Rock Island, Illinois Farmall Plant Past

[emanboychild]

Testing those new tractors would have been a great job. Hard to believe how many they built in a months time.

[1206fan]

god bless ih :)

[emanboychild]

At 5:14 What beautiful Farmall 806. One of the best tractor models (of many!) IH made.

[ih1206]

@emanboychild for sure. still have two of them running strong on our farm. I would have loved to be they guy that got to test them beasts out.

[joesmomisdead]

I live about a mile from this place, and as of 2011, the middle portion ( the old assembly line) is gone. They left one wall from the old assembly line intact and they now use the empty lot to park John Deere Seeding Cylinders (irony). The western half of the plant is still used for cab production in Navistar Trucks.

[slambert00]

Man, a shame that i only can give one 'thumbs up' for this clip. That was really really interesting.

[TheTractorguy140]

international was a family company john deere is not john deere people are just haters

[gunsandrosesforever]

i like the part at 4:00, it show a classic Farmall Super M, as soon as i get some money, i am going on a hunt to find one because our farm had one, but my granpa got rid of it because it had no live power and that was the only problem with them

[snowman9980]

IH and Allis Chalmers Fell in the early 80's, yet when Chrysler and GM where in trouble Obamma stepped right in, kind of ticks me off in a way......

[kaysandesses]

@snowman9980 Don't forget that the federal government bailed out Chrysler the first time at the same time IH and Allis were in big trouble.

[sidekick9409]

God I hated to see that happen, I worked on these fine tractors. Also a John Deere dealer service manger in 1984 tell me the same thing, He also did not want that to happen. God bless IH.

[Hiei2k7]

Archie McCardell Killed IH. Greed killed IH. Trying to Buckle the Union when profits were still large.

[VintageVMaxGuy]

now a days the gov has bail outs where is was it when that company needed it.We would have been better off if case was out of it

[Jon13bur]

When IH fell, they had created the combine of the future, as well as great farm and garden equipment. Just imagine where they would've been today.

[otef434]

I lived a few years in Moline, and saw the Farmall works in Rock Island many times and met a lot of the men who worked there. When the plant closed in 1985, it devastated the community. An area that had seen the Rock Island Railroad shut down and close it's Silvis shops in 1980, now faced another difficulty. And kudo's to Max, for bringing this to us.

[beckmanb72]

Ah Yes!

[LaMaraj]

My maternal grampa was the Traffic Manager for Farmall back in the 30s until his untimely passing.

My late father owned an IH shop in northern Iowa and I grew up around Farmall equipment. He refused to deal with John Deer ( lol ) and was stubbornly loyal to Farmall-IH.

Those memories are pricesless, as was the quality and beauty of International! It was a sad sad day when they closed the doors at Farmall. I'm glad my daddy didn't live to see that day. It would have broken his heart!

[AllisChalmersD19]

They should make a show about Allis-Chalmers! Allis made some good tractors. they made a lot of stuff! anything and everything at the West Allis plant. IH is good to. Sad that IH and AC came to an end.

[shorehamsoo]

what the hells wrong with us, how can we let this happen.i understand that was a while ago but we need to stop importing crap and get back to building american quality like the IH

this just gets under my skin...nice video

[sidekick9409]

@shorehamsoo Hell Yes

[windsors03cobra]

That was a great video and a damn shame that the compnay and factory are gone. CNH builds blue and red tractors on the same line here in Racine. Oh the blasphemy.

Thanks Max !

[MikeStone05]

My dad worked at I.H. during the 70's. He then retired, and to this day, he still receives his pension money. To him, it was a great place to work, and be a team. I, too, agree with dad.

In those times, it was IH, and then John Deere. John Deere is still alive & kicking in Moline, IL.

[93240781]

anyone want to chat

I NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO 4x

[wgs6969]

My father was an IH dealer and I grew up around this equipment in the late 60's and 70's. I always loved the red iron ! Real nice video.

[Hiei2k7]

The best Tractors in the world come from the Quad Cities.

Would have liked to have seen em save some of it for a museum.

[OzzInter]

Priceless footage of a very famous factory.

My father owned a FARMALL H and my maternal grandfather owned a McCORMICK-DEERING W-4, both built at the Farmall Works

Regards from OzzInter in Australia

[murdak]

thanks for posting another piece of Amercia gone

[HemiHotRod]

Definitely a sad day in history when that place closed. I grew up on my grandfathers farm in Lexington, Illinois and we had all IH equipment. My grandfather took me to that plant in 70 or 71 for a tour. I about cried when i saw this aired on RFDTV. I literally grew up in the seat of a Farmall tractor from the time i was an infant riding on my grandfathers lap all day long in the fields. I own a 1957 Farmall 350 now, and hopefully in the future a few more like we had back on the farm. IH always.

[martinsuper73]

I have:

1952 Super M w/ 33 Loader

1951 Super A w/ Woods Belly Mower

1949 Cub w/ Woods Belly Mower

1965 IH 454 w/ Woods Loader

1970 Cub Cadet Mower

P.S. I cried like a baby when I watched this.

[Jon13bur]

You just need to add a 560 diesel to complete your collection. A powerhouse, as all FArmalls are.

[PresbyopianGal]

Thanks for the memories. I remember how concerned the community was when Farmall would strike of have layoffs.

[Conrail6370]

Very Cool, My Late Father worked for IH for 41 years at a dealer ship in Kimberton, Pa.

I own a 1948 Farmall Cub and a 1950 Farmall C.

Len.

[PatrynXX]

Needs it's audio synced right with the video though.

[PatrynXX]

Dad used to work in that building. Didn't find out about it till recently. Have a picture of it if it's the one I'm thinking circa 1990.

[sapper6d]

I grew up 2 blocks from that plant on 40th st.

[farmall51]

Wow what a tear jerker. Hate to see it go. IH all the way

[crucialone2000]

Great old IH footage!