Sad day for IH

[Bruce from Can.]

On November 26 1984 International Harvester was bought up by Case . And the new company CaseIH was born .
I picked this picture and information up from social media. I thought the first CaseIH branded tractors hit the market in 1986. I had a IH model 584 2wd that I had bought new, but decided I wanted a loader, so I traded it in in a brand new 585 CaseIH with a CaseIH 2200 loader. Tractors looked the same except for the Case grill.( personally I thought the IH grill was much better designed). I soon discovered that the transmission in my new tractor was geared faster than my original, which made it much better for cutting and baling hay. The IH tractor I bought in 1984 was a huge step up from the 950 David Brown I traded in on it.

 

[E.B. Haymakin']

On November 26 1984 International Harvester was bought up by Case . And the new company CaseIH was born .
I picked this picture and information up from social media. I thought the first CaseIH branded tractors hit the market in 1986. I had a IH model 584 2wd that I had bought new, but decided I wanted a loader, so I traded it in in a brand new 585 CaseIH with a CaseIH 2200 loader. Tractors looked the same except for the Case grill.( personally I thought the IH grill was much better designed). I soon discovered that the transmission in my new tractor was geared faster than my original, which made it much better for cutting and baling hay. The IH tractor I bought in 1984 was a huge step up from the 950 David Brown I traded in on it.

And reading about how it all went down starting in the 70s left me with permanent distrust of any employer