As I look at it, the price is what it is. But the biggest downer by far is when the part is NLA. So when Deere has the part, I try to not moan and groan. And I try to avoid after-market parts as well. Only as a last resort, as too often they don't meet up to Deere standards.
Just had to replace a fender on my '98 4x2 gator, and was sweating that I would not find it available. It was available, so I was happy.
Glad after 25 years there were still parts that I could buy. The decreased value of a gator with broken fenders is much more than the cost of this fender. Figure the annual cost to Deere of warehousing old parts, especially these days. I'm grateful Deere is doing that.
My fault that I parked the gator on an incline in the woods, thought I had set the brake but either didn't or it didn't latch. Twenty seconds later, I saw it moving backwards down the hill and into the trees. All I could say was "this ain't gonna be pretty" !.
But the right rear corner of the tailgate caught a tree, the gator spun 90° as it slipped by the tree crunching the fender.
