My neighbor has a '07 Jinma that's sitting along his back fenceline rusting into the ground. Say's it's the biggest pile of crap he ever wasted 7 grand on....
He said the fit & finish was terrible.
Not really a tractor although they call it one a L130 john deere lawn tractor. The blade spindles do not have a grease zert and the tranny is good for only 200 hours and then must be replaced. You can try and remove the tranny drain it and sometimes it works sometimes it does not. What a piece of junk.
It's to bad this is about Tractors. I have a Ford AreoStar story that would make grown men cry.
I call my L-130 the L(emon)-130. Electric clutch and switch went out at 56-hours. On my third mower deck belt, and yes the deck is adjusted properly. The thing has 75-hours on it now. If my tranny pukes, I won't fix it, it gets junked. I didn't expect a full fledged Deere; but geez this thing is disappointing.
Sounds like the '83 S-10 pickup I had. That POS cured me of ever buying a GM product ever again.
The biggest lemon we own is our house...that one hurts.
I had a cub cadet 28 hp tractor with a mmm and loader. The MM never worked right, threw belts or chewed through belts as fast as the wind changes. 2 years and about 12-14 returns to the dealer, and cub cadet gave me a rear three point to replace the MM. The first two days I owned the tractor the radiator jug cracked. The brakes went within the first month. The most aggravating thing was having my tractor in the shop for about 4 weeks. I had to pay someone to cut my field - talk about mad, boy was I. I wrote and called CC, emailed them, talked to the manager etc etc. The dealer was ok and kept trying to fix it.
I got to know the service guy really well, heck of a nice guy. He now works for a car dealership. Told me that the tractor was the biggest POS he ever saw.
Bought my kioti and have had some small issues, but all in all, it has been a totally different experience.
So you held a grudge from 1983-2010. 27 years. Man, I'd hate to be on your bad side. :laughing:
I think all American car companies were building lemons in massive quantities back in 1983. They've improved a tad since then. :laughing:
Too bad about your Deere. I really love Deere equipment and would own all Deere if things worked out differently for me. I was warned not to buy any box-store Deere equipment. Was driving down a local road and while watching a guy cutting his front lawn, he hit a bump and broke his front axle. :ashamed: