Old IH Pylon building

[Alan Dinan]

This is the old dealership building in Highland, IL. I don’t think I was ever there when it was still in business.

[Drysleeves]

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[Tunneldigger]

It would be great if we could go back to a time when there was more farmers, school districts, and dealers. It is purely nostalgia. We were better off that is for sure. I live in an area where there is boundaries are set by cities and rivers. In my lifetime there has been over 35 farmers in this area. Now there is 7, some due to encroachment but most just quitting. I can't tell you how many had livestock, 2 got cows and no pigs at all now.

[acem]

The old IH dealership I went to in Fort Smith is still a Navistar Truck dealership.

I was driving through North Little Rock last winter and accidentally drove past a building that was obliviously an bbn old pylon building. Still mostly original.

 

[Drysleeves]

1 hour ago, Tunneldigger said:

It would be great if we could go back to a time when there was more farmers, school districts, and dealers. It is purely nostalgia. We were better off that is for sure. I live in an area where there is boundaries are set by cities and rivers. In my lifetime there has been over 35 farmers in this area. Now there is 7, some due to encroachment but most just quitting. I can't tell you how many had livestock, 2 got cows and no pigs at all now.

Three and a half decades of unbridled globalist cronyism where nothing matters beyond the stock price has resulted in all things destructive for the American experience. International Harvester was the first big time casualty.

[IHandJDman]

Manchester Farm Center in North Manchester Indiana is in an old Pylon building.

[1256pickett]

https://www.crexi.com/properties/2595913/new-york-3771-e-main-st-fredonia-ny-14063

This one is for sale. Only $1/2millon. Last use was a Mexican restaurant that didn’t even last a month. The dealership closed late 50s I think?  

[Ihfan4life]

1 hour ago, 1256pickett said:

https://www.crexi.com/properties/2595913/new-york-3771-e-main-st-fredonia-ny-14063

This one is for sale. Only $1/2millon. Last use was a Mexican restaurant that didn’t even last a month. The dealership closed late 50s I think?  

$500,000? That would be a great museum for an IH collection!

[1256pickett]

1 hour ago, Ihfan4life said:

$500,000? That would be a great museum for an IH collection!

My thoughts as well. When I win the lottery. Little bit on the small side but could probably get some land across the road bought to go with it. 

[yellowrosefarm]

7 hours ago, 1256pickett said:

https://www.crexi.com/properties/2595913/new-york-3771-e-main-st-fredonia-ny-14063

This one is for sale. Only $1/2millon. Last use was a Mexican restaurant that didn’t even last a month. The dealership closed late 50s I think?  

So, that's about $25,000/ year in real estate taxes?

[Drysleeves]

1 hour ago, yellowrosefarm said:

So, that's about $25,000/ year in real estate taxes?

Safe bet. You don't actually own real estate because if you fail to pay your yearly tribute to the teacher's unions the pigs will sell you out as "excess property".

[Alan Dinan]

Just got a catalog from Outback Toys. They are selling a pylon dealership building in 1/64 scale. Looks pretty good too!!

[Drysleeves]

It says 14+ so I'm old enough to own one.

Why don't the Spaghetti Benders who own this stuff just get over all the stupid baggage and recognize where this company might be if they just renamed it International Harvester? It so happens they own the naming rights and while they're at it paint the big dog tractors Steiger Green. Turns out you can pick them out from a long ways away which is exactly why the Steiger boys painted them as they did.

[yellowrosefarm]

Something does seem a bit off when you have to have the permission of CASE New Holland to sell a toy reproduction of an International Harvester building.

[Binderoid]

15 hours ago, Drysleeves said:

It says 14+ so I'm old enough to own one.

Why don't the Spaghetti Benders who own this stuff just get over all the stupid baggage and recognize where this company might be if they just renamed it International Harvester? It so happens they own the naming rights and while they're at it paint the big dog tractors Steiger Green. Turns out you can pick them out from a long ways away which is exactly why the Steiger boys painted them as they did.

I don't know.... I think we're better off just living  with the memory.  At least  there is something to point to that wasn't  50% plastic.... the young farmers today don't  have any connection to vehicles that actually  injector  pumps or a  full harness with 8 wires  in it. People are clamoring for the more complicated,  the better. We all have heard of The Great Deere Repair Debacle.... apparently no one was concerned about it because they kept buying the stuff.

International Harvester today would just be  junkified, like what they  did to Cub Cadet....reduced to sharing the showroom floor with whatever cut-rate brands that can be found at city- people stores. They have a horrible  name today.  Im doing a transaxle in a 1050 right now... $1000+ just for a  trans quoted from a dealer.... the tractors are not even  worth fixing. Dealer won't change a broken axle,  just an entirely new unit.

[Drysleeves]

7 hours ago, yellowrosefarm said:

Something does seem a bit off when you have to have the permission of CASE New Holland to sell a toy reproduction of an International Harvester building.

