The Ford FW-30 was introduced in 1977 as part of FW-series of articulated models bought in from Steiger to offer a full line up and supplement the Ford TW series. This also cut sales by County of there High HP models. Only the FW-30 and FW-60 were bought into the UK, the US market also had the FW 20 and FW 40 models. The FW series was discontinued in 1982 when Steiger was taken over by Case IH and was replaced by the Versatile built models after Ford took the firm over.