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Have you ever sold or traded a tractor due to no dealer support? Meaning out of practicality. Not out of frustration or anything else. Six years ago, we bought a brand new John Deere locally. Specifically went that route so that I could drive to get parts same day if something broke. And...

Hello All! We know how each of us like spending other's money. I thought I would document the entire ownership process from selecting the new Deere, to purchasing it and using it. I'll include the good, the bad, and the ugly. And the final post will be selling the tractor-- although that...

Hello All! Green fever has hit the house hard. We have decided to purchase a compact John Deere because the kids (age 15 and 13) are old enough to help and we would like a modern tractor with more of the safety features. So we started the search the same way many of you did: A tractor a few...

Hello all! Looking at a John Deere 3032e or 3038e. Just the right size and plenty simple. The problem is that all the reviews mention that you cannot take the loader off. Then I found out that the loader is often installed at the dealer level. If the dealer can bolt it on, a person should be...

Time to replace the 8N, and wanted to demo the 3 series and the 4r series. A funny thing happened... while looking at the brand new tractors, we were all talking about how much has changed in 60 years. Ehydro, cruise control, and everything else. But then it got interesting... I jumped off...

Hello All, looking for some advice. The clutch went out on our 1955 Ford 650. What is worrisome is that it went out all at once, instead of gradually, and this is the dual clutch setup where letting out a little powers the PTO and letting all the way out powers the tractor (or it did until...

Looking for some advice on a (possible) ongoing hay situation: One of the horse barn owners approached us and and asked if I could round up my son and some of his friends (older teenagers) to pick up small squares out of the field and load them into the barn. She mentioned ninety cents per...

Hello. I've been a fan of your forum here for a while, and finally have a question worth asking. We're changing our business model this year. I've always run older equipment and figured the up front savings outweighed the higher maintenance and repair cost. It's hard to do this anymore...