Combines European Combines migrating to North America

Thats probably what will happen,Deere will be forced to part build them in the States because all you American boys will say its a bundle of SCRAP if its not from "Uncle Sam" rightIJ, Even if it does say John Deere "made in Germany"!!!!!!!!!

Won't bother me any. I have had 2 German JD tractors they turned out good. Besides, I went to their website and the German conventionals don't look much different from the ones over here. That beater over the walkers might be a good thing. Another thing I see is the Slope Master and Hillmaster II for both models which I would be interested in.

I think the German's are more precise and particular in there work.

Yea right, go buy one of their forage harvesters and try to keep it going. then the guy in the warehouse forgot to reorder and the crop is to dry to chop when you get it fixed.

Where are you located Big TruckIJ Are you in europe somewhereIJ

Take a ClOSE look at a STS (and i assume parallel models) and see how many components are NOT U.S. made. You might be surprised.

A friend of mine has one of thier Self-propelled forage harvesters and has had excellent luck with it, both for reliablility and parts availability, and he's always had New Holland harvesters before which, I believe, are also built overseas. (Belgium perhapsIJ) I, too, think the Germans are far more meticulous with detail and quality, but I'm not knocking the domestic stuff either.

Old Pokey, I live in Northern Ireland about 8 miles east of Belfast.

Sounds to me like American labor priced themselves out of another job.

I'd disagree. Certainly the Germans have a reputation for high-quality work, but the guys on the line can only be as meticulous and caring as the time they're allowed to do a specific task will allow for. They're not hand-fitting every part on every machine and doing fourteen double-checks of the work. An assembly line is an assembly line, and the bean counters are the ones that decide how long it should take to build a product, not the guys doing the assembly. We were recently discussing this on another site and the subject of Mercedes cars came up. They have an outstanding reputation for quality here, but there are also far fewer of them to break down. One gentleman had spent time in Germany and said that a Mercedes dealership over there looks just like any domestic dealership here - a shop full of cars to repair. Mercedes owners here tend to coddle their cars. They're as common over there as Chevys are here.