Back in the glory days of American farm equipment you would find various makes were strong in regions. I think a lot of that was based on dealer support, the local service had more influence than the equipment. Some of it was crops, didn't hardly see an Oliver in Michigan where I grew up, they seem to have been a lot more popular here in Wisconsin and I don't see as many John Deeres in Wisconsin as I did in lower Michigan. You've listed the pros and cons- you'll have to figure out what works best for you. Also consider that some of the older equipment you might look for a unit that was both popular and had a good reputation so parts are more available from the dealer and in the aftermarket. Examples- as I said I didn't hardly see an Oliver tractor growing up but there were a lot of Oliver plows and although John Deere made good hay balers a lot of my neighbors had New Holland forage equipment (haybines,choppers, balers and rakes) behind their John Deere tractors. That being said I know the massey ferguson #3 hay baler was a heck of a good unit, better than our 24T John Deere but if I needed a baler today and had to choose between a MF#3 and a JD 24T I would be inclined to go to the 24T, better chance of getting support when I need it, although I'd probably need it more. Some of the big Mega-dealers for IH and AGCO have developed a heck of a parts business via freight and you can get next day service about anywhere and 2-3 day service reasonable. With the money you save can you afford extra parts? A more aggressive maintenance schedule? A little bit newer equipment if you GOTG (go other than green)? John Deere has made mistakes too and some of the short liners made better equipment then JD in some areas (forage harvesting, combines, tillage). Do you have any neighbors growing the same crops you are? Do you work together? One of the advantages of us having a 24T JD baler was their was a 1/2 dozen of them in the neighborhood, more knowledge among the neighbors and we shared parts- one year the last baler working 1st cutting had parts from 3 balers on it for that last day's work.
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Today's Featured Article - Listening to Your Tractor - by Curtis Von Fange. Years ago there was a TV show about a talking car. Unless you are from another planet, physically or otherwise, I don’t think our internal combustion buddies will talk and tell us their problems. But, on the other hand, there is a secret language that our mechanical companions readily do speak. It is an interesting form of communication that involves all the senses of the listener. In this series we are going to investigate and learn the basic rudimentary skills of understanding this lingo.
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