hey everybody how's it going i hope
you're having a lovely evening
so
take a look it's snowing again
pretty nice isn't it i do enjoy the snow
when it doesn't wind up there's a pile
of sludge in the side of the street it's
really beautiful so what today i wanted
to go over something that came up in my
comment section which is that john deere
has said that farmers actually do now
have access to what they need to be able
to repair their own tractor and one of
the things that a lot of the people from
u.s perg and other organizations have
done is they've asked john deere to
provide an example just one example i
believe it was a vice reporter in u.s
purgatory this just can you just give us
one example of where this has actually
occurred that's it we'll just leave you
alone and that never actually happened
this comes from prospect.org he's
talking about his tractor going into
limp mode and shutting down as a result
of some sort of computer malfunction he
says and i quote i called my dealer
because i'm forced to call my dealer he
said they were not able to get to me
until next week i said can i come in and
borrow the diagnostic equipment they
said no can i rent it they said no can i
buy it they said no they're not even
allowed to sell it the quality of hay
degrades quickly and there was rain in
the forecast which would ruin it so
schweitzer had to idle his 100 000
tractor and pull out a 40 year old unit
he keeps in reserve to keep on top of
hay baling when the dealer finally came
to pick up the broken tractor they
needed to identify the problem if i had
the equipment myself i'd have the error
code he said instead i had to pay a
technician to drive it around the
parking lot and they said one reason
that deer is so adamant against farmers
fixing their own equipment is because
farmers will actually do it schweitzer
didn't get his tractor back for a month
and it cost about five thousand dollars
though he estimates that parts and labor
didn't add up to more than one thousand
dollars the situation to him illustrated
the absurdity of forcing all repairs
through dealers when farmers operate
under tremendous urgency to work the
field to precise times my dealers are my
friends i've known them my whole life
said schweitzer they would just as soon
allow us to do repairs they're here to
help me but their hands are tied and
this is a big issue something that a lot
of people don't understand is that this
is not even necessarily about the price
of the service it's not really about the
price of the parts at the end of the day
it comes down to i need this [ __ ] done
right now i don't have two or three or
five weeks for you to get an appointment
to come out here agriculture is a very
time sensitive
business to be in when you need
something done you need it done now you
don't get to click pause on the sun or
the rain or any other weather conditions
so that you are able to accommodate your
dealer's delay in their ability to come
to you to fix your tractor you need it
fixed now and when you need it fixed now
at the end of the day even if you
believe that the farmer is not fit to do
this so the person that the farmer knows
next door is not fit to do this it's
better than nothing at all because that
kind of does [ __ ] with the food supply
let me know what you think in the
comments down below i really do think
this is damn it again these are just
basic conversations that anybody can
confirm
when john deere says we have provided
everything that you have asked for
no you have it no you have it it's clear
that you haven't and it becomes more
clear with each passing day at the end
of the day i'd honestly just be happier
if they just
were more open about it and just said
yeah we're not gonna do it and you're
gonna deal with it so what at least like
that i could respect on some level more
than the speaking out the side of their
mouth thing
let me know what you think the comments
down below that's it for today and as
always i hope you learned something i'll
see you all in the next video bye now