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<DIV>Somewhat of a SWAG, but there were about 4.8 million tractors in the US in
1960, exclusive of garden tractors. Certainly many of the then 30 or more
year old tractors were already gone. So numbers originally produced by
1960 would be higher, call the total 6 million. The annual production
peaked in 1951, just over 600 thousand. It dropped off sharply after
that. I doubt that as many have been built in the 60 years since 1960 as
in the 60 years prior. Call it another 4 million. That puts total US
production in the range of 10 million.</DIV>
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<DIV>What about the rest of the world? Maybe as many more as the US
built? If so, that would put total world production around 20
million. That has to be about the right order of magnitude. Adding
in garden tractors, and even deciding what a garden tractor is will make a big
difference.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jim Becker</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=robinson46176@gmail.com>Indiana Robinson</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 29, 2020 8:14 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [AT] Better build a bigger shed</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Speaking of a billion tractors... Does anyone have a handle on how
many tractors have been built in the world in the last 120 years?
<DIV>I'm not too sure where you would draw a line between "tractors" and "garden
tractors". Parts of the world do a lot of farming with larger two wheel
tractors.<BR>
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<DIV>-- <BR><BR>Francis Robinson<BR>aka "farmer"<BR>Central Indiana USA<BR><A
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