Posted by tractorguy2 on February 10, 2017 at 17:31:34 from (64.147.38.198):
In Reply to: Tractor values posted by 300jk on February 10, 2017 at 15:27:25:
I can't see that John deere's are any better than any other color. In some cases they are worse. last month I worked on a 630 and a Farmall 300. Anyone that thinks two hortizontal cylinders are easier to work on than a four vertical cylinder is crazy.
On the farm between both grandparents and my dad. We had three Farmall M's, one Farmall H, One John deere A, an AC WD45,Mccormick WD9,JD 3020, Farmall 706, Oliver 1855, John Deere 4430, and a Case 970. Grandpa's neighbor had an IH 1486 that I drove for one summer.
I think I can compare all the tractors above fairly. They all had there short comings!
As far as the old ones The M's and the A. They could not keep up with dad's WD45. The 3020 and the 706. Both could use a better 3pt. The 3020 wouldn't lift the four row lister high enough to clear the RR tracks. The 706 3pt wouldn't go low enough to hitch to some of out implements. Dad and grandpa both have always said the Oliver 1855 was a better tractor than the 4430. The 4430 and the Oliver had a better cab than the Case 970. The 1486 the neighbor had. Would turn much shorter than the 4430 and the 1486 had a nicer cab. You just had to get use to the doors opening backwards. The 4430 also blew way too much black smoke when it was cold. None of the other tractors blow as much smoke as the John Deere. The 4430 was the only one that had a plastic cab top!
As far as value. Yes the JD stuff always seems to be higher. It is not made any better. The John Deere guys think anything that says JOHN DEERE has to be better there for worth more money.
My dad was an Echo chain saw dealer back in the 80's. John Deere also sold Echo saws. The exact same saws painted yellow. One day dad was in the John Deere store in the mall ( JD dealer had a small store where he sold lawn garden stuff and toys) The owner was closing out all his chain saws. Dad bought two. Now these were the same exact ECHO saws dad had in stock. The only difference was Echo's were orange and the JD version was yellow and of course had "John Deere" stamped all over it.
Dad put the JD saws on the shelf right next to the Echo's of the same size. Dad priced the Deere saws $20 higher. Guess which saws sold first??? One of dads John Deere guys walked in and bought one of the Deeres on first sight. He just new it was better because it said JOHN DEERE on the side! Dad still laughs at that one!
I have been told if you want to sell a cow pie. Paint it John Deere green and the Deere guys will stand in line to buy two!
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