Foreign made Deere parts future

[beenthere]

That all compact tractors are foreign made. Every single brand name is made outside the USA. Some claim made in USA but are really only assembled here which mean mostly that they buy the rims and tires here (sometimes) They all come packed in container via ship with 20 or so to the container and the local distributor assembles them usually at a central location to be trucked to the dealers nation wide. The only difference is that the "foreign made" some of them go straight to the dealers to be assembled whereas the USA made one get assembled at a big assembly plant somewhere and then shipped. Sadly, this has been the case for many years now. Only the large Ag tractors seem to be still built in the USA now.

Don't think your statements are entirely true (and could be taken as very misleading ).
Take a tour of the Deere plants around the country and see for yourself where many of the parts are made. Two in mind are in Augusta, GA and Horicon, WI.
Larger tractors in Waterloo, IA along with the engine plant in Waterloo/Cedar Falls, IA.

And Deere will likely continue to get parts made overseas as well as in North America.
If Deere wants to sell their tractors in these other countries (China, Brazil, etc. ) then they will need to be buying parts from those countries, IMO. Deals are made to keep going. And I hope it continues for a long time.

 

[sweettractors]

You've hit a nerve, Ken, and you're right. The middle class doesn't stand a chance.

The Congress just tried to pass a bill to give tax breaks to companies that bring back jobs into the US from overseas, and penalize companies that offshore jobs out of the US. What was the result? The Party of No voted just that - no. How can they justify that?

We were run into bankruptcy for eight years. Companies were given tax breaks - breaks on their US taxes - when they shipped jobs overseas. The rich got tax cuts, and the size of the federal government exploded with all the defense contractors (Halliburton, anyone?).

It's nothing less than the destruction of the middle class, but the rich will do just fine, thank you. Wouldn't want them to pay any taxes, would we?

Barney F. did his part to push legislation and fund Fanniemae and Freddiemac so they could make bad loans to people with 0 down and no way to make house payments. Now, The middle class has all that mess on our backs on top of everything else. Ken Sweet

 

[oneillmj]

If a person was going to buy a John Deere tractor and it is made by Yanmar. why wouldn't he get a Yanmar instead, since they are less expensive and would be the same part supplier? If you accept the CUT's are all foreign made why not get a Kubota instead of the Yanmar as they control their own manufacturing and quality and their parts should be easily obtainable well into the future. I am not trying to be obnoxious, and I really wanted to purchase a John Deere, but will probably be getting a Kubota L3700 instead. Please convince me this logic is wrong.

 

[RollingsFarms]

you shouldn't have any problems locating parts for this tractor. it's the same tractor as the 5103 that started production in 2004. also the 2.9L engine, transmission, rear axle, hood and side panels, dashboard cluster have been around for years(since the 5200,5300,5400,5500 series in the 90's). the front axles on the mfwd is the same one used in the 5025 and 5m series also. Deere hasn't kept the 5003(now the 5D and 5E series) around this long because they aren't selling. the 2.9L is not one of their newest engines, but it's one of the most reliable. i did have a hangup about the quality of these tractors before i bought one and all i can say is this, i've seen alot of them being used around my area and never heard a complaint and i've never read about them having alot of problems on here. if something is junk, unreliable, hard to get parts for, you're going to hear about it. it's impossible to keep an unsatisfied customer quiet because he tells his friends, they tell their friends, etc.

 

[300UGUY]

If a person was going to buy a John Deere tractor and it is made by Yanmar. why wouldn't he get a Yanmar instead, since they are less expensive and would be the same part supplier? If you accept the CUT's are all foreign made why not get a Kubota instead of the Yanmar as they control their own manufacturing and quality and their parts should be easily obtainable well into the future. I am not trying to be obnoxious, and I really wanted to purchase a John Deere, but will probably be getting a Kubota L3700 instead. Please convince me this logic is wrong.

Yannmar got out of the US market when they stsrted making tractors for Deere. Now that Deere is getting tractors made in India, China, Mexico, they are getting back in, with Cub Cadet.

 

[sweettractors]

If a person was going to buy a John Deere tractor and it is made by Yanmar. why wouldn't he get a Yanmar instead, since they are less expensive and would be the same part supplier? If you accept the CUT's are all foreign made why not get a Kubota instead of the Yanmar as they control their own manufacturing and quality and their parts should be easily obtainable well into the future. I am not trying to be obnoxious, and I really wanted to purchase a John Deere, but will probably be getting a Kubota L3700 instead. Please convince me this logic is wrong.

I don't think your logic is all that wrong, however, it is sorta like every man liking the attributes of a certain woman. Be a bad deal if everyone wanted her and no one else. Everyone bases their tractor needs on what they see, prior experiences, what they have heard, family history, what the neighbors had, bad repair stories, dealer friendliness, favorite color, dealer proximity, etc. Ken Sweet

 

[TripleR]

If a person was going to buy a John Deere tractor and it is made by Yanmar. why wouldn't he get a Yanmar instead, since they are less expensive and would be the same part supplier? If you accept the CUT's are all foreign made why not get a Kubota instead of the Yanmar as they control their own manufacturing and quality and their parts should be easily obtainable well into the future. I am not trying to be obnoxious, and I really wanted to purchase a John Deere, but will probably be getting a Kubota L3700 instead. Please convince me this logic is wrong.

I sure won't try to dispute your logic other than to point out the obvious that you really can't get a Yanmar and while some John Deeres use Yanmar engines, other components are different. My truck has a Lexus engine, but it's not a Lexus.

I think Ken pretty well summed it up. There will still be people who prefer Kioti over Bobcat or vice versa even though they are the same tractor.

 

[avninja]

I guess I was thinking on this particular tractor 5045e, there shouldn't be too difficult a time getting parts in the future, because it is supposedly made by Deere at their plant in India. As opposed to yanmar making the tractor, and then shipping it over whole or mostly whole on a contract basis, and then discontinuing the model.

It would seem as though if it really is a Deere plant, then they would control the model and parts availability better.

Thanks

 

[TripleR]

I guess I was thinking on this particular tractor 5045e, there shouldn't be too difficult a time getting parts in the future, because it is supposedly made by Deere at their plant in India. As opposed to yanmar making the tractor, and then shipping it over whole or mostly whole on a contract basis, and then discontinuing the model.

It would seem as though if it really is a Deere plant, then they would control the model and parts availability better.

Thanks

I wouldn't worry about it. I considered buying a John Deere 5000 Series tractor when I bought my M8540 and parts availability wasn't even a consideration. John Deere offers really good products regardless of where they are made.

 

[bilrus61]

I read somewheres that the JD plant in Augusta Ga. employs 160 workers. Kubota has 3 factories in Ga. that employ 1,700 workers. I recently got a JD MX6 cutter that I thought was made in Canada with a Spainish gearbox but it was shipped to my dealer from Mexico and has a Chinese gearbox (like all the other cutters have). It has worked fine in the few hours I mowed with it. Not much pride of ownership factor with it however. If I had known where it was made I very likely would have gone with a Landpride cutter which was my second choice.

I was looking at the Deere 5E tractors on my dealer's lot. He had two and one was leaking fluid from somewhere in the rear. I came home and hugged my Kubota