I feel that Deere caught the competition flat footed with the new generation tractors, their powershift transmission and further mashed them with the 40 series. That - coupled with financial struggles of IH and perhaps others, along with the farm situation of the early 80's gave JD a powerful advantage. Some suggest that the booming times in the 50's, 60's and early 70's in this country had much to do with expansion, but in many ways, industries had no international competition as it was destroyed by WWII. With the late 80's and forward, international competition has been tremendous - especially from China. I think Deere (along with their great product line) had an advantage over the competition during those tough times for others. Perhaps had it not been for the 80's farm crisis, high interest rates, Carter's grain embargo, etc. AC, MF and others might have survived and thrived. Many say the 8000 AC tractor series were ahead of JD in their day.
However - today, JD has some serious competition with CaseIH/New Holland, Agco/MF and especially Kubota. I spoke to a dealer the other day and they are carrying McCormick tractors since Agco pulled their long tome MF dealership - but this dealer isn't going anywhere. Another dealer is now carrying Dutz-Fahr tractors.
Having said all that - for us, we are not brand or color loyal. We look for the best bang for the buck - period. We have bought a JD tractor, an old JD rake and a JD square baler. I came within a hair of buying a JD disc mower conditioner, but the JD dealer also sold Krone and made us a deal on one of them. My brother also bought a JD utility tractor based on price and features - so JD does have some good equipment out there.
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