JD 5003 Series

Loves fuel. Hates work! Tractor is entirely too light to get those horses harnessed. If you have a couple extra thousand dollars to buy front and rear weights....you might make it stick to the ground better. I can't afford to buy the weights. made ins the USA? No! Assembled here. Mexican engine, Spanish fuel system and rear hitch assembly. Chinese drawbar assembly (look underneath says Made in China). German mannheim rear axle and maybe tranny, Italian Carraro front axles. Who made the electronics? Where did the rest of it come from? The only thing made here are the tires....at least that what they have on them. Steering whines, too slow lock to lock. 9 speed sychro-shift...low not low enough and hard to get in and out of gear. Dealer support is worthless! I emailed a man named Wade Malcomb or Malcomb Wade.....whatever...some kind of big rep for Deere. In reality he is a damage control specialist....do whatever it takes to cover JD's a$$ and do anything but acknowledge the problems. Tractor chokes pulling a Ford 101 3-14" plow when in 5th gear....right speed for good trash coverage. How many of you think a 4 wd tractor making 63 pto horses should have trouble a 3-14" plow? HAR! Not me. I bought green in good faith and because there is a dealer nearby. No more. I had a JD for 20 years before I got this one and another before it. JD has left the field, it's all smoke and mirrors today. If you complain to JD, they almost mock you because you question a green tractor. No, I'm not happy. I'm siting on a fat payment book and tractor with 90 hours on it and I resent it every time I start the engine. Sure I can trade it off and take a $10,000 bath in the process. Sad thing is, I don't know anybody that is building a first class machine today. I have a $32,000 boil on my a$$ and it's green and yellow.