John Deere RECALLS 25,000 Riders, FIRES 1,000's of Employees and is MOVING Out of America!!
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My name is Bre. I took two years of small engine repair at the local college. When I left school, I fell into a wonderful job at a local small engine shop where I worked the counter for a couple years. In 2010 my husband and I opened up our own small engine shop in central Arkansas where I am able to work alongside my family and best friends. We saw over 2,000 pieces of small engine equipment every year, and answer 1,000's of small engine questions. We specialize in brands such as Briggs and Stratton, Kohler, Echo and Shindaiwa, but work everyday on MANY other brands like Stihl, Husqvarna, Honda, Craftsman, Remington, Red Max, Troy Bilt, Scag, Bad Boy, Hustler, World Lawn, Poulan, Mantis, Etc.. Hopefully, my experience I share, will save you Time, Money and Frustration in the future!
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John Deere doesn't believe that farmers should have the right to repair their own tractors.
They also won't let you upgrade your tractors with third-party upgrades because they're locking those vendors out as well... If it's not sold to you by John Deere at a thousand percent markup you can't use it.
Can anyone say Farmall?
Bingo correct. And now them farmers are going to look at other products where they can work on it! JD fked up big time on this one!
That's a disgrace as far as I am concerned.
Same farmers that vote republicans in that’s allowing big business take over,same with Iowa (almost no small hog operations)takin’over by big guys and then go crying to us
As an Employee of a Co. that left us High and Dry and moved to Mexico, we are boycotting Thier Products. …spread the word….
Gotcha mare, will do! I hate 💩 like this!
It's spelled their. Spread the word.
@@billymacktexasdetective5827 in the post just above yours , the spellcheck changed mate to mare for some reason. It is easy to make a mistake when in haste, as I’m sure the gentleman knows how it is spelled. But hey, if that makes you feel superior, have at it. Remember what goes around comes around. Just sayin
What CO so I know what to boycott please
@billymacktexasdetective5827 you've never ever misspelled or have spellchecker change a word on you EVER? Point is you still understood his statement without having the correct spelling.
I am a third generation farmer. John Deere has been our tractor. We were just about the only farmer's in our area for years that used John Deere. Most of them are out of farming and we grew with John Deere equipment. But no more. I told a John Deere representative at a show if farmers don't survive John Deere want either. He laughed. We have parted dealing with John Deere
Thank you Chickanic, I am a 67 year old woman. I own a John Deere D105. Now I have to see if my tractor is part of the recall. Thanks again.
Remember Ross Perot when he said "You here that giant sucking sound, that your jobs moving south" in regards to NAFTA.
Thanks Bill Clifton, pos
@jameswesterman9283 even more,the Republicans in congress at that time.
@@bikerhighmiler8998 It's a big club and you ain't in it!
@@iohanness well,George had a great point there.
@@jameswesterman9283 Republicans aren't any better. Congress was Republican controlled at the time and the POS Clinton signed it.
I won't touch a John Deere product ever again. I am just one man and I know that they don't care about me at all. They don't even care about their employees, why would they care about me?
Because you're not alone.
@@rudolphguarnacci197 Exactly!
Who do they think is going to buy there products if no one is working in the USA anymore, they are not alone ,bean counters are making these decisions for the sake of profits or greed !!
Preach it, brother! Shout it to the masses... 💯💪
So right. They don't care about you and never have.
John Deere has done like so many companies.Fire hundreds of people expecting whats left to pick up the slack.Quality and workmanship go out the window.
My neighbor just restored a John Deere riding mower that I would estimate was built in the 1960’s or 70’s. It is built like a tank. I just bought a SCAG Liberty Z. It was the only mower I found that had serviceable hydros, had a fabricated deck, had Kawasaki power, had a great reputation, and was built by an American company in the U.S. Yes it cost me more, but I like to buy quality once instead of junk multiple times.
If you ever have a problem with your Scag and email them. They won't reply to your email. They will call you. If there is enough time left, it will be that day. Else be on the lookout for a call the next morning. Damn good mower. Damn good company. Love my Tiger Cat.
Spartan.
@@williamstewart6534 I used SCAG when I lived out west, and I loved that machine, and back then they had serviceable hydrostatic motors. The best! Kawasaki liquid cooled!
@@tehduke1776 I hate reading this after just buying a JD 2 years ago that is in the shop for the crankshaft going up. Always the next one, thanks for that information, I will write it down when in the market the next time.
As a long time Farmer the only reason we paid the high price for green paint was, that John Deere was always quality equipment made in America, I might as well start buying Kubota.
Kubota made in Georgia.
@@philwood9760 Is that the Georgia just North of the border with Florida ? Or the other Georgia which is just South of the border with Russia ?
Kubota is originally a Japanese company, and like many Japanese companies, it moved some of its manufacturing to the USA.
There are approximately 7,000 employees in the US.
@@KiwiCatherineJemma The second Georgia (the one good ole Bush promised to assist if Russia invaded and walked away) isn't a manufacturing powerhouse. They aren't going to be making Japanese branded tractors.
@@timwolfers7880
I'm enough of an old timer that Made In America is what it's all about with me, but I've changed enough with the times that between the fact that the reason people like me were always that way was about the workers in America having jobs and just the way the world is these days I have no problem buying a foreign company's product as long as it's American workers that build it, that's much better than buying a Chevy that made in Mexico or China, I myself own a Hyundai Elantra but it came off an American assembly line, that's where my priorities are these days, the best scenario is a domestic brand that's made in America but I couldn't find anything at the time that was in that category of car and price, I can't afford a Cadillac or full size pickup or SUV, so American workers building my car is good enough.
I saw the other day a video on Japanese companies, if they are struggling, the CEO or other chiefs take a pay cut, if that doesn't work they resign, but they never get rid of the soldiers (as they called it) on the shop floor
Because it's part of their work culture. Our (US) work culture is to exploit the labor of workers and leave them high and dry, thanks to lack of unions (right to work laws) and at-will employment laws (no cause firing).
I got made redundant by NEC (in the U.K.) in 2000 as their cellular phone sales had tanked. The local Japanese MD invited me up to his office to personally apologise for the company’s failure. He was pleased to hear that I had secured a new job and wished me success in the future.
They have principles, honor, tradition, and national pride, you know.... all the things the western establishment tells us is racist and far right. Good for them.
Cheap labor solders btw
@@beachbums2008 That is not truth, I Japan they have more Labor benefits and good payment for there 'solders' first class workers. Sorry have to say that.
Nothing screams QUALITY like when they replace traditionally metal parts with plastic!
I have a JD D105 that just quit running . 4 years old. Come to find out transmission case is plastic. dealer told me JD uses a better grade of plastic that lasts longer than metal . Would you believe that sh#t ?
