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Were the last of the 140's Poor Quality ?

Started by Farmall504#20 , Jul 28 2012 11:58 PM
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#1 Farmall504#20

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Posted 28 July 2012 - 11:58 PM

Ok I was wondering if there was any truth about the last of the International 140 tractors being on the sloppy side.? I've heard that IH knew they were going to stop production of the 140 around 1979 So they didn't worry about making new molds to cast parts on the tractor. Some of the Cast pieces on the last 140's were of really poor quality and did not look as good as years past . Anyone else heard of this.
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 02:05 AM

Since they were going to end Production on the 140 I guess IH didnt want to invest on new casting Molds.

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Posted 29 July 2012 - 05:28 AM

Matt the tooling at Louisville was worn out. The hydraulics on the last 140's were junk. There were a lot of warrenty claims on the tractors. IH didn't want to invest millions in a tractor that they were only selling 2 to 3000 a year and the market was shrinking. The 74 tobacco specials and the 84 bright lightings were eating away at the 140's main market because tobacco farmers were getting bigger. I've cultivated 45 acres of tobacco with a 140. They were a hard riding tractor. Eason
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 05:31 AM

BTW the "new" 140 that has never been in a field at Floyd Bradshuer's has the same steering wheel as the one pictured. Eason
IH stuff I own 4900 dta466,6588,Hydro 86,784,674,966,664,826D hydro,856,656D hydro row-crop utility,2544D hydro utility,1026 gold demo, Farmall 504D, 340(junk) Farmall 100, 1980 Scout Terra diesel,1976 Scout II, 1975 race scout,67 Loadstar,1976 Sundance Loadstar cub cadets; Big Country4x2,2166,782, 682,1250,126, 125, 72,122, 100, original 76, spirit of 76 IH air conditioner, literature, toys and many parts scouts 1992 Ford F-250 7.3 4wd,1983 Ford F-250 4wd with IH 6.9 diesel Used to own a 656 row crop utility, 544D utility, and a 544D Farmall all 3 red and gold demo's and 7288 s/n 18

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Posted 30 July 2012 - 10:36 AM

I need to get down to Floyd Bradshuer's and see it.

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Posted 30 July 2012 - 10:37 AM

They were a good tractor I guess farming was getting larger and tractors like this were not needed as often.

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