True. TBH sometimes I wonder how much history is worth learning. Is it worth diving deep. What value do I gain from learning little things of history other than to scratch my own itch.
As an example the history of the 3 point hitch. There is some very interesting history there from the books I have read. That is started with the ferguson system as a tractor. Then licensed with Ford and a couple of other tractor manufacturers. However, International Harvester saw problems with the 3 point hitch and made the fast hitch to compete, and it was a better hitch system. But they lost. Eventually, they reverse-engineered the 3 point hitch to not pay the licensing fees, and fixed problems with the original design that they saw.
From that I am super curious about who all licensed it, why did ford break away, what were the flaws in the design that IH saw, how did the overcome it, why didn't the fast hitch take hold?
All really interesting, but really who cares? it is settled we now have 3 point hitches.
Sometimes I just get caught up in my own brain.
I'll definitely checkout that book, and it is even on audible. I'll probably listen to it next.
Buddy Lindsey
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