@@johnlance-bu6jj AND YOU LEFT WITH OUT SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER ABOUT THE MOST IMBECILE STATEMENT EVER MADE IN THE HISTORY OF MAN KIND? dude go get them to make that statement again and record it to video, bet you get a 100,000 views and 10,000 likes in the first week
@@johnlance-bu6jj Did he also try to sell you a bridge...?
It's disgusting! What's sad is that it isn't just John Deere, GM, and Ford have plants in Mexico. Name brands that we use to respect are manufacturing lower quality. Smart shoppers aren't buying them. I am sure there are many other companies also. Thank you for mentioning who owns these companies. We need shops like yours and mechanics to keep our older equipment and vehicles running. Thanks for your great service!
Bought my last John Deere in 2006. When parts & repair manuals became proprietary, I left the brand behind. Thanks for sharing the truth.
BOYCOTT John Deere. Proprietary Parts is what they make their money on, just like SEARS ROEBUCK. the need to go BROKE like SEASRS Roebuck too. Their Management is WOKE and DEI TOO!! Go Woke go BROKE.
It take people working together to help them decide to make the appropriate change. That won't happen until it directly affects their bottom line. After all, it is all about the money.
You gotta love this woman, she has more cajones than anyone on you tube. She’s willing to call out this multi billion dollar company Gotta love her. 👏👏👏
if you've not watched him, lookup Louis Rossmann. he rips on not just JD, but apple, LG, BMW, roko, samsung, and others. says straight up just what type of mentality a lot of companies have now.
@MyNewUserName47 I'm subbed to him, too.
Ssshhhh...someone is going to call you out for being woke. Clearly this is DEI.
She does a beautiful job, doesn't she? Plus, she is down to earth and smart.
Whats a cajone? Dont bully me for not knowing, like most of my friends
Great job Girl. The world needs more people like you.
These Men are born whit a hole in the heart that no amount of money or gold or power can fill.
What heart?
@@andrewlisenby9693 No heart, just a prick!
John Deere should rename the company to "DEAR JOHN"!!!
RIGHT...LOL
@@mmm-mmm Juan Deere has factories in mexico where the labor is cheaper. ruclips.net/video/4CJ3zQsUhco/видео.htmlsi=lId8oVWEoSuarvtG
Juan Deere
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@@brianwatson6002 LOL
As a former John Deere C&CE dealer is the late 90s early 2000s they are a horrible company. When they started building the Sabre/Scotts line for Home Depot an executive vp stated at a national dealer meeting that "you will never see a John Deere branded product in Home Depot" Two years later at the same meeting the first question asked by a dealer was a quote of that statement and the same vp said "never is a very long time" At that time they were also pushing dealer consolidation and forcing smaller dealers to merge or go out of business. As a part of this, they told the oldest operating John Deere dealer, Lennon Implement in Woodburn Oregon that they could either sell to a large chain in the area or their contract would not be renewed. They also had a full time person dedicated to assisting dealers going out of business in the Pacific Northwest (3 states). In short they are a horrible company and I wish them the worst.
Like when Sony caved to Wal-Mart. They joined the race to the cheapest. Here JD Corp caved to the big box stores and dreamed of Big sales and high profits. Probably not what John thought his company would be.
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😢 seems their management is following a bad path. Greed over people is never a good strategy for a company.
They buit those for us at Central Tractor in 1996. I had they they first year at my store, my local Deere dealer told me he would not touch them. Then we went Cub Cadet (by MTD) in 98
I've never had a JD lawn mower, but thanks for the info so I can avoid a BIG error.
The biggest mistake I ever made is buying a john deere riding lawn mower. I mowed my yard, and the belt broke in two. I spent 70 bucks for a new belt, mowed my yard, and the second belt broke in two. Again, I bought a new belt, and so far it has not broken. I have not gotten it paid for, yet, but if the belt breaks again, I am selling it, and never buying another john deere product again.
John Deere is ALSO putting the screws to American farmers who own Deere equipment, as only authorized factory service stations have the software needed to repair the equipment. They charge whatever they want. So sad! 😢
Yeah That’ll Bite ‘em in the ass before to long . First it’ll be lots full of New Green Machines that will not sell or lease . Next It’ll be lots full of unwanted Off -Lease / Used Equipment That also will Not sell based upon the plummeting resale value and Corporate Greed .
This Huge lay-off / Firing of already trained , Skilled assemblers and Supervisors is probably going be the end of the Green Machine .
Stop buying and they will go bankrupt and Out Of Business wondering why .
The same is true of all tractor companies, not just Deere
Sounds like another Carrier.
" Decision to move production offshore. On February 10, 2016, Carrier announced its plans to move its manufacture of air conditioning equipment, now located in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Monterrey, Mexico in 2017. The move of the Indianapolis plant to Mexico was expected to result in the loss of 1,400 jobs in Indianapolis ... "
This is what happened to so many great company's like Minneapolis Moline, Oliver, White. They had poor management and went out of business. Quit being loyal to management that has no loyalty to farmers. They tell you that you are to stupid to possibly work on their equipment and you thanked then by still buying from them. Let management do what they do best and go under. Some one is always there to take thier place ! Let JD chop themselves off the block. Green fanboys just stop already
The JD dealer I had worked for in the late 90's, decided to discontinue playing by JD's rules. They were one of the most profitable dealerships in my local area, while also taking care of their customers. JD rewarded him by stripping him of his dealership(s) and leaving all the customers in that area w/out an alternative. JD CEO's are are soulless globalists.
As a former dealer, over 30 years ago, I saw what the real Deere was when old-school Ag guys were running the show. Now, with MBA idiots in charge, after going into chain stores, the whole "Right To Repair" battle, and now this nonsense, I would not give them a nickel of my money.
Totally true. Once the College kids started running those companies, the equipment went down the toilet.
This is the company that went "All in" on going "woke".. They even have their own "Pride" events... We quit this company last year..
Yep. That was a big sign of what’s in store.
I am one of the employees that was just let go. They report 4 record quarters in a row, then pay each other record bonuses. Within a couple of weeks they announce that 600 employees in the Illinois and Iowa facilities were being let go and that two lines of product were being moved to their Mexico facility (that is already running many products)..and the kicker..management had a celebratory pizza party the same day. A very pathetic company to work for and no longer made in the USA…many of the parts they use have been made in Mexico for years.
Pathetic
I worked for John Deere from 79 to 87. I was Field Service and prided myself every day to be able to work on Farmers Equipment from mowers to Combines. The pay wasn't that good even back then but I loved my job. So, glad I don't work there now and am retired. This is truly a sad day for America. Thank You for bringing this to our attention.
Were you right out of high school in '79, or did you have some experience in field service before that? Congrats on your retirement!
Graduated in 76. Worked on farms and worked for a Hay Contractractor for 3yrs before joining John Deere.
@@billyjack6084 Nice! Very interesting and thanks for your reply. I'm a few years younger than you, but nonetheless, retirement is not far away for me.
