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Posted: 05 Nov 2010 at 5:29pm |
I see that AGCO has now purchased the remaining 50% of Laverda. Interesting how the interloper has been preaching since his acension to "Strong Man" role in AGCO that "Ve have 4 important brands". In the attached article, He points out that Laverda will not be phased out and continue to be built into a stronger market position. Apparently, Laverda must be a global player now in the Ag market - news to me. Looks like its only the NA market that gets the FU treatment from the dictator!
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Oldoug
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Posted: 05 Nov 2010 at 7:42pm |
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I suppose in a couple of years we will be forced to sell Laverda hay and harvest equipment and they will phase out our Hesston and Gleaner line.
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Posted: 05 Nov 2010 at 8:27pm |
If that little SOB wants to forget about North America, forget about him! I don't mean just some of it, all of it. It's a bunch of eurotrash now anyway! Don't buy anymore Massey equipment, no more Hesston, Sunflower, Challenger, or Gleaner. That's right, I said Gleaner too. If they want to kill off the orange heritage, let Gleaner go too. Let them get the hell out of our country and take their trash with them. Someone like Versatile can fill the void with decent equipment and better service to boot.
OK, sorry for the rant, I just hate to see some foreign goober come in and spit in our faces. It was as if he planned to get hold of the remains of our american made equipment just to europeanize it, and then laugh at us all while he pulled the plug on it. It's like watching some cruel rascal torture your dog, and then beat the remains to a pulp, then set them on fire and laugh at you because you can't do anything about it. I say you can. Make sure he never sets foot back over here, remember what AC was(and Massey too, if you're a fan), restore and care for the ones that are left, and go with another brand that stands by their equipment. Sorry for the long post.
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Doug northern IL
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Posted: 05 Nov 2010 at 10:03pm |
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I cant do any better than that.
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Byron WC in SW Wi
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Posted: 06 Nov 2010 at 8:42am |
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I guess they must have saved $91 million US on not making orange tractors anymore so they could buy Laverda. Looks like they picked up Fella too which IMO is a low end hay making equipment company. I know Hesston disc cutter heads are made in Europe maybe their Fella?
Anyway, I've stopped buying all AGCO equipment. It's too bad the Hesston bailer line is nice and the sunflower line is ok.
How long before the next Gleaner is a Laverda? Looks like Laverda could do something AGCO can't...paint combines in four different colors!
AGCO's decision to drop orange continues to defy reason and baffle the mind.
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AllisFreak MN
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Posted: 06 Nov 2010 at 1:58pm |
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Laverda? Never heard of it.
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'49 A-C WD, '51 A-C WD, '63 A-C D17 Series III, 1968 A-C One-Seventy, '82 A-C 6060, '75 A-C 7040, A-C #3 sickle mower, 2 A-C 701 wagons, '78 Gleaner M2
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Russ-neia
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Posted: 06 Nov 2010 at 3:24pm |
You guys need to get out more... or have some cows to milk... LOL!
Fiat used to own Laverda. For a few years from the mid 80's through the early 90's they sold MX240 and MX300 combines. Go to youtube and look up these combine videos. It was basically the Gleaner N-series rotor, mounted up front, expelling the straw near the left drive wheel. The tail end of the combine - sheet metal, engine and rotary screen - look similar to Gleaner N-series also...
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I have heard different versions of how Fiat came by the rights to make this combine. One version is that they bought some patents at the A-C bankruptcy auction. If you look closely the Laverda rotor is very similar to the prototype rotor on the CII combine in Norm Swinford's book.
When Fiat bought New Holland they were forced to sell Laverda, whence AGCO became involved. SO.... what I am trying to say is, maybe Laverda is actually more "old Allis-Chalmers" than most of the other stuff AGCO is peddling today!
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Posted: 06 Nov 2010 at 11:58pm |
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Kind of an interesting machine, looks like a Hesston swather cab. Is the cylinder right behind the header under the front of the cab?
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Posted: 07 Nov 2010 at 6:47am |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 1:23pm |
Laverda used to make orange products. They made motorcycles into the 1980s then sold the name.  1974 Laverda 750 SFC
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