Jon: We can't, or at least I wont fault you for that. John Deere should have the perfect tractor by now, at least they have coppied everyone else's good ideas. John Deere have some good equipment and I'm sure they have some loosers just like all other companies. I farmed with primarily IH equipment, but I also had some NH, MF, Case and Deere. In fact the Deere was the last new piece of equipment I bought. I can tell you, had I continued farming, there would have been more Deere equipment. Having said all that, I have not changed my thoughts over the past 40 years. I've yet to see the perfect tractor. I have not seen any tractors from the old line up of mainline companies of the 60s, that didn't have at least one feature I liked. This spring I have been operating some new and some of the largest tractors from CaseIH, New Holland and Deere. I have not changed my opinion on the perfect tractor, I've yet to see it. Yes, there were features I liked about each and everyone of those articulated tractors, but no one has it perfect.
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