Their new motto is "Nothing Runs Like A Chihuahua ."
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Bad enough we're becoming the Divided States of China!
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That would make a great T shirt 😂😂😂
HAHAHA
As a now retired farmer it is always interesting to hear what is now happening in the world of agriculture these days.
I just found your channel recently and have learned a few new facts from it recently. Keep up the excellent reports that are of interest to both retired and still active farmers alike thank you Bree.
You tell them Chickanic! Owned a lot of different mowers and equipment over the past 50+ years but never a John Deere. Thanks for confirming that I unintentionally made the right decision 😂
My Uncle was a John Deere Consumer Products Dealer for almost years. Then out of the blue the company rep comes in and tells him he can't be a JD dealer unless he builds a new 2 million dollar building. I might see it if he had been an Industrial or Ag dealer (as profits were much higher for them). He of course told them to "take the flying leap" and just increased sales of Snapper, Toro, and Snowco Trailers. His profit margins rose and we did not have to make a 400 mile run to pick up lawn tractors every month either (as JD was controlling how many units a Dealer could have at that time, unless you went to the plant to pick them up). I was still helping him as I had time. I started teaching Automotive at about that time and had my own auto shop to. Now retired, I never forgot what JD did and never bought another JD product again!
should be almost 25 years, but the 25 did not get into the post.
We had to retire our 1930 Ford. Parts just aren't made of the same materials. All of the newer valve springs just break. We replaced it with a Mahindra and have been happy
I know the ol man JD. I live close by
It takes more than a lifetime to count manually to a billion it's crazy
Wow. I was planning on moving to South Dakota and working at a implement dealership.
My company, built a assembly system for John Deere in Brazil, we were told virtual all John Deere tractors will be built over seas, forget immigrants, that's not the real threat, corporate greed is the actual real threat to our country!!
Another reason not to buy John Deere. Whoever's president needs to put tariffs on any tractor not made in the US.
@@dannydaw59 The thing about tariffs most peeps do not understand, is the exporting country/company does not pay the fee, the consumers in the importing country pay it when they buy the product - One of the problems in the country is that in addition to getting tax breaks/write-offs for moving production out of the USA, for products like John Deer tractors, they're NOT subject to tariffs because, the company's HQ's US address makes it an "American" company - so technically they're NOT 'importing'. Between 2012-2014 Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] & Sen. John Walsh (D-MT) introduced a bill to curb the outsourcing of production & bringing jobs/production back 'home' and when the bills made it to the floor, EVERY Republican in both chambers voted NO! When you look at a list of who their donors are/were (many of them with bottom line incentives to outsource) you'll see why they voted no.
@@dannydaw59- The trouble with your logic is that whom pays for the tariffs isn’t the corporations but the consumers . The corporations just raise the prices of their respective products and you the consumer pays for the tariff !!!
@@donaldpiper9763 - The ugly truth no one seems to want to recognize. Blackrock and Vanguard have large holdings in a LOT of US businesses and to a one, they pump them all to "feed the greed". And who pays for it? The poor American schmuck that's willing to vote for it to continue and increase...
that is a point the billionaire driven right doesnt want you to understand bryan. most cos will follow the profits, and that is why so much manufacturing moved out of the country. easier to just try to get you to focus on "illegals" and "trans" and whatever.
There’s something wrong when a JD lawnmower owner is selling his mower for $400- $500 dollars after 5 years of ownership, when the mower cost him 2-3 grand new.
This happens to all brands man. Mowers dont hold vakue. Hell i git a cub cadet 50 inch with the 24hp engine.. running great mowes great.. with 130 hours.. for free. Lol..
They are basically throw away lawnmowers. I buy the cheapest mowers and trash them when it’s something I can’t fix. This applies to cars and appliances as well. Luckily I have money to replace broken down junk.
@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 The point I was making is that they become too costly to repair, can’t repair or the home owner doesn’t know how to work on them. Pissing away a couple thousand dollars in that time frame is a waste. I like many homeowners don’t have money like that and I guess I’m old school, I expect high dollar items to last much longer.
@@flippersreef nothing lasts anymore never expect it. I work on cars and reolacement parts and so forth dont last but 3-6 months a year tops. Nothing is quality.
Brig and stratton engines for mowers today are trash. Ive had trash Honda motors too. Only stuff worth a piss is older stuff
@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 Our Troy built walk behind with a Honda engine still runs like new. It’s over ten years old now! No parts, just plug, filter and oil changes.
I bought an ego zero turn 42” at Lowe’s with two hours on it for $3400 it was considered to used. I cut about 3/4 of an acre with six batteries. It came with 4 batteries. I bought two extra batteries. I usually have about 20% left over. I’ve had no issues with it
It's really simple, STOP BUYING NEW EQUIPMENT, NEW CARS, NEW TELEVISIONS, NEW PHONES, NEW HOMES, ETC. The problems will fix themselves!
Easier said than done...when ya get dumb people who just keep opening their wallets because it's the "ooo shiney" reaction that sells em on a product
@@brettraglin8939 Can't fix stupid.
Good luck!
@@brettraglin8939There's that...and the hard facts that the "durable" of durable goods doesn't mean "indestructable". No matter how durable or how well maintained, these products have a finite life, and they will need to be replaced.
Yes that’s really smart - they have word for that - it’s called a depression.
I have a friend in El Salvador who works for Direct TV Sales Department, Guess what? He was recently told he would no longer have a job by August because the company would be outsourcing his job to India for cheaper labor. While I feel bad for him I told him his job was outsourced from here first. It's a corporate race to the bottom. Pure Greed, to hell with humanity.
I personally believe U.S companies have a civic and moral obligation to employee Americans if they want to sell their product here.
"It's a corporate race to the bottom."
Insert "Always has been meme" here.
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US buyers then have a civic and moral obligation to buy only from US based manufacturing companies. Oh wait, they don't, people buy on price without looking where the items are made. Which means the foreign companies get the sales and the US manufactures just fold up. US buyers don't care about humanity and US unions don't care about anything but the union dues. It's not corporate greed, it's global competition that forces any company to look at where it can trim costs to compete. Even Chinese companies are losing out to competitors in Vietnam and Africa.
@@lightshipchiefI personally disagree with your statement. Many Americans like myself do care about what happens to our nation. I purchase American products when available. Unfortunately, It is a rare occurrence today.😢 I for one, am pissed😡when there is No Choice but Made in China, Mexico & Vietnam. Just to name a few. Amazon & Walmart push nothing but foreign made products. Wonder what Sam Walton would think of that? The worst offenders are replacement parts manufacturers who have left America for off shore scalping of America. Now John Deere???☹️ I will buy Red, White & Blue!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Trade tariffs please. The president and congress should protect the US workers.
