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Post by featherduster on Jun 16, 2016 10:52:41 GMT -5
Last month I broke an implement anti sway link on my 7 year old JD tractor, called the dealer and was told the part would cost about $78.00 however there were none available anywhere in North America and it was unknown when JD would manufacture this part.
The dealer did a dealer search and found one and only one in the inventory of a JD dealer in New York so he ordered it with the cost of shipping and the NY dealers surcharge the cost was now approx. $140.00.
This week my brother had the gearbox in his 10 year old JD garden tractor break, his dealer told him there are no parts available to fix it and he was not sure when JD would manufacture that part.
My brother and I take very good care of our tractors I just wish John Deere would do the same.
I owned a Simplicity for almost 30 years and sold it only because because I needed a bigger tractor when I moved to my current home.
Not once in 30 years did I ever have to wait more than 2 days for any parts for that Simplicity.
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Post by ms660 on Jun 16, 2016 11:50:24 GMT -5
Don't know what size tractor your running, but if it's a compact, I have had great luck with my Kubota's, parts are expensive, but when you walk out of the dealer you usually have the part you need but a much thinner wallet. My first compact tractor was a 30 hp JD. It was always having issues, bought a B3030 Kubota and used it to make a living with it for 10 years, I had less issues in the 10 years with it than I did in a year with the JD. I no longer use it to earn my living and it now lives an easy life running the tiller or grading the drive, or bush hogging the back 40 a few times a year, but I know if I needed to get back in the business it could still do it even though I couldn't.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2016 12:33:10 GMT -5
Might be. Over the last two years they laid off 900 employees. 600 in 14 and 300 in 15. Not sure this year and who knows how many in smaller groups.
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Post by steiny on Jun 16, 2016 12:36:30 GMT -5
JD is not going out of business.
In order to keep costs down and compete with other brands, many of their smaller compact utility tractors and lawn mowers are manufactured overseas by others to JD specs. and sold exclusively by JD. Probably explains why parts aren't as available. I'm sure if you are patient they will get what you need.
My buddy who doesn't know much about equipment bought a low end model 75HP JD utility tractor, and from what I can see it's a pretty low budget, bare bones, cheap tractor compared to my 5085E which is built like a tank and has given me zero problems.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2016 12:39:05 GMT -5
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Post by johnc911 on Jun 17, 2016 1:54:32 GMT -5
We have had no problem getting parts for out tractors etc this spring. Our local dealer may not have it in stock but they usually get it that day or the next day from another dealer.
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Post by steiny on Jun 17, 2016 6:03:52 GMT -5
You are posting false information waynes.
That link just shows their stock performance. I see nothing about bankruptcy.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2016 6:19:30 GMT -5
You are posting false information waynes. That link just shows their stock performance. I see nothing about bankruptcy. They are splitting up the company. They are in the process and it takes awhile. It does look good that they found an investor or some company to buy it or a division of it. A couple years ago there was a company called LIttleford Day that made mixers and they could not find the right investor and another company bought it in bankruptcy and shut it down. The Michigan company shut it down and the doors are closing at the end of this year. I see a similar path with the Deere and Co. It sometime takes the new owners a few years to complete their desires. Bankruptcy is 95% behind closed doors and in the courts. Must of the time you only hear about it when it is over. I do hope it all works out positive to the employees and their families. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2016 6:26:42 GMT -5
Bankrupt LightSquared on Friday sued leaders in the GPS industry, including Deere & Co and Garmin, saying they kept mum about interference concerns stemming from LightSquared’s wireless network until the company had already pumped $4 billion into building it, reports Reuters.
In a 65-page lawsuit in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, where LightSquared is fighting to keep control of its spectrum, the company alleged that farm equipment maker Deere, and GPS companies Garmin and Trimble Navigation Ltd led it to believe its network would not interfere with global positioning system devices.
The complaint comes on the heels of a similar lawsuit against the GPS industry by Phil Falcone’s Harbinger Capital, LightSquared’s controlling shareholder.
Last month, LightSquared received permission from the bankruptcy judge overseeing its Chapter 11 case to pause the Harbinger lawsuit so that LightSquared could decide whether it wanted to join the suit or bring claims of its own.
In Friday’s filing, LightSquared says the companies made “promises, agreements and representations” over the 10 years that LightSquared spent building its network, all to the effect that a wireless network would not cause interference with GPS devices.
But in 2010, when LightSquared was close to deploying its network, the GPS industry changed its tune, the lawsuit says. As a result, the Federal Communications Commission revoked LightSquared’s license to operate its spectrum, and the company was forced into bankruptcy in 2012.
“This case … is about how those three GPS manufacturers waited until those billions were invested in the necessary network infrastructure before then breaking their prior promises, reneging on their prior agreements and disavowing their prior representations,” LightSquared says.
The lawsuit alleges that the only reason the interference concerns exist is that the GPS devices encroach upon the spectrum that LightSquared is licensed to operate. The nine-count complaint, which also names industry groups the U.S. GPS Industry Council and the Coalition to Save Our GPS as defendants, alleges breach of contract, tortuous interference and other claims.
A spokesman for Deere declined to comment, while a spokeswoman for Trimble did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A representative for Garmin could not immediately be reached
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Post by greghopper on Jun 17, 2016 7:24:17 GMT -5
You are posting false information waynes. That link just shows their stock performance. I see nothing about bankruptcy. You said a mouthful there.... |
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Post by RoadKill on Jun 17, 2016 10:34:07 GMT -5
Search and find Yanmar parts. Several of the JohnD compact and subcompact units are made by Yanmar. Also, sway bars and links are fairly stock items - there's a good chance you can find a replacement at local farm store.
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