I have 10 JD dealers within an hour, 5 Case-IH dealers within an hour, and 2 Agco dealers within an hour. If you want to break that down into dealership networks, that is 3 John Deere dealership networks, 2 Case IH dealership networks and an independent dealership, and 2 Agco dealerships, which remain independent from one another, and I think there might be 1 New Holland dealership. I remember when a long-time friend of my grandfather lost his IH dealership in my hometown back in the mid-1970's. The farm crisis of the 1980's reduced the JD dealership saturation down to about 1 dealership per county. I believe we are experiencing another "shakeout" in which these large networks of dealers are growing in overall size and trade territory, while phasing out their least profitable storefront dealerships within the network. I have seen firsthand these dealership networks get rather arrogant in their degree of pricing, service, and customer relations. I find this to especially be the case when all you buy is used equipment and happen to be a "small potatoes" customer. So continues the "Wal-martization" of America.
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
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