Worked JD lawn and garden 2002-2012. The cheapest of the lawn tractors always had the most problems. My dad bought a L160 which worked quite well for 4 or 5 years then started to rust out the deck and break down. My brother bought it later and hated it . I personally bought a used F525 with 17HP Kawasaki and 48" deck. 2 acres to mow and slow as can be but what a solid little mower. Leave it outside all winter covered in snow and there is still no rust. Everything is serviceable and I do keep up maintenance. Only problem in 6 years was the ignitor failed and I lost spark.[$200 Can.] The old JD equipment was very good. Have a 4500 as well with loader [,forks. bucket], snowblower and tiller. Yanmar 40 HP. diesel. Excellent 26 year old tractor very fuel efficient and reliable.
Hey chic maybe this will help you or anyone else that reads this . I’m not a pro mech but I dabbled in motors since I was a kid because of lack of money I’m 73 now . A few years ago my son-in-law acquired a use craftsman mower the didn’t have much use but quit on the owner over ten years ago . So he left it sit and bought a new one. First of all motor was stuck cause the whole engine was full of oil . Cyl and all . Drained oil put new oil and filter on and new battery . Got it running . Son-in-law mowed lawn next day battery was dead charged it then same thing next day battery was dead . Had battery tested . Battery was fine . Trace problem to ignition switch . Put new switch on . Then found on back of original switch a fine line of what I think was spider shit . Went from one post to another . It was grounding the two posts and draining battery . So it really didn’t need the new switch just had to clean the spider shit or whatever it was from the plastic housing between posts . Go figure maybe it will help you some day
JD enters into the NAFTA chat room.
Late to the profit$, party.
When JD refused to allow owners to repair their own machines, I never looked at them again.
Internet clowns believe that anti repair BS. Everything has and is available to the individual.
I got a JD D140 and I make my own repairs I just go to a dealership to get the parts
A farmer said to me quote you can always buy a better tractor than a John Deere but you can't pay more for it
That would be a Fendt, except it will be a bit more expensive but so much better.
Thanks for showing us what's going on with J D. It is a shame that these companies get away with this. There is no loyalty with companies in our country. This is the main reason USA is going to fail. We are laying off our workers, other countries are hiring., Our factories are vacant, people can't find a decent paying job, so many people lose their homes, etc. God help us!
Thank you for the information. I have owned two John Deere riding mowers and they were nothing but expensive plastic garbage.
Avoid this brand at all costs.
I worked as a contract engineer in Waterloo Iowa for just over two years. I enjoyed working with most of the wage employees, but the lower and middle managers are absolutely rotten. A decent supervisor told me "If you have any integrity and honesty, you won't make it here." He was right. Jon Lanigan Dept. 304 SPO Waterloo.
I left Deere a couple years ago. John May started labeling Deere a tech company instead of an Ag company. One reason: so he could further reduce employee bonuses. HR stood in front of us at a meeting and explained that bonuses were going to progressively get much harder to earn because the type of bonus we’d been getting were “uncommonly generous” in the tech industry. The years prior, our “generous” bonuses were explained as “the way Deere ensures its pay is competitive.” All throughout those effective pay cuts, Deere’s C-suite sincerely thanked us for record profits year-over-year.
I remember seeing in the news where they installed software in the computers of their industrial size farming equipment that makes it impossible for farmers to make modifications or something they always did themselves thus forcing them to go to the dealer for whatever and they weren't none too happy about it neither, I can't remember exactly how it worked but if I remember correctly at the end of the day it was like John Deere essentially retained ownership of the equipment even though the farmer had bought it, maybe it prevented them from operating it off of their land via GPS which means they couldn't sell it, it's been a while so I can't remember exactly how things worked but I know they were mad about whatever it was, and whatever it was it was the kind of thing vehicle manufacturers couldn't get away with because vehicles are prevented from having their manufacturer's do the same thing but the laws don't pertain to off road equipment, the laws only protected things that fall under department of transportation regulations, whatever it was I remember the farmers saying that if vehicle manufacturers are prevented from doing it so should equipment manufacturers.
You'd undoubtedly know what it is I'm referring to, how exactly did all that work with the computers on their equipment that had the farmers in such an uproar?
@@dukecraig2402 right to repair. I didn’t follow it much, because the issue is complex enough that it’s hard to hold all the facts at the same time. In a nutshell, I understood Deere to have painted themselves into a corner: they made everything dependent on very complex software, but didn’t have the security in place to lock out third party software…in effect farmers could load (typically Ukrainian) hacked software to make the vehicle or implement run the way they preferred, which might be outside the safe-operating band of that system. If the machine broke, farmers would flash the original software back on and make a warranty claim. I think Deere has started adding hardware to detect and prevent this in some instances. Farmers argued that they bought the equipment and should be allowed to void the warranty with third party software if they choose. The public support for that was quite high, and it seems Deere then side-skirted the issue by changing verbiage in new purchase agreements. I’ve heard farmers say that now it’s more like you buy the shape of the John Deere tractor, but everything inside that shape still belongs to Deere…and that Deere can sue you for damaging their software on “your” machine. Not sure how much was true on either side of the argument.
