My grandfather's first tractor was a Farmall Regular. My dad and uncle farmed with him and gradually took over the farm. They stayed with IH equipment and New Holland hay equipment until the 70's when they had a bad experience with a 1066. Harvester's union struck shortly after they ordered it. When they finally got it a YEAR later they hooked it to their new 710 plow and went out to fall plow some sod. It burned a quart of oil an hour! Dealer pulled it down and the rings had been installed upside down. Then the next spring the hydraulics quit. Dealer pulled the trans and rear end down to remove all the wood chips from the ground up wood plugs the factory had left in from the casting process. That soured them on new IH equipment. In the late 70's they wanted a field tractor with a cab. They looked at a 1086. Dad always said that backwards opening door made a very poor first impression. Went down the road and bought a Deere 4440 on the spot. He and now me have been Deere every since. Just can't beat the dealer service and resale value. Dad and I wanted a MFD 150 HP tractor in 1998. We field tested Deere 7810, CIH 8920 and NH Genesis. All three were good tractors with very close prices but we settled on the Deere. Its been a good tractor with almost no problems. Now 12 years later when I compare used tractor prices the Deere is worth nearly $20000 more than the other two. So the Deere actually made us $20000 more than the others would have. No matter what math you use you just can't beat that. I notice many people berating Deere's parts prices. I agree they are outrageous on many parts but go over to Fiat-Case-IHC-FORD-NH or Agco and you will find their prices are just as much out of line. I do like the old Farmall's. They were a much better tractor than the turn of the century 2 banger technology Deere somehow convinced farmers to buy for 50 years. But in today's world Deere equipment makes my living, its just simple math.
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