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I read a post sometime in the last 6 months about the hot business in Saskatchewan or Manitoba selling older, completely unconnected John Deere tractors because
by fitsumbelay 14d ago
I read a post sometime in the last 6 months about the hot business in Saskatchewan or Manitoba selling older, completely unconnected John Deere tractors because farmers found the subscription based service for connected ones to be expensive and unhelpful. Basically a net loss. This wired post seems to be payola I mean a direct rebuttal to that post as well as the behavioral wave because it's probably impacting bottom lines
- markdown 14d agoThe worlds most popular tractor brand (Mahindra) doesn't even crack the top 5 in the US. If American farmers wan't the most repairable tractor, they should just buy the one that is used in poorer, less-connected regions of the world. Those are built for durability and repairability.
- boatloof 14d agoMahindra's line up tops out at 71 horsepower. Americans use 400-800 horsepower row croppers towing 36 row planters.
- anakaine 14d agoSome farm, typically agriculture. Your average cattle, sheep, or other livestock farmer will not be running a 400+ HP tractor in most cases. 50-110 hp is common for general property use such as clearing, slashing, loading, material moving. In these cases a Mahondra, or any number of others is ideal. You can get John Deere in the same size, but would be mad to do so with the repairability issues and higher cost.
- parineum 14d ago> Your average cattle, sheep, or other livestock farmer is a very different person in different countries. The US has large scale agriculture and use large scale equipment.
- markdown 13d agoThose large scale farms aren't the ones who have a problem with John Deere or repairability. Corporate will handle that.
- markdown 13d agoThe most popular tractor on American farms right now is the John Deere 5075E, which has between 73 and 75HP. So you're wrong.