I know exactly what you're talking about, I couldn't believe what I seen when I was called from my neighbor. He's a dairy Farmer and 12th generation for him. His father and grandfather that I was raised around with hanging out growing up I probably spent more time there then home after the chores were done.What I'm saying is I've been raised riding on a big John Deere fender watching and helping when I could. Watching a 20 roll plow fitting the field and getting ready to plant the corn for the milking cows and bailing them square bails. And when that bail was roped and then kicked out the bailer to be stacked on the hay wagons. You better be ready for a 40-60lb bail flying at the wagon was a good work out and has fun really rewarding to me at least. But if there was rain and a chance of losing your hay they knew what to do and got it done. But the bails were twice as heavy good 90+ pounds flying at you and another guy. But they were die hard fans of John Deere so much they had those toy ones and I mean they were for display only, most of the ones my friends family bought the year old ones that were on display at the dealership. For the dealership had to have room for the new one coming out for the next year. And I mean some are so old but looks brand new cast iron models and 4 times bigger than the original metal Tonka trucks they had in the collection. John Deere went down fast when they were giving you a notification not to do any repairs because they were using the digital world stuff that's running the county and people right in the ground literally. Change the oils and hydraulic fluid or even a hydraulic hose. Think you are all set and the equipment won't start. So now you are thinking let me check everything out I just did thinking you might have accidently pulled out a wire you understand I'm sure. To call the dealer up and have someone show up with a laptop using if it was serious the whole tool truck showed up. Don't even see those little hand held toolbox 🧰. To watch the guy plug in the computer to the tractors CPU I believe that's what he called it. Reset the code and have specially made tools for other jobs. That the public can't buy and the software used on their computer. Forgive me for the long post for I love talking about the good memories. My neighbor closed down during the pandemic of COVID-19. He used to pay $1200 for 2 pickup of the milk twice a day early morning and I believe it was every 12 hours. To be told that they had to dump the milk out, health board there daily to witness it and had to put in a run off to either a gravel pit or to the field, or pay for them to haul it to a waste station. My friends father passed away and left the farm to him and his only grandson who came every summer vacation to stay on the farm and help. My friend tried to talk his son into not going back to doing it when he turned 18 and received a little over 12 million from his grandfather when he was 12. This young man went out to Wisconsin but all stainless steel tanks pipes everything to set up a brand new parlor one of them circle ones for free stall milking it's quite a setup top of the line and he doesn't even have insurance on his own truck and now new wife he's 29 now. His wife is a tiny young lady who milks right around 900 head alone 4 am until the milk truck shows up to get it. He's working down the road on his cousin's dairy farm milking for him. Oh that farm aid and these banks will give this kid all the money he needs for equipment etc it's ashame to see. I lost my best friend from kindergarten until he signed his half of the farm over to his son and turned to heroin drug addict. I can't stand it just kills me to run into him panhandling around the little towns around. It's ashame to see all the once most beautiful barns always painted and nice old farm houses with the wrap around porches abandoned old falling down heart breaking. Thank you for your time I'm 60 years old and been living alone for 32 years disabled and terminally ill. Not on no pity party just trying to pay taxes on one acre of land on $943 SSI once a month. God bless you and yours and I wish you the best. I just learned a year ago about RUclips and streaming free TV for I don't have electricity no more 7 years without. So having a cheap $25 dollar cellphone from the local dollar store and I found a cellphone magnifying plastic holder for it so it's like a little 10" TV and charge my phone in my truck sad don't want to wake up anymore no family I'm the last one left. So remember enjoy what you have and be thankful for that Upstate NY in the back woods. Never ever thought I'd be living life like this once again God bless and this is the only way I get to talk except for medical transportation and Drs
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They are firing people because the customers namely Farmers that lost the right to repair case or farmers that were considering buying a high end equipment are going somewhere else where they can can work on them or have their local mechanics be able to work on and get into the computer systems to diagnose and fix them! They also went turn coat and closing doors in USA to go somewhere else and then sell back to Americans is about the biggest crook move ever and I say the same for any company that does this! IMO any american company that moves manufacturing to other country should be banned from selling any product made from that practice on US market!
Agreed!!!!
Not saying this will happen but between 2016 and 2020 those companies moving to Mexico were told a huge import tax would be placed on their equipment if they shut down and leave and what do you know, they stayed in the US.
@@markwhite6782
Some did & sone didn't.
It did slow down a bit.
How can American workers possibly compete with foreign workers?
Totally agree with you..
Dang I love this channel. She pulls no punches and is passionate about what she is doing and taking care of her customers.
This is why I'm still using a 1974 Cub Cadet Garden Tractor to mow my lawn.
Here, here!! I’m still using my 1998 Craftsman lawn tractor. Still a super dependable “work horse” after 26 years!!
It’s unfortunate that these current day manufacturers are motivated strictly by the almighty dollar. They have no pride, no consciences and no remorse when they throw American workers and consumers under any cheap foreign bus they can find. SHAME ON ALL OF THEM!!
Some of the JDs mowers include an LCD fuel gauge/hour meter. After a few years (usually right after the warranty expires) the CR2032 battery that is incased in the gauge dies causing the gauge and hour meter to no longer function. The battery is not replaceable. JDs answer to the problem is for you replace the gauge at your own expense of course. After replacing the gauge the hour meter is back 0, so you have know way of knowing how many operating hours on are on mower. Absolutely Ridiculous!!
The policy should be if you move your factory out of America, you can't sell your products made out of the country in America.
When Trump is back in office, the tariff on JD will make it cost prohibitive in America. I've never owned a JD. Something about them that I just didn't trust.
So you would prefer to spend much more on all those products you could buy that are manufactured outside of the US? You can already CHOOSE to do that. But everyone else should have the freedom to CHOOSE to spend less on foreign made products. After all, that just means they have more money left over to spend on other goods and services that will boost our economy. Glad nobody’s paying attention to your advice.
@@Pseudify are you any relation to kamala, i have no idea what you just tried to say...and you are probably the only one who will not take her advice
You do realize how stupid that would be considering we do not have the facilities to make a third of the things used in this country now don't get me wrong yes it's messed up they are doing what they are but what do you expect when you've allowed politicians to basically make unions next impossible to have that's what all companies do is whatever is cheaper for them and without unions to fight it they can do whatever they want and if you truly ever thought any company gave a fck about you than you are a complete moron
@@Bob-rd9vdif Chump gets back into power you wont have a country anymore.
Tariffs do n o t h i n g but screw the working class into the fkn ground.
My neighbor has smaller John Deere tractor that I've serviced numerous times. She takes great pride in the fact that she selected a Deere over a Kubota. I've never had the nerve to tell her that the first word I see when I open the hood is "Yanmar."
They always admitted the subcompact’s are yanmar
@@genesotdorus413
Yea but she doesn't know that, that's the point.
Companies like John Deere may not exactly hide the fact that they use those kinds of imported engine's but at the same time they don't go making a full on effort to make sure you know, the dealers don't have big flashing signs that say "Our engine's are imported" in 50 languages, far as they're concerned what people don't know won't hurt them, if ask they'll tell you but otherwise they're gonna shut up about it.
Yep they make ALL OF JOHN DEERE TRACTORS UNDER 50 HP. Yanmar makes pretty good stuff I think, but when you get a small John Deere, you are buying YANMAR. But people think they are doing a GOOD DEED and are buying QUALITY when they buy John Deere. All you are doing is buying a NAME, you are being DUPED.
@@bobburnitt5761 JD is fast becoming a marketing company, a brand to profit off of (like so many), but they dont actually make their products.
@@genesotdorus413 Only if you asked. A lot of people bought Yanmar tractors painted green.
There's definitely something going on with JD. Had a mower serviced at JD since 2018 and they said there was bad fuel added to it. Out of curiosity, took both the spark plugs out and one of the plugs had a non-existent gap.
The reason I bought a Kubota zero turn mower 5 years ago...
You are HILARIOUS when you get into one of your rants. I could just hug you all to pieces because your attitude comes across perfectly. Don't ever lose that edge.❤
$6000 a year for a "southern" worker. $0 for an American worker. You do the math on where we're going on that one.
It's all about perspective. A person making $100,000 in Little Rock would barely be able to afford an apartment in Manhattan.
$20,000 for an engineer, I bet if the engineer here is not in a union he does not make much more than that (especially if he must work a lot of unpaid overtime).
@@johnsmitht11 The government isnt that smart.
I LOVE YOU, CHICKANIC. You ARE the face of AMERICA FIRST. (And as a struggling widow, I thank you for saving me $$ and aggravation).
