charlessenf
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Before you Buy A John Deere! Jeeze I thought tractors were built solid!crawl under the machine with a flashlight
Before you Buy A John Deere! Jeeze I thought tractors were built solid!crawl under the machine with a flashlight
Some have figured it's photo'd where it happened, but maybe not exactly when it happened.What looks odd, is.. it’s slippery thin snow, so he couldn’t get much force forward, plus there’s no peeling out marks in the snow either.
Exactly what I was thinking. The tractors forward momentum would be a frontwards force acting on the bottom of the loader masts. The stopping force would be an opposing backwards force applied through the loader arms to the top of the masts. The tops are not anchored and the masts become levers wanting to rotate towards the rear. The loader mount would resist that movement by transmitting the rotation/torque directly to the mounting bolts and casting. The weakest link was found.That's what the first pic looks like to me, the bucket is digging into the ground after going off the driveway. I'd guess he had a good head of steam going, (maybe the tires are loaded as well which would increase the force), had the bucket angled down which then plunged into the ground when it hit dirt, dug in and stopped the tractor cold.
They left the most important character off that model number. It's not a "3038", it's a "3038E", the "E" meaning "Economy". These low-end machine's are Deere's way to try to not lose every customer looking for a more budget-minded machine, but they really have no business playing in this market. Deere makes some great machines, but they're just not going to beat Asian brands when competing for lowest cost/price.
I looked at a few of the 3E-series machines, when I was shopping in 2018/19. No way in hell was I buying one of those economy machines. At least for me, it was 3R-series, or another brand.
Oh, I'm sure they can do plenty good work. I actually liked the loader controls and visibility on the 3E's better than the 3R's, but the non-removable loader killed even the thought of going with one. I remove my loader at least once per month, if not more, for various chores. There were several other differences, but 5 years after buying, I don't remember what most of those details were.Not sure I want to show that to my nephew he has been working his JD 3025E pretty hard and it is hanging in there.
Oh, I'm sure they can do plenty good work. I actually liked the loader controls and visibility on the 3E's better than the 3R's, but the non-removable loader killed even the thought of going with one. I remove my loader at least once per month, if not more, for various chores. There were several other differences, but 5 years after buying, I don't remember what most of those details were.
My response was more aimed at those commenting on Deere quality or design, relating to this failure. This is Deere's Economy line, knowingly and intentionally built much less heavy than their other lines, in order to try to compete with brands like Mahindra and Kioti on price. I suspect those other brands have enormous advantages over Deere, when it comes to cost/price structure.
Might could be welded back together ...This poor fellow is having a bad month…..View attachment 852256View attachment 852257
Might/could, but usually cheaper to just replace castings on still-current models. Fixturing that up right for a weld is probably going to cost a lot of hours, and these parts are still readily available.Might could be welded back together ...
I do not know what the weather is/was like in Michigan, but if it is/was anything like here in Vermont this year, you can have 6" snow one day and the next day see grass. It is mid February here, and we are lucky to have 1/2" snow on the ground! It was near 60F last week and yesterday it was 13F, 15F today. Insane swings!