History of Allis-Chalmers - AGCO

Machinery Pete Podcast

Tim Brannon, owner of B&G Equipment in Paris, TN has been involved with Allis-Chalmers and AGCO equipment his whole life, even before becoming a dealer in 1978. Brannon shares his wealth of knowledge, history and amazing stories on the iconic Allis Chalmers brand. Even avid AC lovers will learn a lot from this conversation!

• [1:32] - Tractor of the Week
• [6:44] - Interview with Tim Brannon begins
• [8:10] - Tim shares stories about his upbringing, his family’s farm and how B&G Equipment started
• [11:56] - Tim’s start at Allis-Chalmers
• [13:18] - Women led the way along with creative marketing techniques for Allis Chalmers sales
• [22:20] - AC history and their competition with Ford and partnership with Firestone
• [27:15] - Different divisions of Allis-Chalmers, involvement of Nikola Tesla
• [32:00] - AC’s all-crop harvester
• [41:10] - Hard times befall the Allis-Chalmers brand
• [47:40] - Founding of AGCO, AC brand changes
• [1:04:00] - Gleaner history
• [1:11:22] - Loretta Lynn’s dude ranch
• [1:24:03] - Final words from Machinery Pete

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