About the only thing intelligent that has come from the Italian ownership is the cost of licensing the IH logo was slashed. Prior to that it was all Deere swag everywhere while almost zero IH logo merch existed because the wizards of smart were too stupid to realize the bennies of free advertising. 

[Dirt_Floor_Poor]

7 hours ago, Binderoid said:

We all have heard of The Great Deere Repair Debacle.... apparently no one was concerned about it because they kept buying the stuff.

I’ve heard a lot about it on the Internet. That’s the only place that it actually exists as far as I know. I personally have installed several engines in late model machines and had no issues whatsoever. Yes, the dealer loaded some software after install. They were glad to do it given the price I paid for the engines I bought from them. If someone buys an unknown machine from an online auction and then has problems, there’s no reason to expect a dealer you’ve never been to or supported to bend over backwards to get the stuff fixed. I can’t load software, it has caused exactly 0 issues. 

[dale560]

43 minutes ago, Dirt_Floor_Poor said:

I’ve heard a lot about it on the Internet. That’s the only place that it actually exists as far as I know. I personally have installed several engines in late model machines and had no issues whatsoever. Yes, the dealer loaded some software after install. They were glad to do it given the price I paid for the engines I bought from them. If someone buys an unknown machine from an online auction and then has problems, there’s no reason to expect a dealer you’ve never been to or supported to bend over backwards to get the stuff fixed. I can’t load software, it has caused exactly 0 issues. 

The software and programming required now for almost every repair on 2010 and later machines precludes a lot of old school mechanically mind3d people from repairing items. Replace a turbo on a new tractor or engine sometimes they need to be programmed. It is the technology we live with now. The latest scuttle butt is on the new gm 5.7 and 6.6 engines you need a scan tool to vent and flush anti freeze. Almost any repair on a new vehicle or machine should involve a scan tool and capture of data before you proceed.

[Big Bud guy]

1 hour ago, Dirt_Floor_Poor said:

I’ve heard a lot about it on the Internet. That’s the only place that it actually exists as far as I know. I personally have installed several engines in late model machines and had no issues whatsoever. Yes, the dealer loaded some software after install. They were glad to do it given the price I paid for the engines I bought from them. If someone buys an unknown machine from an online auction and then has problems, there’s no reason to expect a dealer you’ve never been to or supported to bend over backwards to get the stuff fixed. I can’t load software, it has caused exactly 0 issues. 

Most of this RTR talk comes from people who don’t own anything green and just like taking shots.  I even read on this forum once you wouldn’t be able to change your own oil if big green got their way which we all know is nonsense 

[Dirt_Floor_Poor]

1 hour ago, dale560 said:

The software and programming required now for almost every repair on 2010 and later machines precludes a lot of old school mechanically mind3d people from repairing items. Replace a turbo on a new tractor or engine sometimes they need to be programmed. It is the technology we live with now. The latest scuttle butt is on the new gm 5.7 and 6.6 engines you need a scan tool to vent and flush anti freeze. Almost any repair on a new vehicle or machine should involve a scan tool and capture of data before you proceed.

I really question if most people who complain about it would even tackle any repair, even if it was much simpler. I suppose there are some, but I think most farmers who own/operate new(er) machinery were never trying to do their own repairs anyway. I have a very good relationship with the parts and service manager at my local dealer and I’m not sure if they have ever sold any reman engines to a customer who installed it themselves other than the ones I have bought. I plan to buy the customer version of Service Advisor and see what it’s like. With that being an option, RTR is a moot point in my opinion. 

[dale560]

8 hours ago, Dirt_Floor_Poor said:

I really question if most people who complain about it would even tackle any repair, even if it was much simpler. I suppose there are some, but I think most farmers who own/operate new(er) machinery were never trying to do their own repairs anyway. I have a very good relationship with the parts and service manager at my local dealer and I’m not sure if they have ever sold any reman engines to a customer who installed it themselves other than the ones I have bought. I plan to buy the customer version of Service Advisor and see what it’s like. With that being an option, RTR is a moot point in my opinion. 

If I had new jd or case ih , new holland machines I would definitely have the subscription for both.  1500 a year is nothing if you have a 200,000 machine sitting for a little trouble code. 

[acem]

16 hours ago, Big Bud guy said:

Most of this RTR talk comes from people who don’t own anything green and just like taking shots.  I even read on this forum once you wouldn’t be able to change your own oil if big green got their way which we all know is nonsense 

Don't know anything about new big green tractors, not any near me, but I have friends with new cars and trucks that have oil change notifications in the dash. If you don't have a proper tool the notifications won't quit after you change the oil.

Very annoying

 

[Powered by IH]

You're also supposed to reset the "battery monitoring system" with a scan tool too if you change your battery, that way the car can relearn how to charge the new battery.

Who ever does that?

Also, there usually is a simple way to shut off the oil change light, especially on older vehicles.

For example, Chevy/GMC/Buick? (I think) on earlier 2000's vehicles you turn the ignition on, then push the gas pedal 3 times within 5 seconds and it automatically resets? I don't remember.

Point is, there usually is shortcuts that the consumer doesn't usually know.