[AT] Statistics In Tractor Manufacturing

Cecil Bearden crbearden at copper.net
Sun Sep 15 07:22:31 PDT 2019


 From my investigation and experience, I think the tractor was 
originally sold to a county and used mainly for mowing roadsides or it 
was used by a contractor mowing highway roadsides for the state.  The 
state now mows the roadsides again as the contractors could not make 
enough money doing it.  It was a boondoggle by a former governor who 
thought he could streamline the ODOT.   They sold all their mowing 
tractors retired a bunch of mechanics and now 25 years later they are 
back to mowing.  At 2500 hours on the meter it had a failure that 
usually happened with that engine at 8000 hours.   Several of these 
tractors have been in service in the UK with over 14000 hours on them 
and no major repairs.

The OKla DOT specifies a single axle IHC dump truck that is their main 
utility vehicle.   It has a 4 yd bed with a 5 speed trans and a 2spd 30K 
+/- axle geared for 60mph top speed.  Then use a DT360 diesel engine.  
Most would spec the DT466 engine, but with the DT360 and the low gearing 
the truck will last over 600000 miles in severe service.  I have loaded 
7 yds of shale on mine and hauled it for short distances.

Cecil

On 9/15/2019 8:23 AM, James Peck wrote:
> It was probably a money pit from day one. All the fraudulent actions they undertook were to get out from under it.
>
> [Cecil Bearden] The New Holland Money Pit is what it is because somewhere in its history the hour meter was turned back.  New tires were installed and it was made to look like a 5 yr. old tractor with about 200 hrs. per year.
>
> [ James Peck] <snip> The same (Weibull] distribution probably predicts that Cecil’s New Holland money pit will continue to be so and will suffer an early demise. <snip>
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