John Deere Pride around here
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There are two types of farmers. Those who run John Deere and those who wish they ran John Deere.
dnewton3
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Or ...
Those who overpaid and those who are glad they didn't overpay.
JK. Sort of ...
And let us not forget the whole "right to repair" fiasco and how Deere owners occasionally get stranded in the field when equipment goes down and ONLY Deere techs can fix the stuff, leaving farmers stranded during peak seasonal activities, because Deere will not release the software packages for troubleshooting, etc. It happened to an acquaintance down the road from me.
We had Deere equipment on our farm when I was young; it was good stuff. But that was years ago. I don't think Deere is what it once was. Other brands have caught up. Probably the one place Deere seems to excel past others is the parts supply chain; they are very good at having stuff available even when it's quite old. The part might be costly, but it's at least available.
The Deere brand to me is not unlike a Ford truck or a Whirlpool washer. Everything has a pro and con. Some models are good and some not. Some never have a problem and some are just trouble prone. Deere makes good stuff, but they also make it hard on the customer at times.
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You can count me in.
John Deere 340 and 440 sleds from the late 70’s and early 80’s. They were considered pretty advanced with liquid cooling. My buddy had a 340.
I too am torn on how I feel about JD because of the right to repair. The fact that it was an American company trying to screw Americans adds salt to the wound.
Furthermore, their re-badging of Yanmar for their CUTs always struck me as, well.....lame
However they do create a lot of jobs. My buddy worked for Quality who made a lot of parts (primarily weldments AFAIK) for JD. Point being even if you're not employed directly by JD you may be employed because of JD.
Furthermore, their re-badging of Yanmar for their CUTs always struck me as, well.....lame
However they do create a lot of jobs. My buddy worked for Quality who made a lot of parts (primarily weldments AFAIK) for JD. Point being even if you're not employed directly by JD you may be employed because of JD.
I'm more of an IH guy, but like the older Deere stuff and Deere construction equipment.
This is a good point. Has anyone bothered to ask those tractors how they identify? Perhaps they're really airplanes.
ok till they break and you have to drag them to the stealer and pay the ransom fee to get into the computer side
I agree, that is wrong and sucks. Maybe as a 1 stock shareholder, I can influence them.
You might want to rethink their jobs creation thing. It isn't happening in the USA. They are sending more and more stuff to Mexico and just offered early retirement to a bunch of people to reduce their numbers.
I used to work for John Deere. You couldn't pay me enough to go back to work in that dump. I was glad when I got laid off from there in their annual games they play. The over built the year before to make things lean for the Union contract vote and had to get rid of me to keep laying off production people.
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Yeah it sucks when unionized workers finally figure out where they stand in the big scheme of things.
dnewton3
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I spent this morning at the local county fair; antique machinery show. (Too darn hot to stay all day; spend about 3 hours)
Lots of old hit/miss engines, steam engines, etc.
There were plenty of old farm tractors. Saw some beautiful old Johnny Poppers, old AC WDs, MinniMo's, Farm Alls, Fergusons, etc.
I love that kind of history; so neat to see the simplicity of old machines.
- cascade cooling and thermal conduction flow radiators
- leather belt-drive saw mills and planers making wooden shingles; running threshers; running pumps
- wood-fired steam driven engines chuffing along at 100 rpm
- exposed valvetrain rockers bumping back and forth
And then you realize why many really old farmers were missing a finger or two ...
Lots of old hit/miss engines, steam engines, etc.
There were plenty of old farm tractors. Saw some beautiful old Johnny Poppers, old AC WDs, MinniMo's, Farm Alls, Fergusons, etc.
I love that kind of history; so neat to see the simplicity of old machines.
- cascade cooling and thermal conduction flow radiators
- leather belt-drive saw mills and planers making wooden shingles; running threshers; running pumps
- wood-fired steam driven engines chuffing along at 100 rpm
- exposed valvetrain rockers bumping back and forth
And then you realize why many really old farmers were missing a finger or two ...
