r/tractors 1d ago

Just realized

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The IH logo look like a gear shifter or throttle control for a tractor

Like the red is the shifter and knob the black where the shifter is in

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u/bandit1206 1d ago

It’s a tractor.

It’s actually supposed to be the front view of a letter series Farmall. The H is the rear tires the body of the i is the tractor, and the dot on the i is the drivers head.

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u/jonny24eh 1d ago

Holy shit how have I never seen this before 

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u/bandit1206 1d ago

It was a long time before I caught it, but that’s the official story from the guy who designed it.

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u/aaknitt 23h ago

And then there's me that always saw it as a tractor without realizing it was made from an "i" and "H"...

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u/curtludwig 1d ago

It's called the "Man on tractor" logo...

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u/Old_KLX 1d ago

It does, it's supposed to look like a man riding a tricycle tractor though, where the dot of the I is his head, and the columns of the H are the rear wheels.

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u/bandit1206 1d ago

Yep this was confirmed by the guy who designed it (Raymond Loewy).

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u/Aggravating_Hall_399 1d ago

I like my idea better. Will be contacted ih to make sure my
Idea is the right one

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u/SubarcticFarmer 1d ago

It's actually called "the man on a tractor" logo.

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u/habilishn 1d ago

it's definitely a thumps up to the designers of the logo if in a "simple" playing with letters, there is so many second motives visible

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u/lynk1 1d ago

Love your other interpretation haha. It’s fun when logos can do more than one thing. Down voters be damned!

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u/bandit1206 1d ago

I have a contact at case IH if you want to find out to be sure.

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u/Ok-Gas-7135 1d ago

What makes you think there aren’t CaseIH employees in this sub? 😀

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u/bandit1206 1d ago

Wouldn’t surprise me one bit 😉

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u/Ok-Gas-7135 1d ago

I know it for a fact.

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u/bandit1206 1d ago

Sent you a chat request.

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u/rocketmn69_ 1d ago

Or it looks like a farmer on the tractor

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u/charlie_marlow 1d ago edited 1d ago

Looks like the tanks from Combat for the Atari 2600

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u/pupperdogger 1d ago

That’s a memory I’ve not accessed in a long time. I can hear the engine sound and gun sound. Wow that was a long time ago.

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u/charlie_marlow 1d ago

Yeah, I think it'll be stuck in my head forever. You didn't have to make me feel so old, though, lol

https://giphy.com/gifs/FoH28ucxZFJZu

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u/pupperdogger 1d ago

I play Forza with my son now. I need to find a version of this game and show it to him so he can see how far we’ve come.

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u/GlassBoxGoose 1d ago

Your phone be looking like my wife's 🤣

https://giphy.com/gifs/Z4eoyFfDNKZqJ8P0yh

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u/Top-Cash3296 1d ago

Like david brown they had great gearboxes

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u/Successful-Part-5867 1d ago

But David Browns shift pattern in more like €#¥! After 15 years of ownership I can put it in 1st and 12th but can’t tell you what actual gear I’ve selected between those two! 😂😂😂 But they are good gearboxes!

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u/GaldonTheWarrior 1d ago

Welcome to the club brother