dakota
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Why did AGCO not just buy Versatile, when it was for saleIJ
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Combines followup on the articulated 4wd
Mike
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I thought they might. But after this Sunflower_White fiasco I'm glad they didn't screw that up as well. AGCO will never be competetive in the scaper business because they cannot service the market. I believe AGCO has one dealer in the 3 Illinois Counties that are adjacent to St. louis. Case has 1 super big dealer and Deere has 2 very big delaers to service the construction customers. If a contractor walked into my local AGCO dealer he laugh his tail off at their service department and their equipment. The flip side is AGCO don't care. When the worlds largest Gleaner dealer went broke in the same geography mentioned above, they made no effort to replace that. I bet if Deere or Case or Chevy or Cat had their largest dealer go under, you can bet they would make sure that they kept those cutomers going and a new dealer started at any cost. Years ago we had more Gleaners and AC tractors than Case and JD together. Today myself and a neighbor had Gleaners while most tractors and planters have slowly switched to red or green. My local red dealer loves that AGCO has no 4x4 offering. Once he gets a 9000 series or STX on the farm the 2wd and FWA's turn red soon after. AGCO doesn't care. They don't realize that they may have to have a line that doesn't make any money just to be able to offer a complete line. A neighbor who is 105% green(had a gleaner and a 8070 -10 years ago) and I were talking lawn mowers. I expressed how much I liked my Grasshopper lawnmower. He said he really like it too, even better than his JD mower. But he likes the idea on one dealer_one color to keep it simple. So he bought a JD mower so it matched colors and he could get all parts and filters at one dealer. A lot of guys will say they want their shed to match. like it or not a lot of those guys are out there.
Illinois_Gleaner
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Mike, You are dead on!!!! Do you have to go to Albers for parts or Nashville. Illinois Gleaner
Mike
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IG Where are you atIJ We are between lebanon and Mascoutah.
Mike
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Sorry I didn't answer your question. Albers has a great group of guys and are finally getting staffed at a decent level. Parts for newer equipment is better than a few years back, but long distance trips accross the midwest at harvest are still needed to keep going. The guys at Nashville have helped a bit and seem real nice, but are 30 miles away.
Guy_C
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They have an excellent four wheel drive at thier finger tips,built the 4000 series Massey again and put a Valmet in it and they would have the best tractor on the market.
Eric
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Do you live on the north or south side of 64IJ I will look for a Gleaner running next time.
Mike
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Along 64, mostly north. lebanon, Trenton, New Baden.
Illinois_Gleaner
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Mike, I live east of Newton. I have 4 Agco dealers within 50 miles of my house. Newton,T-Town,Albion and Sullivan Ind. And have used them all at one time or the other, Illinois Gleaner
Illinois_Gleaner
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Mike, You wouldnt have a boy that plays baseball would youIJ We hosted the legion Tourny this year and all of those teams were up here for that.We also went down and played Aviston last summer. IG