fdt860, the old saying "the bigger they are, the harder they fall" comes to mind.
Saw an episode of Farm Kings on RFDTV about a decade ago in which they went to hook something to the 3pt of their month old JD, and the 3pt wouldn't lift.
I worked for a while in the early 90's at a farm that had a little of everything, from a Belarus to a Zetor, with mostly JD and Ford. The Deere's were the newest, hardest used, and had the most problems. The old Belarus was a clanking pile of bolts, but with 4wd it would haul a spreader through snow and mud that nothing else would. Says something for Russian engineering.
Farm had a JD combine that was in the shop for 2 days in late October with 2 JD techs crawling all over it. Oxidation in a connector in the head corrupted a signal to one of the 11 computers, so it wouldn't run. just the kind of technology one needs on a farm. (not!)
I fixed a JD 420 a few years ago for a neighbor, and was appalled by not only how expensive OEM parts were, but how many were no longer available. I had seat brackets custom made for less than the NLA ones would have cost, if I could have gotten them. In comparison, I just got tranny and rear end bearings and seals for a '49 Super A from a local CIH dealer, all parts still available and all but 2 were in stock.
I've used a few Kubota tractors along the way and have been impressed by how well built and how well they work. Had a neighbor help bale my 2nd cutting hay this year with his Kubota hydrostat (can't remember the model) - he salvaged it from a fire several years ago and rebuilt it. Works great. That says something too.
All in all I'd never own a deere, or if I did I'd park it in a hedgerow, just because recent company philosophy is so repugnant. Every time I see one in a field, I remember my version of their ads:
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