Re: How far do you have to go to get to a tractor

Posted by paul on February 13, 2021 at 18:47:52 from (66.60.215.13):

In Reply to: How far do you have to go to get to a tractor posted by Bruce from Can. on February 13, 2021 at 15:54:52:

A good Case dealer west of me 20 miles, several branches of another Case dealer 40 miles north and east.

A snobby JD dealer 20 miles west of me as well as numerous other same owner dealerships around me. A more favored JD dealership is about 50 miles north.

Agco dealerships, 3 of them about a 45 minute drive north, east, or south of me. All good shops.

Two of those are also New Holland dealers.

Kubota kinda has come and gone, there is one within 45 minutes but I can’t remember which dealership is running it now.

There is a small import tractor shop (I think Mahindra and others) and a Ziegler Cat dealership 30 minutes east of me.

There was one small remaining Agco dealership 15 miles from me, was an old Oliver location, they quit and my coop, of all things, took it over and ran it a few years, things just never worked out. They closed for good a year ago, I haven’t counted them in any of the above, I stopped there once in the 1990s asking about my Gleaner F combine, they said they really don’t have parts for the old stuff like that. Seemed odd for a small family old time dealership to say that, but I took them at their word.

Back in the 60s into the 70s there was JD, IHC, Allis Chalmers, Oliver, Ford all 5-6 miles away.

A decade ago some friends kind of made fun of my Gleaner combine, their JD combines could be serviced by a dealer 10 miles away, I had to go 45 minutes for parts. Right after that the snobby dealership got put together and bought up 20 local dealers, closed the 2 closest ones, doubled their shop rates, and said stick it to anyone not running 6000 acres or more. Meanwhile, I still had my choice of 3 independent Gleaner dealers all as close as their new mega Green dealer, but my Gleaner dealerships still carry parts on the shelf for my old conventional Gleaners. Last laugh......for now.

Paul

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