They were never built by Murray mowers they have always been made by Deere, the cheap ones were built in Greenville Tennessee, they were originally called Sabre I think and were intended to compete with the cheaper mowers. I misspoke in the Horicon plant is in Wisconsin and its where the better mowers are made, it’s the old Van Brunt drill factory.
I don't know who lied to you and told you the cheap ones were never built at the Murray plant. When they were built there I lived in Shelbyville TN. It is about an hour drive from the plant. Yes they had some that were called Sabre. They also had some that were simply called JD. They had that little 11HP Briggs and a 36 or 38 inch cut. In the later years they stopped using the Murray decks and went with their own thicker decks and better spindles. If I find one still around I'll take a picture of the sticker saying it was made in Lawerenceburg TN. These are mowers from the 80"s and maybe early 90's.
I talked to the techs that work in the field that train at that the different factories and were tired of hearing these stories. I’d be very interested in a picture or any other documentation to support this.
Techs don't know shit. It's a universal truth.
Techs know exactly what the company tells them.
Yup. The rest is rumours.
Did I say all John Deere were American? There have been a few Deere’s made overseas, I believe the 3155 was one off the top of my head. We were talking about compact tractors and they certainly are made in America by there respective companies. The fact that CNH belongs to a foreign company doesn’t make your original statement correct.
The techs work in the factories, so I’m assuming that what the see when they’re there is a myth?
Except no they're not all made in America. Lol.
Ok you’re telling me I’m wrong so show me where I’m wrong, give me some evidence to support your claim.
I'd have to remember which models I was looking at. And I didn't care enough to commit it to memory. I don't remember any for any manufacturer.
Ok but your original assertion was that Deere and New Holland were rebranded like Bobcat and that’s simply not true. I never not one time said that every component is made by the respective manufacturer just that the were built by them. Go back as far as you want to any manufacturer and there is always something on there made by someone else
I didn't say all were rebranded. Some are. The ones I looked at.
I’m not as up on CNH but I’ll challenge yo to find one rebranded Deere, far as I know CNH doesn’t do it either but I won’t take a stand on that one.
They all do it to cut costs.
I know for a fact that a lot of CNH parts interchange with Ford.
I'm sure some of what they see in factories is true but I don't expect them to ever be 100% honest about it. Have you ever worked in a factory? What the public and the ones given yours sees is not what happens most of the time.
