Hauling manure this afternoon. Boredom is overtaking me and I got to thinking about this whole obsolescence thing just because the computer system is obsolete. Do I think Deere will come up with a kit to change this stuff to mechanical systems? No,not on your life.
When my son bought out the engine machine shop where he worked two years ago,he faced what he thought was two choices with the engine dyno. It was so old that it ran on floppy discs. They had told them years ago that if anything happened to it,it was dead in the water,they couldn't fix it. He thought he'd either have to buy a new one or move that one and hope it still worked when they hooked it back up. The manufacturer gave him a third choice. He ended up buying it,moving it and having company technicians recondition it after it was in the new shop. They removed the computer,all the wiring and sensors and replaced them with all new state of the art stuff. The replaced the brake too,now they can dyno 2500 hp instead of 1500 and it will even text message the results to the owner. It does stuff that wasn't even a dream when that machine was built.
The point is,the tractors won't be obsolete,only the computer and electronics will be. Who knows what's possible? By 2025,they might be able to turn a 2015 8R series in to an autonomous vehicle by replacing the sensors,wiring harness and computer and adding a few solenoids and motors. Provided they haven't been "farmerized". We just don't know yet. I don't think they'll melt them down.
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