John Deere reducing dealerships

Hereward

Member
Location
Peterborough
Sharmans are certainly throwing everything at the new lineup, I've seen a few new Case tractors loaded on there lorry, so they're either doing lots of demos or they've started selling them.

Didn't hang about rebranding there depots either, anyone know of anyone who's switched yet?
 

D14

Member
Sharmans are certainly throwing everything at the new lineup, I've seen a few new Case tractors loaded on there lorry, so they're either doing lots of demos or they've started selling them.

Didn't hang about rebranding there depots either, anyone know of anyone who's switched yet?

Chap on twitter has outed two very young JD’s for two new Case and he’s Sharman’s area.
 

Andrew

Never Forgotten
Honorary Member
Location
Huntingdon, UK
Has BB lost manitou and Kuhn?

Chandlers are now Manitou agents, assume JD made them give it up and sell Kramer.

I wonder if the same thing happened with Kuhn, too many Kuhn products can be brought in green? They’re Vaderstadt now as well at all bar one depot I think?
 

james ds

Member
Location
leinster
What amuses me is how can JD expect to sell as many tractors as they were by losing big dealers , it’s now nearly impossible for an independent dealer to ever become a jd dealer , in my opinion JD have screwed up , looking at a map from America does not always work here . Farmers are more loyal to the dealer than to the brand.
 

bumkin

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
pembrokeshire
What amuses me is how can JD expect to sell as many tractors as they were by losing big dealers , it’s now nearly impossible for an independent dealer to ever become a jd dealer , in my opinion JD have screwed up , looking at a map from America does not always work here . Farmers are more loyal to the dealer than to the brand.
over the years dealing with a dealer one builds up a relationship and if you get on with the sales team and trust the work shop you will stay with the dealer it can be costly having a poor work shop team.plus from what ive seen if Case want to take on an area they will be selling some heavily discounted tractors, so come one boy lets go to the party
 

Chae1

Member
Location
Aberdeenshire
What amuses me is how can JD expect to sell as many tractors as they were by losing big dealers , it’s now nearly impossible for an independent dealer to ever become a jd dealer , in my opinion JD have screwed up , looking at a map from America does not always work here . Farmers are more loyal to the dealer than to the brand.
It's not worth farming up here though according to jd!

North of stonehaven shouldn't be farmed.

Some days I think they've a point.
 

Happy

Member
Location
Scotland
I worked for Neil for the summer after I left school. We had a 6170 at the time, I remember taking him a fergie brochure so he could check out opposition.

He told me he'd use it to wipe his ar$e! :ROFLMAO: :oops:

Thing is though, other than @willie adie’s contribution everything else on here since first mention of JD planning on taking Perth area off them has been spot on.
 

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