[AT] Of the 10 worst tractors, two were made by Fiat. 4 were from brands eventually acquired by Fiat.

[Howard Fleming]

I was working at a John Deere dealership in the mid 70's, the 2010s were 
NOT liked by the mechanics (to put it mildly.....).

Howard

On 2/12/19 5:37 PM, John Hall wrote:
>
> The little 2010 Deeres are bashed even on the 10/20 series Deere 
> Facebook forum. Those guys in that group are the real deal on that 
> series, helped me with technical info when I rebuilt the 4020 last 
> year. Very little BS there, so if they say those are junk, I believe them.
>
> Dad is 88, spent from 1968-1991 working for an IH dealer. He never 
> cared for anything IH had with a 2 point hitch, nor did he like the 
> brakes (or lack there of) on the 400/450.
>
> My grandmother bought a new 3010. It was probably the worst tractor to 
> come here, but it was also the most abused. It was just too small to 
> be the big tractor. Being the first diesel, it took some getting used 
> to--such as don't use too much starting fluid--they busted a piston 
> trying to pull start it and using too much ether. Of course most folks 
> regard the entire 10 series as lead off batters for the homer the 
> majority of the 20 series hit.
>
> Really hard to pick out the 10 worst. A lot of time it was only 1 or 2 
> things wrong with a model, other times it was just NO dealer network. 
> Basically if it wasn't IH or Deere, everyone here regarded you as a 
> lesser farmer if your tractor was another brand with a dealer hours away.
>
> John Hall
>
>
>
> On 2/12/2019 12:47 AM, James Peck wrote:
>> Two of the 10 were made by Fiat. Another 4 were from brands eventually acquired by Fiat. Amazingly jd has 2 of the 10.
>>
>> Massey Ferguson had a dud. They used a Cat engine. Should have stayed with Perkins.
>>
>> http://www.brushcountryfarm.com/2018/05/10worst-tractors-of-all-time-i-enjoyed.html
>>
>> https://harryferguson.blogspot.com
>> https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5103068/
>>
>>
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