Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
John Deere reducing dealerships
- Thread starter Will 1594
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- Cheltenham
Doesn’t sound like great service. As is the nature of folk (not aimed at you in this instance!) some will enquire and pursue new quotes and then not buy anything. That said if a dealer knows his area well he will know who the potential “tyre kickers” maybe. Those bygone days were good though, shame we didn’t realise it at the time!
Never knew it had changed!
Shows how out of touch i am.
Would be 5 or 6 years ago now!!
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
Whats it called now?
tweedale terrier
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- The Hills
John Deere don’t own Kramer. They are part of Wacker Neuson group.
Just HRN same as all the rest.
tweedale terrier
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- The Hills
Are they closing the Balbeggie branch.
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
Thats probably why i never noticed.
Once bought a tractor off old management. They decided they didn't want us to have it, when the time came to take delivery.
The boss from up here sorted it out. Didn't encourage us to go back though.
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- Limousin/Charentes toad land
One of the many reasons for moving here was to go back in time.
I have finally given up with JD here (I had 8 jd’s last autumn), my nearest dealer is Deutz. So I called in for a look/quote. He did a basic quote and called to the farm the next day with it, we altered the spec a bit and the price seemed ok, so I asked if they had something much the same as I hadn’t even been close to a deutz. At that time he didn’t have something very close (I want a vario and this being a livestock area, most of what he has is not vario), so he made some calls and got permission from a farmer he sold something almost identical several months ago to have a look/drive around in. So, two days later, he picked me up from the farm, then or route we passed a heifer on the road - he knew whose it was, so we turned around, back the that farm then helped that (unknown to me) farmer gather up his heifer, then off to the deutz farm to test the tractor. A better test of the product I thought, as it had been worked hard on farm for several months by then. He then took me home, where we altered the spec again and he quoted - again- so I have an order in for a deutz.
This chap sold 40 tractors last year, along with all The Kverneland/Amazon etc etc kit, so most customers must take up a lot less time.
Maybe this brand is so good, once you have one, when you need to, you just say « oh I want a replacement please »?
- Location
- Cheltenham
I agree! I am completely neutral on tractors as my career has been machinery. I do have a number of Deutz dealers and the new ones are fair tractor. Great on the PTO. Most modern cabs are a nice place to be, especially when you’ve had experience of no cabs, roll bars, Duncan canvas clad cabs and the first all steel and glass cabs with no sound deadening!! Today’s young drivers shouldn’t moan. If so, find a 40 year old tractor to drive for a day,,,,.. in the winter!!!One of the many reasons for moving here was to go back in time.
I have finally given up with JD here (I had 8 jd’s last autumn), my nearest dealer is Deutz. So I called in for a look/quote. He did a basic quote and called to the farm the next day with it, we altered the spec a bit and the price seemed ok, so I asked if they had something much the same as I hadn’t even been close to a deutz. At that time he didn’t have something very close (I want a vario and this being a livestock area, most of what he has is not vario), so he made some calls and got permission from a farmer he sold something almost identical several months ago to have a look/drive around in. So, two days later, he picked me up from the farm, then or route we passed a heifer on the road - he knew whose it was, so we turned around, back the that farm then helped that (unknown to me) farmer gather up his heifer, then off to the deutz farm to test the tractor. A better test of the product I thought, as it had been worked hard on farm for several months by then. He then took me home, where we altered the spec again and he quoted - again- so I have an order in for a deutz.
This chap sold 40 tractors last year, along with all The Kverneland/Amazon etc etc kit, so most customers must take up a lot less time.
Maybe this brand is so good, once you have one, when you need to, you just say « oh I want a replacement please »?
Magnum Man
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- Norfolk/Suffolk border, UK
That's a shame - I hadn't heard that. I have had good service from them for my XC70s
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
JD own a % of Kramer, not all of it.
tweedale terrier
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- The Hills
Hesston4860s
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- Nr Lincoln
John Deere did put money into Kramer, I think it was in Farmers Guardian or similar at the time.
tweedale terrier
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- The Hills
In order to stabilise this long-term, strategic cooperation, John Deere intends to acquire a stake in Kramer-Werke GmbH. Must be something in it. I think Claas had a small stake also when they made the scorpion.
robo
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- northamptonshire
we really lucky here have agco in hinkley case new holland in daventry , That means no more than twenty minutes for baler or combine parts if dealer does not carry what we need
Deere Fan
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Hopefully ?. Let Netherton expand instead
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- Aberdeenshire
Same family isn’t!