Probably the reason JD started painting the decks green is they can't make good yellow paint. Clear back in 1995 I bought a new JD farm tractor. After planting season I went to wash it off with a garden hose. Didn't own a power washer at that time. Most of the yellow paint on the front wheels just washed away and I had to take it back. This tractor was in the shop at least once a year until I just decided to sell out with about 700+ hours on the tractor.
Great job, Chickanic! Terrible news. Major news media should report this.
Why? They don't report truth.
@@timkopp2204 You need to Go Find Yourself.
Report it? They support it....
I worked for a John Deere dealership in the 1990's , the old school equipment is much more robust as compared to new being manufactured at that time. That being said , John Deere has been going down hill for a long time ! The same exact thing is happening to the Boeing aircraft company .
............and Harley Davidson..............and Gibson Guitars..............and Ford/GM/Chrysler.............and GE.............and Milwaukee Tools..........and Black & Decker...........my fingers are tired now so I'll stop.
Every piece of JD equipment I own was built prior to 1990 and is top of the line equipment. This story is much bigger than what we know about it...The large public and private corporations know something is coming to America that they cannot stop...
@@MACE1-1 Yup. I have a 430 with the Yanmar diesel, built in 88. Its a little rough from a lot of work, but mechanically as good as gold. Will need some hydrostat work in a few years, but I will NEVER sell it or buy new.
Thankfully an honest straight forward approach to very important news .
Chickanic…. you’re one smart cookie and you speak very precisely and down to earth. What’s your favourite automotive brand right now for reliability?
John Deere's CEO makes $27 million a year. That would pay the salary of at least 500 factory workers.
Before bonuses.
John Deere keeps doing this. The se d it out of country the product has too many defects or the people start demanding better pay it comes back. Places like Moline have seen this over and over.
CEO pay is not the problem, at all. A CEO of a successful, massive corporation is going to make a lot of money, and rightfully so. The problems lie in the corporate culture, walled-garden construct, a disconnect from the principles the company used to be founded upon, and, yes, greed by the controlling interests.
@watcheroCEOs make way to much.fwatchers
@@watcherofwatchers When they make hundreds of times MORE than a frontline worker, that is rampant greed. Go research other countries that limit the amount a CEO can earn. And who do you think sets company culture? The CEO.
I was at my local JD supplier last week to pick up a low idle speed jet for my Gator TS. I picked up a new NGK spark plug too. I went there because the local small engine repair guy said " If you know what you need, you can get it on the internet". Really, he said that. Well I was so thrilled that JD was happy to get me a 42 Kleinen jet that I called them back and thanked them for the great service. He was surprised and said he doesn't get many of those calls.I am thanking you for all of the people whos equipment you repair. I finished the rebuild on the deck of my S130. Made in Canada. It will be the last JD product I buy. Enjoy your day and thanks again.
He said that because it's true. A small engine repair isn't going to have the money to carry a lot of inventory just for you to come in and buy something they'll make hardly any money on. Parts sitting on shelves is money not in the bank.
@@ian3580 He could have ordered it and earned my future business and sold me a non JD tractor.
@@ian3580 Reminds me of some computer support. I worked for a computer company and we handled all support customers asked for for free when it was within warranty. But that I mean if lest say a HDD failed the customer could send it to us and we would handle the warranty replacement issued by the manufacturer. Fair so far as I see it. However there was a delay as first we had to receive the product, test it and then send it to the manufacturer for them to test it and return a replacement. So I told customers how to do it themselves as they could sent it to the manufacturer direct and get it returned direct which would save them several days. Surprisingly many didn't want to do that. The really preferred a wait of three to five days extra just for us to sit in the middle and swap address labels on the packages. This wasn't really easier or cheaper for them as shipping to us cost the same as shipping to the manufacturer. HDD's were really the only parts we suggested customers try the direct manufacturer support for as all the manufacturers had very well working RMA handling. Other things were not as easy. Motherboards I all checked as in many cases the customer claimed it wouldn't work at all and it was working perfectly when we got it back from them. This meant we had something to talk about with them and it usually turned out they made som simple mistake. Or in some cases there were a real problem with some ports, but instead of writing that they claimed DOA for the whole motherboard. Hard to know if something is whack when the customer claims nothing works at all.
Great vlog Bre, as always. Your humour is stupendous, we could listen to you for hours and hours. We did notice the facial sweat. What a women you are, we feel proud to know you xxx❤ Glenn & Marion Leeds, UK 😊
I was asked to repair the leaking tans on a JD tractor and after pulling it apart removing the seals and letting the owner know what he needed to purchase ie 2 seals he wanted to see the ones I pulled out and after he inspected them he said to me he could see no damage and for me to reinstall them. I explained to him they would leak, turns out he was a bit racist and wouldn't take the word of a black man, so, I put them back in and guess what? They leaked. I had him pay me for the job not once but twice.
Put a 100% tariff on everything they try to bring into the US
Vote Trump!
@@Jake6837 Tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump to restructure the United States's top trade relationships have cost American companies $46 billion - February 2018.
He also added $7+ trillion to the national debt....
@@Jake6837 Can Trump Eliminate The Income Tax? Maybe With An 85% Tariff.... aka 85% rise in costs tax....
For example, if a broad 25% tariff on all imported goods is placed, the cost of every imported good will go up by at least 25%.
@@kylereese4822 so buy American made goods
@@Jake6837ahhh the Kool-aid makes everything seem fine.
I grew up 25 miles from Deere HQ in Moline, IL. Most of my family worked for Deere at one time or another, including me. They treat their employees like shit, and always have. Their products are mediocre, at best, but their marketing is class A. Their dealers are arrogant; their parts are ridiculously priced and you can't get them anywhere else. Now that they have gone WOKE, I expect some big changes. Sum up---Deere sucks, always has.
I think we have "woke" up to them.
Well said!
I already heard somewhere that they are coming back on their woke...
Because woke people seems to be against farmers....(I wonder how those wokes think to get food without farmers)
USA (and other) Farmers seems to be livid that Deere sponsored those people who fight against farmers...and threatened to boycott Deere (or already boycotted them immediatly)
Can you explain the "WOKE" thing?
Woke is not screwing people over. If anything, it is the opposite. To me it means being aware. As in "woke up".
I was in the market for a new lawn tractor from John Deere - after seeing your video I will not be looking for a JD and plan to keep what I have (which runs perfectly fine)
That does it for me, I was debating on a Deer, but now, regardless of any recalls, I will buy something else. Thanks for posting. 🇨🇦💝🇺🇸🙏🤷♂️
I bought a Husqvarna with a 5 year bumper to bumper warranty and a 10 year warranty on the deck.
Country clipper zero turn best thing I did, has one joystick for steering instead of two big bars across you, and the front of the mower lifts up at the end of mowing for easy cleaning and changing of the blades.
