Neil you certainly had my interest up talking about tractor manufacturing in Burlington, Vermont as I live an hour away. No tractor mfg here but we do have a large number of microbreweries. I’ll buy the first round.
Neil, Great video. However what is not mentioned is that New Holland is an Italian owned company, and that’s where the profits end up. Orange, Red, and Blue all make an excellent product, but for me, where the profits end up is a major consideration.
You bring up a good point. Unfortunately so many products have global ties ($$) somewhere. At least offshore companies are recognizing the benefits of manufacturing in the US which generates employment and dollars into our economy. As is said, there is no free lunch. Whenever possible, I look for US owned and operated companies too.
While, yes, there are still manufacturing plants in the US, not many of them are all in house manufacturers, more like outsourced assembler plants where most if not all the parts are brought together and assembled. Great example is Ford. They "used" to manufacture all the parts from the tires to the windshields, but today the only manufacturing they do is the shell of the vehicles. Just about all the rest of the components come from 3rd party, mostly overseas or south and north of the border. It's the outsourced manufacturing that is the key issue here, and has been the Achilles heel these past couple years. How many parts are all in house at New Holland? The more of it, the closer to a true manufacturer they are.
Where is the PowerStar series of tractors made? I've been looking at the PowerStar 75 for a couple years. Eventually we will grow into the necessity of that upgrade.
Fargo was the Steiger plant and Racine was the main headquarters and manufacturing plant for Case. Everything I see here coming from Fargo is red. I did not realize they painted some blue as well. You sell both don't you Neil?
@@MessicksEquip I'll agree it's not always cut and dried, and there are a lot of other legitimate considerations when buying a tractor in that class. But that's a bit like saying Ford trucks aren't really built at Ford's Kansas City assembly plant since the engine or transmission itself, as a sub-assembly, isn't built there. In Augusta, GA, Deere compact tractors start from a bare frame and are assembled / built into a tractor on-site. In a global economy with wide-ranging supply lines, I don't think we'll ever again get closer than that to an American-made small tractor. I'll bet even the big boy New Holland equipment in this video source a few nuts and bolts from somewhere over the pond.
That's awesome
BTW, the new intro is very well done and modern while respecting the old familiar spot. I like it. But I miss the speedy little blue tractor 😊
Support North America as much as possible.These at home jobs support smaller communities,your neighbors and help keep our economy rolling.Great vid.
Thanks Neil
Neil you certainly had my interest up talking about tractor manufacturing in Burlington, Vermont as I live an hour away. No tractor mfg here but we do have a large number of microbreweries. I’ll buy the first round.
Yeah, may take me a while to live that one down. Burlington Iowa apparently.
That T8 looks way bigger than the M6 we just got in. .. that front tire was almost as tall as you 😮
Surprised equipment out of the Grand Island, Nebraska plant wasn't talked about. I got to tour it and see the combines and stack cruisers being made.
Iowa, not Vermont. The CNH backhoe plant is in Burlington, Iowa, not Burlington, Vermont.
Ben and Jerry’s ice cream used to come out of Burlington, VT. Maybe that’s the confusion. 😂
Neil,
Great video. However what is not mentioned is that New Holland is an Italian owned company, and that’s where the profits end up. Orange, Red, and Blue all make an excellent product, but for me, where the profits end up is a major consideration.
There's truth to this, profits though are a sliver of the piece of the pie.
You bring up a good point. Unfortunately so many products have global ties ($$) somewhere. At least offshore companies are recognizing the benefits of manufacturing in the US which generates employment and dollars into our economy. As is said, there is no free lunch. Whenever possible, I look for US owned and operated companies too.
While, yes, there are still manufacturing plants in the US, not many of them are all in house manufacturers, more like outsourced assembler plants where most if not all the parts are brought together and assembled. Great example is Ford. They "used" to manufacture all the parts from the tires to the windshields, but today the only manufacturing they do is the shell of the vehicles. Just about all the rest of the components come from 3rd party, mostly overseas or south and north of the border. It's the outsourced manufacturing that is the key issue here, and has been the Achilles heel these past couple years. How many parts are all in house at New Holland? The more of it, the closer to a true manufacturer they are.
Been waiting 4 months for a shaft for our tractor's front hub.
Interesting
Where is the PowerStar series of tractors made? I've been looking at the PowerStar 75 for a couple years. Eventually we will grow into the necessity of that upgrade.
they’re made by Turktraktor in Turkey
Fargo was the Steiger plant and Racine was the main headquarters and manufacturing plant for Case.
Everything I see here coming from Fargo is red. I did not realize they painted some blue as well.
You sell both don't you Neil?
We did, until Case decided otherwise.
@@MessicksEquip That's too bad. Can I still get IH parts from you?
Yes, we still have a parts contract
Now do New Holland _compact_ tractors. Is that allowed?
Not made in the USA, wasn't the point of the video
What about the boomers? My understanding is they are repainted LS or another brand
My NH TC35 is made in Korea by LS. I guess it's a Boomer and it's been a great tractor.
Tc35 is Japanese, made by shibaura
I live in Wichita ks 😂
Global companies, global part network... remember that! Might have components made right here in the US, but the next can come from China.
Their mini excavators are made by Kobelco
Not any more.
I think the current mini excavators are made by Hyundai
@@johnkirkham4233 They are.
25-50 hp tractor built in the us? Kubota and anybody else?
I assume these are assembled in the US with globally sourced parts. Like most everything else.
Nothing that size is made in the USA by anyone.
@@MessicksEquip aren't Deere's 1R through 4R series built in Augusta, Georgia?
@@garrettholmes3270 It depends what you mean by "built". There are assembly lines that bolt together large assemblies made by other companies.
@@MessicksEquip I'll agree it's not always cut and dried, and there are a lot of other legitimate considerations when buying a tractor in that class. But that's a bit like saying Ford trucks aren't really built at Ford's Kansas City assembly plant since the engine or transmission itself, as a sub-assembly, isn't built there. In Augusta, GA, Deere compact tractors start from a bare frame and are assembled / built into a tractor on-site. In a global economy with wide-ranging supply lines, I don't think we'll ever again get closer than that to an American-made small tractor. I'll bet even the big boy New Holland equipment in this video source a few nuts and bolts from somewhere over the pond.