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[JacobB]

By the looks of the sale bill, I would say they are totally quitting, have heard rumors that they were going to just stay in the trucking. But they appear to be selling all their trucks, and all their trailers also.

 

[jojobean]

from what ive heard they are getting out of the harvesting business. Along with others that quit this year, i think it may be due to the fuel prices and such.

 

[JHarvest]

I attached a link to his sale bill.

 

[greenstrat]

sure wouldn't have anything to do with the cost of new machines.. gs

 

[Big_Green]

I was told the year that they bought the cats that it wouldnt be long till they were done. This person said thats why they went to the cat and then when the couldnt take care of business they went back green, but there may not be any truth behind any of that so don't take it to heart.

 

[gben]

Deere is going to break a lot of us if they do not get the electrical problems fixed. They do not seem to know how to fix them and_or have very little interest in trying. They worked on one of ours off and on for 45 days before getting it fixed. I am talking about have area reps with laptops in the machine, talking to DTAC at the factory not getting it fixed. Put in several unnecessary parts before finding the right one, even put in a whole new wiring harness and that did not fix it.

 

[Combine_Wizard]

Gben, long before it gets nearly that bad, seriously consider switching brands!!! Other combines out there are just looking for such the chance to prove their own worthines, and they ARE! Deere is not the only fish in the pond and after being the market leader for 30 years now, it looks like they may have reached the level of complacency that led to Massey's eventual demise. Remember, Deere pulled ahead [of Massey-Ferguson] in the market for their aggression and superior design innovation. They made great combines. Massey did, too, but lost their cutting edge over time. If you ever watched the Rocky movies, especially Rocky II, you will understand a bit of what I'm saying here. No, this is not meant to be anything anti-Deere. I lOVE their combines, at least till the 60 Series, but if they don't stop playing the proverbial hare, they're going to lose this race, period!

 

[Bundy]

I completely agree. It should not be about electronic g-wizzadry, it should be about improving seperating and cleaning design, after all isn't that what we are trying to do in the most cost effective and efficent way possible. Electric sieves, preset header height controls, preset crop setting, pretty maps, etc are all very nice, and can make poor operators into average ones. But when all these systems start to effect the overall operation of the basic functions of the machine, you know your heading for trouble. There should be a simple policy that all combine manufatures should follow and that is - KISS (Keep it simple stupid!!) If people are vain enough to NEED all these extra gizmo's thats fine but fit them is a way that does not effect overall control of the combine. ie, you can still raise and lower your front manually, you still have control of your sieves, fan, drum speed and concave clearence manually ( as per the original 9000's) without it all having to go through a computer and 20 mile of wiring!!) just my 2 cents

 

[gben]

Combine Wizard, doing exactly that. Traded one for a 2388 today. Plan to run it next year and see what happens, will decide then what direction to go on the other.

 

[Combine_Wizard]

Gben, that's good news! I really hate to see any more of our custom harvesters go by the wayside over something as mundane as a brand of combine. Bundy, I agree wholly about the current situation with our combines. I stated this to some factory representatives at a major farm show 12 years ago, that our combines were at the peak of their crossroads. This was still before the electric sieves, though I knew it was coming. It simply had to, along with the yield monitors, self-leveling shoe, crop moisture monitors and a host of other gadgetry. In fact, I described such features in a term paper I wrote while still in high school in 1976! Okay, here's the choice to make for our combines: 1. Build them complete with cybernetics, cybertronics, artificial intelligence, artificial vision, GPS, artificial hearing and anything else needed to not only make it a completely robotic system, i.e. driverless, but able to interact with other machines, vehicles, people and even animals, even taking evasive action as needed from something threatening. Okay, I know, it's more like a combine from Star Trek, but seriously, many features once only science fiction, are today's current technology. 2. Make combines just like those of the late 1960's to early 1970's, plain, mechanical, without E_M controls_functions. Hydraulics okay, but nothing like the electromagnetic-controlled ones. Keep the capacity current with the times. In essence, the end would be not a "9500," but instead, just a big, "overgrown 95." Would it sellIJ Well, that's anyone's guess. After all, it would be a huge combine with ample capacity, yet without the bells and whistles we've come to associate with combines. It will definitely be a lower-priced unit. Now, some will argue that choice No.2 will be a marketing failure. Maybe it will, but maybe not. The bottom line is, that Mr. Farmer was at least GIVEN A CHOICE, which is NOT something our combine companies have not been giving us for most of 25 years.