Pictures from the Agco Tractor Plant in France

I just don't understand. If AGCO can build a red tractor, then a yellow one that has different sheet metal, different cab top, and fenders and different wheels, why not make all the parts the same and just paint different colors. It wouldn't cost as much to change the color as it does to have all the different pieces of trim.
 And the sign I notice has no orange on it.


Edited by CTuckerNWIL - 04 Oct 2010 at 11:39am

Charlie, that would be way too easy.......

Edited by Dave(inMA) - 04 Oct 2010 at 12:46pm

I saw a presentation on the cab top at a conference.  They are all made as just minor variations of the same design by the supplier.  Keeps costs down but lets each brand have a different look.  

Your "AG Company" my behind, how long till the ex flooring salesman retires?

I will never forgive Richenhagen for thrusting this upon us.

We toured the plant in 2000 and it was impressive then.

You can get an orange tractor made by AGCO but it's a Valtra.  You can get Valtra in I think seven different colors or something like that.  Why didn't they do that with AGCO?  I have never got a good reason for them not to make an AGCO tractor with several different heritage colors.  Trimming down the lines for money savings is BS.  I thought they did it so they could get rid of some lower producing dealers but it seems like, at least around here, all of the dealers were retained.  So now I think it's just a European trying to screw Americans.  So, I move on.  I may buy AGCO-Allis tractors to get the air cooled diesels and get my parts for them from the Deutz dealers of which I have two that are closer to me than AGCO.  Anyway, I digress. 

AllisFreak MN wrote: Massey sucks.

 

The pictures got me to thinking I wonder if all these tractors in the photo's are ones that are not sold yet and all the orange ones have homes here in the states? 

Does anyone know if that plant is just an assembly plant or do they actually manufacture part of the tractors, like the transmissions/rear ends there? Place looks pretty neat and clean, no smoke stacks or dirty buildings.

This is a manufacturing building, they build the smaller rearend and transmissions here plus assemble all the tractors over 90HP to 275hp.  The CVT transmission and rearends are built in the Fendt factory in Marktobodorf (sp) Germany.  And the AGCO Sisu engines are built in Finland.  I have been to all but the Engine plant and my brother has been to all.  Very impressive factorys

Rick, you wouldn't complain about the 5445?!

Don't you know that Massey causes bad knees, deficit spending, genital warts, global warming, etc.?  Everything is Massey's fault.  If you paint it orange though, it will all change as somehow the orange paint on the hood changes the iron underneath so that it is a completely different tractor.  People that were perfectly happy with an orange tractor, shriek like little girls and call it crap if the hood is red.

I am still not sure how a tractor can go from the greatest thing since sliced bread to the cause of all afflictions to mankind with a dab of paint but maybe one day I will figure it out.

I have a question: If it's the Agco Tractor Plant in France, why is the printing on the sign in English  (Your Agriculture Company)? You'd think they would have had the words in French! Maybe I'm thinking too hard.

Edited by Goose - 07 Oct 2010 at 4:06pm

Thanks.

Spud if you are honestly to stupid to understand the difference in paint,why would you even say anything?