The Treasury Department has granted permission for Horace Clemmons and Saul Berenthal to invest in and build tractors in Cuba.
They expect to be rolling the first of the lightweight, low-power tractors off the assembly line by early next year. Cubans officials are reportedly ecstatic at the opportunity to confiscate the property of Americans.
On a positive note, the tractor looks light weight. That way the mule can pull it to till a few rows after the fuel rations run out.
Should be relatively cheap. I’d buy one, and a bunch of implements – for a fair price, not for a John Deere price.
But, somehow, I doubt it will be sold in the US.
I’ll just stick with my 1950 Ferguson TO-20, thank you, which still runs just fine.
It looks like they want to get full production going in Cuba and sell the things through the 3rd world South of the border.
Maybe more citizens of the Spanish speaking nations will stay home and quite risking their lives trying to get here.
Looks like garbage. And of course it’s painted red.
How much are American taxpayers going to be on the hook for after the Fidel gang sucks all the Obama dollars out of the company?
I’d be willing to bet the tractors look like mid to late model 1950’s Chevy’s with the parts recycled (cannibalized) off of those old Chevy’s.
OneLastTime, they’ll get the company up and running and then some Castro will nationalize it.
It looks weak and worthless, just like the left!
Nice go-cart. But I assume not much more of a tractor is necessary to plow the 1/4 acre government allotted family farms.
That’s a take off, or a complete copy of the Allis Chalmers model G…
The model G was made from 1948-1955…..Boy oh boy are they bring the Cubans into the 21st century or what?…LOL…
shit, man, i got a lawn mower more complex than that.
Oggun backwards is Yugo…pretty much.
Call that a tractor? Pfffft Our JD 9460R would squash that thing like a bug. And whats up with the mold board plowing, Dept of Ag would be frowning.
When I was an undergrad at Ohio State in the late 90s, I had a class with a fellow from an African country (I don’t remember which one) who told me that he was here to learn as much as he could about American agriculture so he could take that knowledge back to improve his country. He said that his dream was to import American tractors. It made me proud to be American (like lots of things) but he was so sincere and determined…I hope he was able to accomplish what he wanted. The same with these guys. Someday, soon hopefully, the Castros will be dead and Cuba will change dramatically. American entrepreneurs need to be ready for this. We will have a chance to better the lives of millions throughout Central and South America. They deserve it, and yes, maybe they will finally stay home!
Cuba shoulda been OUR Crimea
Where are these $200-a-year farmers going to get the money to buy a tractor? There is a reason they all use mules – communism.
Willie is right, AC made this years ago and I’ve even seen JD and IH examples look equally as pathetic, however surprisingly useful.
There’s actually a big difference between a garden tractor and a lawn tractor. This contraption is on par or better than a garden tractor, it even has a 20-30HP Kohler twin, just like a garden tractor. I’m cool with steel tubes over stamped steel so long as the job gets done, if it’s cheaper, that’s more money in my pocket.
Obama is to American jobs what T-cells are to leukemia.
It would be interesting to know the reasons why Clemmons and Berenthal chose not to invest in the US.
What a feel good story (no).What’s oBama done for us?
I did a little research, and just for future reference:
Tuff Bilt Tractor Systems still make clones of the Allis Chalmers model G in Alabama, and some implements, too – $10k or so – plus implements. I wonder how much the Cuban version will cost.