Early one eighty vs Landhandler one eighty

contrary to what the facebook groups say Ed is right, it was a decal for an advertising campaign.

I've got a pretty extensive collection of advertising literature. The very first One-Eighty literature that was printed was 6 pages and dated 7-1967.  Next literature was 16 pages and dated 5-1968 and remember no gasoline models were even offered at that point.  12-1968 was a 2 page (front and back) info sheet on the new "gasoline" model One-Eighty.  Next literature book included both gas and diesel models and was also 16 pages and dated 6-1969.  Finally in 03-1971 there was a 6 page booklet that called out the One-Eighty "Landhandler" tractor !!  So, that would have occurred at about s/n 180-10,600 and newer. Interestingly, on the same date, the One-Seventy became a Landhandler" too !!  The only thing I saw different was an optional factory cab on the One-Eighty, which hadn't been shown before. All other standard and optional equipment seems to be the same. Remember, the 185 started out in 5-1970, so when the One-Eighty Landhandler version was released, they were making both models at the same time. All of these dates are what is printed on the literature themselves.

Edited by DrAllis - 25 Oct 2023 at 6:13pm

Dr. Allis can you give us a run down of the crop hustler history and meaning/differences?

 The first 185 Crop Hustler diesel tractor advertising literature was dated 05-1970. Next book was 10-1973 and were still Crop Hustlers. By 12-1973 the Crop Hustler designation was gone in advertising literature.       The first 175 diesel Crop Hustler literature was also 05-1970 same as 185. Next literature was 03-1971 and still a Crop Hustler. In 07-1973 still Crop Hustler. But, in 02-1974 we now have the gas engine available and Crop Hustler is gone. The Crop Hustler models also included the horizontal racing stripe under the 175 or 185 designation alongside the radiator.

Edited by DrAllis - 26 Oct 2023 at 7:33am

In my opinion, Id much rather run a One Eighty all day than a One Seventy--- the racing stripes ,, WTF in my opinion

In the late 1968/1969 era, I know my Uncle paid $5,400 for his new One-Seventy gasser. Depending upon what options you got, most new iron at that time seemed to be $100 to $110 per PTO HP.   Dad paid $5,000 for his Series 4 in October of 1967.

I thought there was a difference in the tractors, like when they cheapened them up and dropped the four headlight forward down to just two headlights and redesigned the dash and put on a different seat, etc.

We bought anew 190xt series 3 in 72,never had the landhandler sticker. Bought another 190xt series 3 in 2001,it was a 68 year model never had the landhandler decal either. Maybe the australian imports missed out on the decal upgrade😀