give this paper a passing grade if handed to me. About 65% correct. ------------- When told "it's not the money,it's the principle", remember, it's always the money.. |
Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2026 at 10:23pm
There are quite a few of these YouTube videos popping up about various "eras" of equipment manufacturer history. They are fairly easy to spot by the entire channel being all of these type of videos, the "narrator" voice, as well as the random footage that doesn't make sense... Like the much older Deutz tractors being shown over and over as the narrator talks about how the green tractors were invading the US (in the 1980s). Random footage of guys meeting in boardrooms... etc. etc. I would vote to leave this post up as a good reminder to everyone to be skeptical about what you see. ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |