I did not hear that John Deere is starting to move production out of USA. FOR some model tractors

[jyoutz]

All these jobs lost to overseas workers, to bad.

Probably going to Mexico, not overseas. But yes, US job losses.

 

[Tpondel]

Long time and happy DE stock owner. But still sad to see all the job losses.

I can understand the Illinois decision. That state hates business. Surprised about Iowa.

 

[Ricn]

Hate seeing this but labor being what it is I can't blame JD; like everyone else they have to compete.

 

[dodge man]

To be clear, it seems people still think Yanmar builds JD’s smaller tractors. They don’t, but they do supply the engines.

There is a plant in the Quad Cities and they and some other plants went on strike a couple of years ago. Is it payback time?

 

[rScotty]

To be clear, it seems people still think Yanmar builds JD’s smaller tractors. They don’t, but they do supply the engines.

There is a plant in the Quad Cities and they and some other plants went on strike a couple of years ago. Is it payback time?

In additon to the engines, I think Yanmar also supplies the transmissions, front and rear axles, electrics, and most of the body parts....but JD does - or did - assemble some components in the US.

I don't see why any of this latest move by JD is a problem for folks. JD switched over to Corporate Greed a long time ago. They were one of the first to do that back in the 1980 when they switched from making an excellent tractor at an affordable price to selling decent tractors at a high price. That's their decision and I respect it. Their stock has done very well even if their customers have not done as well.

rScotty

 

[dodge man]

The transmissions are made in the US. Tractor Time With Tim did a video of the plant in Georgia and I was surprised how many parts were made here. I won’t swear to it but I think Yanmar only supplies the engines.

 

[rScotty]

The transmissions are made in the US. Tractor Time With Tim did a video of the plant in Georgia and I was surprised how many parts were made here. I won’t swear to it but I think Yanmar only supplies the engines.

I won't swear to it either, but the transmissions sure have similar specs to the older generation ones that Yanmar put into their own tractors.
It probably just comes down to how each person views making parts vs assembling parts.

 

[RandyT]

The transmissions are made in the US. Tractor Time With Tim did a video of the plant in Georgia and I was surprised how many parts were made here. I won’t swear to it but I think Yanmar only supplies the engines.

Transmissions are made in Georgia right down the street from JD in the Kanzaki owned by Yanmar plant. 30% of the components are still supposed to be Yanmar.

 

[texas42]

The Unions sure showed John Deere who was boss.

 

[Handloader109]

The Unions sure showed John Deere who was boss.

Yep, unions, not corporations, killed the vast majority of US manufacturing jobs. The last manufacturing company I worked for paid 60% of the wages in benefits, that was totally unsustainable and the unions probed it when we shut down permanently