[AT] Bringing tractor production to the USA

[Mark Johnson]

But don't let that secret out - that it could have been diagnosed by 
smartphone and the sensor might well have been a user-replaceable item. 
[If it wasn't, it's because they designed it not to be easy to change 
out...]

Mark J

Resident cynic


On 10/18/2019 8:31 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> There was not enough profit in Ag equipment for Cat.   The new Cat is 
> not your fat her's Cat!!!!    To paraphrase an old Oldsmobile 
> advertisement....   My contractor friend is working on a project SW of 
> OKC about 70 miles.   It is literally in the middle of nowhere...   A 
> 325 Cat trackhoe was throwing an engine code.   The machine has only 
> 270 hours on it, but is out of warranty.  They had to call Cat to 
> repair it.  Cat serviceman spends about 2 hours on the machine and 
> replaces a $100 sensor. Service time cost was $200, travel cost was 
> $400 !!!!  This one of those that can diagnose and transmit the 
> problem via smartphone..
>
> My old E110B  just has a very annoying buzzer that I push a button to 
> silence.......
> Cecil
>
> On 10/17/2019 11:21 PM, James Peck wrote:
>> Cat sold the whole ag equipment product line.
>>
>> https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1008629432213684440
>>
>> [ Carl Gogol] I had thought that Agco had built challenger for Cat-  
>> could be wrong.
>>
>> [James] When Agco bought the Challenger brand from Caterpillar, they 
>> expanded the plant in Jackson and moved tracked Challenger production 
>> there. Assembling the wheeled tractors at Jackson required another 
>> plant expansion.
>>
>> [ Jason] Most manufacturing plants are located these days where the 
>> largest market for those exists. From there they are shipped around 
>> the world. Large frame tractors are built in the US for Deere, CaseIH 
>> and New Holland.  It makes sense for Agco do to the same.
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