Farmers Deserve the Right to Repair Their Tractors
I just want to throw my 2¢ out there, as a mid-20&#x27;s who went to a high-rural-population high school, there&#x27;s an entire new generation of farmers who have a) accepted that Deere&#x27;s need constant&#x2F;regular service calls, and b) don&#x27;t care to learn how to fix it (or older equipment) themselves. At the end of the day farming is just a business same as any other, it&#x27;s the same reason why a lot of trucking companies lease their trucks or warehouses lease their forklifts, it&#x27;s generally cheaper and less of a headache overall.<p>I&#x27;ve tried to make pleas with some of my old friends who&#x27;ve complained about the locked-down nature of their JD equipment, explaining that other companies like Kubota <i>don&#x27;t</i> have that same limitation, but the branding is just too strong (&quot;the Kubota might be cheaper to buy, and cheaper to run, and I can easily maintain it myself, but, it&#x27;s not a John Deere&quot; - actual quote from a SW Ontario farmer)