Pretty gutless that they won't allow the folks that kept them in business to show up to be fired! What a POS company! Glad I don't own anything green and yellow!
Right... showing up to be laid off is way better..
Never have bought any JD my granfather was a Farmall dealer for our area suffice to say our family will never buy green. When Grandpa closed his retail bussiness and became an excavating contractor he gave each of his sons a brand new Farmall Cub Super A I have my Dads and it still runs like a top and is used to plow and mow yearly.
Just like tracter supply the CEO will lose millions of customer and keep his job and probably get a huge pay increase.
Years ago I bought a used JD 140 H3 tractor. One of the best investments I ever made, wish I still had it. A year ago I bought a used D105 with about 90 hours on it. The previous owner had replaced the transmission CVT belt with a standard V belt, had lots of problems with "intermittent won't move problem" and just let it sit outside until I bought it. I sanded the rust off the CVT pullies and put a new CVT belt on it and have run it ever since with a couple of minor issues. (1) The motor surges despite having gone through it with a fine tooth comb and replacing the vacuum fuel pump. (2) The paint is rusting off in numerous places. I'll run it till it dies and find a different brand for the future.
You have hit a nerve with me. I'm a marine engineer and have several John Deere generators in my fleet since 2009. These things are the biggest pieces of crap. Diesel engines with PLASTIC fuel components. ECM engine controllers that burn up after 1-2 years at $2k a pop! Front housings that are so poorly machined that they cause belt misalignment that will cause catastrophic belt and pulley failure. Pulleys made out of plastic. I even had a $50K generator burn up after 9 months! The top of the piston MELTED with no alarms or codes in the computer. John Deere REFUSED to honor the warranty claiming BAD fuel caused the failure! I know the farmers think this stuff is the greatest, but here in the marine industry, this stuff is pure crap...
My beef with John Deere is with the farmer's equipment that they couldn't repair the things themselves, and it was all software issues😢
I was a loyal Deere customer for decades but I am so done with them. Thanks for the information.
Love this gal's sense of humor - right along with her work ethics and good common sense she displays!! Some lucky guy out there knowing she's a keeper and just plain fun to watch her videos she cranks out!! Great job once again and good researching as well!!
Well said Bre. I've been watching your channel for a long time. You'd get all my business if I didn't live so far away. You are very good at what you do, so I'm learning a lot. My name is Mike.👋
Years ago I worked for a major computer company. The company wanted the branch offices and areas to devise cost savings procedures and have a contest to which territory saved the most money. Our area saved the most money. We got a "thank you" award and the company management had a big expensive celebration bragging how much money "THEY" saved.
And that's typical across corporate America.
Warren Buffett is grinning.
@@bikerhighmiler8998 Blame the hedge funds. They gobble up these corporations
@@BertGraef that's a big part for sure
I CHALLENGE ANYBODY - to search the world over and find just one person that does what this girl does.
AND - she does it with a style and flair that would make a late night talk show host jealous.
She is truly the voice of many many people.
Art from Ohio
PS: AND - she is not hard to look at either.
OH... not real big on education.
@@I_Am_Your_Problem I can easily see where you got your name. I suppose by your sense of wisdom NAPA is not a good place to get auto parts because; "not real big on ice cream".
Normally I would say, "I hate to break this to you', but that isn't true, I do rather enjoy it. Just because YOU can't learn it doesn't mean she didn't teach it.
You should change your name to the "self confessed dull knife in the drawer'.
Thank you for the opportunity to feel real good inside all day long.
Art from Ohio
If you want to follow a politician who's been saying the same thing for years, follow Bernie Sanders, not Trump. Trump just wants to blame poor folks who don't speak English, not the corporations that are causing all our pain.
Good info. Thanks for being a realist.
wow thank you I was looking at a JD zero turn , now looking at Scag Made in the USA
But our CEO needs another 10 million dollar raise. 😢
How ever would he pay for a 4th mansion without that? Won't ANYONE think about the poor widdle CEOs? 🤣
And he is about to get another income tax cut. Guess why we are $35 TRILLION in debt & increasing FAST.
Cap those salaries to 250K/yr.
@@billsimpson604 we might be trillions of dollars in debt because our government likes to print money and give it away for free
Government spending
John Deere has gone to hell in the last 15 years.
Those that still have faith are buying old products with no computers and repair them themselves
It has been LONGER THAN THAT!!!
I bought a John Deere LA 105 in 2005, It has been the best mower I have owned. It has been a lawn mower, bush hog, and cut around many ponds over the years. It has had a hard life, but it has held up better than I could have ever expected. The guys at the Deere dealer always tried to sell me a "real Deere" when I would come in for an oil filter, until I took one of their mechanics over to one and pointed out the failure points on it. Fast forward to the D series, they took the Homelite approach and made them cheap with too much plastic and destined to fail. My friends used to give me flak about not owning a "real John Deere", until they ended up spending more than what they paid for the mower in maintenance. I have spent less than $500 in maintenance cost over almost 20 years, included the deck shell I'm about to have to replace. They're killing their brand with the whole right to repair and unreliable builds, I'm not interested if I can't work on it or if it won't last.
Carrier did the same back in like 2016-2017. They literally set down a whole factory of HVAC workers/assemblers in Indiana and told them they would stand to increase profits by X amount (billions) by moving their operation to Mexico. They put thousands of families out of work and struggling dye to corporate greed and “investor interest.”
Companies that have moved production overseas said it would make cost of their products more competitive. Levi’s was one of the first to do this. At the time a pair of their blue jeans was $20 a pair, $18 on sale. Today the price for those same pants is $50 a pair, while other brands can be had for under $20. These companies just raise profit margins.
Look at the price of shoes. Probably costs a buck to make and sells for 50? My shoes don't have an athletes signature but the label says made in the USA.
you get a bogus tag that doesn't say Levi's even. I rarely buy them anymore.
PERFECT example of Our Current Inflation !! Predatory profiteering !!!!!!!!
Yeah I bought 505s from Costco in last 3 years they are made out of completely different cloth. One made in Egypt and two from Pakistan. The ones made in Pakistan look to be about the same as something you would buy from Walmart
I used to work at a Mom and Pop John Deere dealership, just on the cusp of JD not wanting to support them anymore and forced the smaller independent dealerships to sell to large franchises. From that time forward, John Deere lost me, corporate greed indeed.
Deere did that BIG TIME to dealers in Iowa.
Thank you very much and I'm glad to know you you're really a lot of help and I enjoy your videos
Great video helping to expose the increasing corporate greed in this country and everywhere!
Years ago, I used to buy a lot of John Deere products. I still have my chain saw and pressure washer. Louis Rossmann (also on youtube) explained some of the absolute evil this company is doing when it comes to repairing the products. You basically can't. They put computers in many of the parts, and the computers must exchange a key (serialized). If the keys don't match, the tractor doesn't run. Very bad if you're a farmer and your harvester, combine, tractor, etc. is broken, but you only have a few days to do the task you must do (for example: veggies rot if not picked on time). A farmer would love to do their own repair in situations like that, but they are blocked from doing that, simply due to John Deere greed.
This is why I no longer buy John Deere products. Likely all manufactures will behave the same, but guilty parties must be punished when they get caught.
The problem with publicly traded companies, is that they have to keep growing or a bigger business will simply buy them out. Even Twitter at 44B was bought. Some people have trillions.
@@RipliWitani Yes that has happened so often. Sometimes a business can be a co-operative and be running under laws which prevent it from being bought out. In New Zealand we had a chain of community Savings Banks. ("Trustee Savings Bank")
They were innovative offering what were new services unavailable at other banks, such as their "budget account" which was like a cheque account without any fees. and loans at lower interest than the major banks. They were especially helpful with getting folks into homes of their own.
Major banks wanted to buy them up, but the laws under which they were set up originally, prevented that. They were co-operatives where everyone who had an account "owned" a tiny piece of them, that could never be sold off.
Later a change of government, changed the underlying laws to what the overseas owned banks wanted, and before long some overseas bank swooped in and bought them out and basically just rolled them into their existing chain. In our neighbour Australia, similar thing happened with their "Building Societies".
Farmers buy old models and do their own repairs. They buy product before the computer age and are having good results
Deere did the same here in Canada. Shut down the Welland plant and left all their workers high and dry.
Big business… it’s what they do
It was John Deere who spearheaded and lobbied against the right to repair bill. Its to late to make John Deere great again!
Best way to send a FU symbol to Deere, is to start buying and supporting other tractor companies like Massey Fergusson, Case, Fendt, New Holland, etc. We need to rid of John Deere's crippling hold on farming equipment, and give our support to more deserving companies.
They used to make really good mowers. I bought a used John Deere Model 65 from the late 70s early 80s with a blown up 7 hp Techumseh. I went to my local Garden Center and bought an 8hp Techumseh , just a vertical shaft new Techumseh engine that lasted for over 30 years and I never did anything but maintain it. It was perfect for mowing 1/2 acre of lawn, geared for a nice 2nd gear cut that made our lawn like a golf course. I got it in 1987, and it mowed great until 2018. No oil use, no blow by, I took the top off of the metal transmission and cleaned it out with brake cleaner, just dug it out with my hand, then cleaned it with brake cleaner, let it dry and pumped it full of front end grease, a tube and 1/2 and put the top back on. Replaced the belt one time and replaced the delhrin bushing on the idler and took a link out of the drive chain. That is all. When I went to John Deere to buy another one, they didn’t have one. Just fancy crap I didn’t need. I ended up buying a self propelled walk behind with a plain old flathead Briggs. A bunch of plastic crap. I can’t go any further. I gave in and hired a guy to mow our 1/4 acre yard. The JD is in the shed.
I still use my father-in-law's 1975 JD 212. It's fantastic.
I would say I had a Tecumseh mower. That 8hp Tecumseh was doing all the work. The rest is just window dressing.
In my final job before retirement, I worked for a company that was responsible for doing the documentation for large generator sets for the US Army. These all had John Deere diesel engines in them, and trying to get any information out of JD was next to impossible. For my own use, I am a Toro man through and through and would never buy a piece of John Deere equipment. And I damn sure won’t have anything to do with them now they’re moving to Mexico. Are they going to change their name to Juan Deere?
Juan Doe
Thanks for the great information!! Granted, I only have a big box L series tractor in my inventory, but with this BS going on, I guarantee this machine will not be replaced by green when it does give out.
Thank you for your review! I’m am having trouble with my D110 engine surging, and engine speeds up and then slows down. I have to add a product called K100 to help with this. I am aware that there is a problem with moisture in the fuel tank, and that is why I am using this product. I am a ex parts store employee who knows a lot about mechanical issues, because my dad was the head mechanic at Browns NAPA. I am glad that I didn’t purchase one of those D105’s! Thanks for the info, and I like you!
There used to be a John Deere dealer about a mile from my house. They had a booming business until a few years ago. They used to be the "go to" dealer for everything in my town. They sold and serviced several brands but JD was their bread and butter. A Kubota dealer opened about five miles away, three years later the JD dealer was gone. Deere is shooting themselves in the foot and don't have a clue. A lot of farmers are willing to pay a lot of money for quality products and service, Deere isn't meeting the need. Like Brie says, "Yellow is better"
A lot of farmers are still using tractors built from the 1960s-1990s, and some from before and or after that time period. They do this to stay in business…
This is why we don’t own a JD and won’t ever!
Thank you for being this information to the masses!!!
The US worker is too expensive in terms of productivity. Hundreds of Industries have made this realization as well.
I have a john Deere 2130 tractor. Built in 76 in Germany. There are no similarities between that company and JD today. I'll leave it that.
If I were a farmer, I would definitely switch brands after hearing this news. John Deere doesn't believe that farmers should have the right to repair their own tractors and moving to lala land😏
Name one tractor that is manufactured in the USA, or even one brand that is 100% USA owned. Assembled in USA doesn't count, the profits go to a foreign country corporation.
@@heyinway Still, if you can do your own support on them that's worth something. And if your money is going abroad no matter what brand you buy, then buy from someone that will support their products by allowing you to do what service you feel you should be able to handle. Currently I think that leaves you with few brands as I think you want to keep away from the Chinese both for quality and for political reasons.
That's why a lot of people in my area still buy and use old tractors from the 1940's. They were built to last, as simple as simple could be to fix, can be had for little money and there's a big aftermarket making new parts to keep them running. I was more than willing to buy such a tractor back in 2022 when I went tractor shopping because they're affordable. But they were just too big for my dinky little yard so we went with a new subcompact.
@@Slane583We still use two fairly big old tractors. One is an International (6 tires), and a Deere 4340 (6 tires) and they pull hard. Simple machines without DEF and electronics that just keep running with basic maintenance. We can’t pull giant implements and monitor every minuscule amount of seed but the corn still grows. It’s hot, noisy, and slow but also doesn’t have payments.
@@blauer2551 The farmer who tends the big hay field right next to my house uses a mix of older tractors from the late 70's and 80's. The three most common machines I see go up and down my road are a CASE, an older Massey Ferguson and a John Deere.
One of the other larger farms on a back road going to my friends house has a big CASE from the 90's that pulls an 8-wheeled slurry tanker. Sadly I don't know the models of any of the machines. I see them so often I stopped paying attention.
The biggest operation in my area probably has about $1.5-Million in just CASE Quad-Tracs alone without including the various implaments and combines for harvesting the corn when the time comes.
Other than them everyone else sticks to older machines. They're already paid off, earier to maintain, require no DEF like you said and they don't have loads of computers making them work.