What does "take it to the dealer" mean for you?

[jigs_n_fixtures]

For me a trip to a dealer involves a 1.5-hour drive over an 8000-ft pass at the Continental Divide. So, I go to the local unaffiliated tractor mechanic, if there is something I can't fix myself.

 

[WM75Guy]

How do you have time being retired, seems like I have more stuff to do and everything takes longer since I retired

Just have to set priorities: #1 Happy wife, happy life. #2 Take care of the equipment and it takes care of me and the farm. #3 All the other projects.

 

[WM75Guy]

That's surprising. I live a stone's throw from New Holland PA, where the company started and for which it's named, and we don't have that many NH dealers around here.

Are their tractors still made here in PA?

Some of the larger models are made in the USA, as well as some implements. Depends on the model where it is manufactured. My Workmaster 75 was made in Turkey by NH and a partner, the Workmaster 25 is made by LS for NH in Korea, and the TC40DA was made for NH by Shibaura in Japan.

 

[ncridgerunner1]

Guess I will find out tomorrow. My new Kioti ck4020 hst with 10 hours is going through engine oil. Over 2 gallons as of yesterday. Today the transmission low speed will not move the tractor. There are no oil leaks and the tractor is not smoking. The only thing I can guess at is that the oil is going into the hst. Dealer is supposed to pick it up in the morning.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

The only thing I can guess at is that the oil is going into the hst.

Has that level gone up?

 

[ncridgerunner1]

Has that level gone up?

When I checked yesterday the level was .5 inch above full line.

 

[not2old]

I had a recall on the steering on my GC and delivered it to the dealer in my pickup by removing the hoe and loader, an hour each way. Couldn't feel any difference in the steering, but I'm convinced that they were responsible for a leak developing in one of the steering hoses a year later by not being careful enough with the routing. I recently noticed that the steering cylinder needs attention again with it's mounting, and hope it holds out until I've finished with the trench for the electrical service to my new shop. The engineer who designed the mount system for the steering cylinder must have gotten his degree from an elementary school.

 

[Hay Dude]

That's surprising. I live a stone's throw from New Holland PA, where the company started and for which it's named, and we don't have that many NH dealers around here.

Say what?
Messicks (7 locations)
Ag Industrial (2 locations)
Forrester Equipment (2 locations)
B&R Equipment (2 locations)

For real AG equipment, New Holland has more dealers than anyone other than Deere in eastern PA.

Are their tractors still made here in PA?

The New Holland plant mainly builds round balers, square balers and other pull-type ag equipment.
New Holland purchased the first, original self-tying baler design from Ed Nolt, a Lancaster County hay farmer in 1940 and mass produced them there.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

When I checked yesterday the level was .5 inch above full line.

Considering the volume difference between the two, that could be about right.

Not that I understand how the oil would into the hydraulic system.

 

[WinterDeere]

...it's almost always: "you're .............. was bad and we had to replace it" to the tune of hundreds+++++ when all it was that was causing the problem was a fuse, relay, wiring etc.

Wow... remind me to never need a mechanic in AR! Skills and intellect vary, but I've never met a mechanic around here so incompetent that they start replacing parts before checking fuses.