so im curious to know what data you have to back this up? i work at a JD dealer, just started and still in highschool so by no means a pro nor do i claim to know even it all, i know more than the average person but thats about it. The evidence i have seems to go against your opinion, as 5 or 6 of the mechanics we employ at the dealer used to be what we call free agents, in other words they had their own shop. they had to sell out and get a dealer job becuase they no longer had the knowledge base ( think computers here) or the parts resources to work on newer tractors, and the old tractors were not enough to keep them going, this is their words.
the guys who never owned their own shop and have been dealer mechanics all their life are right on par with the free agents. sure they dont know all the tricks of the trade on the newer stuff but then again the free agents dont know all the tricks on the new stuff, so there is a good trade off with that.
i am also not so sure who or what you are talking about when you say all dealer mechanics need someone to lean on? we all have a computer, on this computer are 3 programs 1. is parts manager pro, we use this to spec prices for customers when we are giving them quotes on how much a repair is going to cost. 2. service manager pro- we use this to get things such as torque specs and quantities of fluids or what types of lubricants to use, sometimes it will have specific directions on how to fix things, havent seen anything about diagnosing on this program but i am not saying there isnt any in their either. 3. JD service and repair- we use this for warranty work, we diagnose a problem with a machine and if its under warranty we use this program to communicate with higher powers who tell us what they want to do, rather it be replace a part under warranty, diagnose other things, or make specific repairs to the machine.
the service manager and mobile technicians also get JD LINK installed on their computers, this is much like gm's onstar in that it lets us monitor almost every parameter of a tractor anywhere in the world, such as hours, rpm, engine temp trans or hydraulic temp, literally everything. i know for a fact that we can monitor tractors we fixed that were imported to africa, i believe there are 3 of them there at the moment. these are 4 very important resources that the independent mechanic doesnt have unless he is a certified john deere dealer.
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