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Agco 30 years old

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Topic: Agco 30 years old

Posted By: DougG
Subject: Agco 30 years old
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2020 at 6:05pm

Gee wizz time is flying ! Allis Gleaner Company turns 30 years old, Ratliff sure was smart to get this company from Deutz Allis, I feel -if only that plane hadnt of crashed ORANGE tractors and equipment would still be rolling out maybe even saying Allis Gleaner on them , i highly doubt that but - if only

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Posted By: JohnColo
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2020 at 8:10pm

Time flies! I keep hoping that some day the orange tractors will make a comeback. They may just be electric powered just like 60 years ago.

Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 9:01pm

I thought your 'Agricultural Company' was only a few years old !

Posted By: EPALLIS
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 9:11pm

Yes Doug, that darn plane crash was the nail in the coffin for the orange tractors coming back. It was so unfortunate that had to happen. Ratcliff was a really good guy too. I wrote AGCO several times and a few times I received signed personal letters from him. He really cared about his customers, especially the long time A-C ones. I still read them from time to time and wonder. What if..........

May they all rest in peace as it's up to us to keep Allis-Chalmers hard at work and on the job by saving as many of them as we can.

Thanks for your post. Happy New Year!