The biggest part of this problem is brought on by the dealers service business model and the manufacturers that promote it. Think about who ends up being a mechanic at a equipment dealership these days. The kids that can't get into a 4 year college, get wooed in by the equipment dealers offering indentured training. Make it through the program, spend 4 years earning burger flipping wages and your school is paid for. Now you can keep on drinking beer Friday night and giving your pay check to the snap on man.
Most of the guys that have what it takes to work on this equipment quickly figure out they can do much better in life elsewhere, and move on. Around these parts a hired man can make more than a dealer tech. I've done both, and now I am that "factory" man. If you get a good mechanic, even if he is stumped, I never need to show up. I can get him pointed in the right direction over the phone, and we are on our way.
Now if you look at this from the dealer's perspective, there is no reason to hire the "best" to work for them. Talented people cost more, and get more work done in the same amount of time. So the dealer takes in less, and pays out more in wages. A couple of bumbling fools in the shop that can consistently bring in high labor rates are good for the dealer.
I will give Deere credit, they have very good diagnostic manuals. And you can buy them, they are expensive, but worth it if you need the information. Most of the diagnostic information is available from the equipment monitors, no laptop required, you just need to know how to read it.
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