Nice socket set

ritschner · Mar 26, 2016

John Deere has one of the best pistol grip grease guns on the market. It has two settings, one for volume and one for pressure. John Deere Heavy Duty Pistol Grip Grease Gun TY26689. I ordered mine online since the dealer here seems to always charge 10-20% over list on parts and accessories.

ovrszd · Mar 26, 2016

MHarryE said:
Times are tough in the ag business. We still have most of last year's harvest in the bin and the prices keep getting worse.

Yep. I don't expect 2016 to be any improvement. If not, then I expect to lose a few of our young farmers in 2017. Cash rent prices on land dropped 30% here in the last 2 years.

Happy Gilmore · Mar 26, 2016

Sawyer Rob said:
Are the sockets made in china?? Last deere tools I looked at, were all made in china! BUT, they still had the john deere price! SR

If they are made in China I think I would have respectfully declined and explained why, just me though.

Sawyer Rob · Mar 26, 2016

I know a guy that had an old set of open/box john deere wrenches, made in USA... He lost one and decided to replace it, once he had his new wrench home, he noticed it said china on it... lol

BOY, was he ever upset! and he got on the phone calling deere, but deere didn't have one made in USA, so....

I was looking at a deere tractor/loader, it was made in china too, and it was sitting on deere's lot "new" with rust already forming on it!

SR

Wagtail · Mar 26, 2016

Happy Gilmore said:
If they are made in China I think I would have respectfully declined and explained why, just me though.

I just wandered out to the workshop and checked my JD 1/2" metric set... no markings as to country of manufacture anywhere. I looked at the carry-case, the ratchet & several sockets; everything is chromed, embossed John Deere, plus a 'PT' number.

Very high quality though. The ratchet is solid and hefty... if it was made in China, it was made to high standards.

Happy Gilmore · Mar 26, 2016

Then again, who am I kidding, if it was a freebie I would have taken them.

ovrszd · Mar 27, 2016

Bit off track here.

It's not China's fault if their products are inferior. They are building th to the standard enforced by Deere.

Deere uses China to increase their profit margin. As do most other brand names in the world. Then they shift the blame to China when they get caught with a shoddy product. This has worked very well for those brands andd the consumers have accepted it. Ching, Ching, Ching goes the cash register....

Paul Thornton · Mar 27, 2016

The. Sockets were made in Taiwan. I haven't used them yet but the chrome is flawless, they appear to be well made, and they are well worth what I paid for them.

DT86 · Mar 27, 2016

MHarryE said:
Times are tough in the ag business. We still have most of last year's harvest in the bin and the prices keep getting worse.

ovrszd said:
Yep. I don't expect 2016 to be any improvement. If not, then I expect to lose a few of our young farmers in 2017.

This deserves a thread of its own.

As a young farmer I'm feeling it hard.

ovrszd · Mar 27, 2016

DT86 said:
This deserves a thread of its own.

As a young farmer I'm feeling it hard.

Yep. Maybe start one in rural living?? Not sure which forum would be best. Small percentage of members here farm for a living but we get some good discussion.

I'm sure I've also got some young cattle ranchers around me that bought in high. Prices are steadily dropping. I'm sure their financial statement doesn't look well at the Bank.....