Rare Prototype Pre-Production International Harvester Tractors from Fall 1985
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- Опубліковано 2 лис 2023
- Machinery Pete video interview with Danny Anderson (Dirt Boyz) of Pine Island, MN, well known International Harvester tractor historian/collector/restoration expert highlighting pair of rare prototype pre-production model International Harvester tractors from Fall of 1985. Anderson restored two of these rare IHC tractors which are headed to a collector in Austria. We also visit with Anderson's son Alex, the next generation with his Proving Grounds Repair business in Pine Island, MN. www.MachineryPete.com
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Makes me wish even more that IH would have been able to stay a stand alone company.
I’m a case/case ih/international fan, I honestly wish these tractors would have came into production.
Greg, if you could mic your guest and yourself that would eliminate the echo. Fascinating topic. I gave up at a quarter way in because I wasn’t enjoying the sound.
IH was the king of the heap hands down, if they could have survived the 80's the sky would have been the limit.
If IH had not spent so much on the 2+2's, and put same $ into the mid size cab utility tractors, they may have survived. Other companies went to MFWA/D all the way through their entire line, and didn't spend on full time 4wd in a narrow market range. I'm not a Red guy, but I hated when they went to CaseIH
Those 85 series tractors would have been absolutely gorgeous to have on a farm as a utility tractor. The 88 series were probably best looking Internationals of all time. Thanks for sharing the history.
Allis had better cabs with the 8000 series.
We had the 85 series tractors here in uk. The 885 in your video was the biggest from memory in the series. They had the option of the same cab in video and called the XL cab. There was also a low profile cab option a far more basic cab with reduced hight for low sheds ect. It was the L cab. We had a 685 L and we replaced it a few years later with the 795 L The 95 series replaced the 85 in early nineties. The XL cab was fantastic and way ahead of its time. Great basic tractors though. Our 685 was one of very first case ih and had an ih front grill. They changed them to a case front grill from the 94 series shortly after and it did look smarter than the ih ones. I was around 11 years old when we got that 685 and it was my pride and joy
When I was a student at UW-River Falls, I happened to be at Lab Farm 1 where the 885 was being stored for a dairy club project. There was something I had to grab from the shed where it was stored and another IH enthusiast student and I gave it good looking over. We didn't know exactly what it was at the time but I'm glad we decided to be nosey and put our hands on a piece of history and dream about what could've been.
Hate to say it, but International made the worst cab on the market.
I have five International tractors , built between 1970 and 1993 in the German factory.
You're doing such a great job at showing everyone the way you see the world! Thank you for this!
Got to demo a magnum when they first rolled out, Wow what an improvement! Were having a hard time selling the case look to the red crowd, until you made one pass across the field. 80s were a decade of great improvements
Have a 5488, 4100 original hours super nice shape, love it and great power 😏 nice and quiet with forward air flow system too
Always great getn a lookin at Danny's shop!
Hello from Australia, we had 484 & 684 on the farm when i was young. Dad traded up to a 685 4wd FEL & a 385 4wd. The 484 was beautiful little tractor, very nimble & the right power. Unfortunately the 385 was a right piece of junk. I guess you live & learn.
Pretty cool tractors. That 5388 has some neat history behind it. It is a shame that IH could not survive the tough times in the 80's. The Magnum tractors in the late 80's early 90's are workhorses for sure. My uncle's tried out a 7120 in the early 90's and ended of getting one around 1995.
Very cool shop thank you for your tour
amazing history right here great video Pete