Posted by paul on November 07, 2015 at 08:43:38 from (70.197.226.124):
In Reply to: Dealer support posted by oldtanker on November 07, 2015 at 03:35:07:
It isn't a nearby dealer that is important.
It is being able to find parts locally.
There is a difference.....
Locally I hear really bad things about JD any more. They combined and folded 4 times into a mega dealer, they may have your part at one of their 20 locations, but you might get it in a week, it might have freight added to it, its a real mess. They closed the two closest dealerships to me, 25 miles to the closest Deere now.
4 years ago when I was swathing with my old Owatonna swather with a Wisconsin cast iron air cooled engine on it the fuel pump went out.
I walked into the local ag/auto/hydraulic/light machine shop place very worried.... The fella saw the old pump in my pail, said oh he was sorry, he had sold the one they stock that morning, the replacement should be there at 10:00am tomorrow tho?
Agco/ Gleaner has 3 dealerships an hour from me, I'm in the triangle between. ( There is one a half hour away, but they are very limited in Gleaner support.) one of the dealers has a bone yard to pull parts off of, two of the places have very helpful mechanics that know the old Gleaners as well or better than the new ones, all three stock parts for my old stuff. Several years ago the fan on my F2 shelled out, one of the dealers had it sitting on the shelf, for a 27 year old machine.....
Now, which of my machines is supported better? Hint - not the Deere.
So the geneneral point is right - you need local support! But that doesn't just mean you have to have a dealer 5 miles from you.... It means you need sources for the parts.
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