John Deere relents, says farmers can fix their own tractors after all

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[–]Hoomsns 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Tractors really aren't that complicated..

John Deere intentionally complicated them and then tried to force farmers to transport their tractors hundreds of miles just to get them serviced.

Video: Louis Rossman - right to repair

Just fyi, Louis is a very skilled repairman of apple computers

https://youtu.be/Npd_xDuNi9k

[–]bife_de_lomo 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Rossman is a chad, I love his videos

[–]Hoomsns 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have watched him repairing those apple computers, I think he is pretty good. I think he got pushed out of the apple repair business by a combination of apple and New York lbusiness licensing nonsense.

Video: apple failures

https://youtu.be/AUaJ8pDlxi8

[–]Drewski[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah Rossman is great, kudos to him for finally moving his business out of NYC.

[–]Hoomsns 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I was the one that tuned him in on the John Deere right to repair nonsense which is similar to apple's repair nightmares.

Video: MacBook killed by a spec of dust

https://youtu.be/UjdKi8q3qZg

[–]Drewski[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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[–]1Icemonkey 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have two JD dealers within 10 miles of me in each direction. I would just as soon take my 4044 to them even if they weren’t that close by. Besides the technology, how is the third party shop gonna put JD parts on my tractor? Just the same, I wouldn’t take my Harley Davidson to a Honda shop.