JD vs. IH
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banjodunn
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G'day over here it is a similar thing, dealer presence has alot to do with it but also a good salesman. Years ago we were looking for a new tractor at home and had looked at/ inquired about at most of the dealers ( Red, Blue and Green) and while we were busy in the yard repairing an overhead water tank the Green salesman came in wanting to talk to dad about a chamberlain ( aussie built originally but bought out by JD). We were pretty busy as we had 2 contractors there and a crane and about 38c but this bloke was insistent that he would only take up 15 min of time, well after about 10 min of trying dad blew his top and told him to *&%^ off and never come back and that there would never be a green/yellow machine on the place and there never has been. We now run 3 IH, 1 Ford and 1 Belarus but after 20+ years still no green but have got one yellow a tr75 NH header:laughing:
Jon
Jon
ModMech
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In my opinion, the old JD stuff made in the USA is awefully tough to beat for service life, support and collectability. But, you are going to PAY for that as well.
The IH/Farmall stuff made here is less costly, very capable but yes, parts can be a tougher situation in some cases.
If you are comparing stuff from say '85 up, and looking at under 45 HP equipment, I write off JD because too much of the units in thaat market segment are simply up-priced Asian import stuff painted green. If I wanted an Asian tractor, I would buy one.
Orange is good, especially in the SCUT/CUT market, low initial cost and pretty reliable over the 10 year/1k hour window. But they are not engineered for heavy work, IMO.
for heavy work you need a heavy tractor and those are tough to come by in today's world. You are essentially looking at 45 PTO HP units and larger from JD, CHN, MF or Mahindra.
The IH/Farmall stuff made here is less costly, very capable but yes, parts can be a tougher situation in some cases.
If you are comparing stuff from say '85 up, and looking at under 45 HP equipment, I write off JD because too much of the units in thaat market segment are simply up-priced Asian import stuff painted green. If I wanted an Asian tractor, I would buy one.
Orange is good, especially in the SCUT/CUT market, low initial cost and pretty reliable over the 10 year/1k hour window. But they are not engineered for heavy work, IMO.
for heavy work you need a heavy tractor and those are tough to come by in today's world. You are essentially looking at 45 PTO HP units and larger from JD, CHN, MF or Mahindra.
