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John Deere agreed to allow farmers to fix

Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:09 pm
Posted by TNoon
Member since Nov 2020
2446 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:09 pm
...their own tractors

Why is this even a debate?

"Farmers in the US will now be able to fix their own John Deere equipment or head to independent repair shops without intervention from the agricultural equipment manufacturer.

Addressing a long-standing complaint from farmers, American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and John Deere signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday that ensures farmers and ranchers have the freedom to repair their own farm equipment."

LINK to qz.com
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:11 pm to
Because John deere is asshoe

I'll never buy yellow and green again because of their bullshite.
Posted by TNoon
Member since Nov 2020
2446 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:11 pm to
truth
Posted by BlackPawnMartyr
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2010
15310 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:12 pm to
Was this why Vince Vaughns character got arrested in Into The Wild?
Posted by Bobby OG Johnson
Member since Apr 2015
24813 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:13 pm to
Must be losing money.

Posted by goatmilker
Castle Anthrax
Member since Feb 2009
64347 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:16 pm to


Posted by samson73103
Krypton
Member since Nov 2008
8143 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:16 pm to
quote:

Why is this even a debate?

Because despite being one of the companies who built America, Deere is the epitome of corporate greed. They are also woke as frick. Maybe there is a correlation....
Posted by rsbd
banks of the Mississippi
Member since Jan 2007
22171 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:18 pm to
They can agree or not, farmers have sent their need kids to school to learn to hack John Deeres system and reprogram machinery.. JD just knows they are fricked since they tried to sue the farmers and lost..
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
17826 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:20 pm to
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Must be losing money.


They have to be. This software, IP issue was a big deal. Not really for joe blow planting food plots but for guys getting ready to drop half a mill on a combine.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:20 pm to
quote:

tried to sue the farmers and lost


Gimme a link for some morning reading material
Posted by POTUS2024
Member since Nov 2022
11137 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:22 pm to
I've been hoping for years that farmers just abandon them.
Posted by lsunatchamp
Member since Feb 2009
2025 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:26 pm to
I'm a diesel mechanic and I can tell you that ALL OEM software is being hacked and distributed for a a fraction of the price. All out in the open too. The manufactures make you pay thousands of dollars per year for software that doesn't even do all the things the dealers can. So they all just getting hacked.

Edit - The farm and equipment side of things comes with some setbacks when trying to hack them. You still cannot access the ECM without the OEM specific connector (which you guessed cost at least $1000). So if you have a John Deere tractor and a Case harvester you gotta buy 2 seperate connectors even with the hacked software. Semi trucks you can all connect to using the same connector no matter the truck.
This post was edited on 1/18/23 at 9:35 pm
Posted by patnuh
South LA
Member since Sep 2005
6718 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:31 pm to
quote:

Was this why Vince Vaughns character got arrested in Into The Wild?


Dude was selling illegal satellite tv chips or cards. Almost as bad as when Mickey on peewees big adventure was ripping the tags off mattresses.
Posted by rsbd
banks of the Mississippi
Member since Jan 2007
22171 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:48 pm to
JD loses
This post was edited on 1/18/23 at 9:49 pm
Posted by GoAwayImBaitn
On an island in the marsh
Member since Jul 2018
2141 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 9:50 pm to
quote:

So if you have a John Deere tractor and a Case harvester you gotta buy 2 seperate connectors even with the hacked software. Semi trucks you can all connect to using the same connector no matter the truck.


I'm not one for government ever getting involved in matters but one thing they didn't completely frick up was the somewhat standard of OBD2
Posted by El Segundo Guy
SE OK
Member since Aug 2014
9600 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 10:04 pm to
I have a 2003 JD 4610 that I bought brand new and it's still going strong.

But 2 years ago, I needed a bigger one for big hay bales and I bought a Kubota because of that crap.
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
12504 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 10:07 pm to
quote:

I'm not one for government ever getting involved in matters but one thing they didn't completely frick up was the somewhat standard of OBD2

Unfortunately the only way we’d get a standardized off-road connector is if they started emissions testing them and that was their excuse to go all nanny state.
Posted by momentoftruth87
Member since Oct 2013
71440 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 10:09 pm to
because lobbyists
Posted by Texas Ram
Member since Sep 2020
1120 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 10:09 pm to
My Pops refused to buy anything JD. International Harvester , Ford or Oliver. F JD.
Posted by lsunatchamp
Member since Feb 2009
2025 posts
Posted on 1/18/23 at 10:46 pm to
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Unfortunately the only way we’d get a standardized off-road connector is if they started emissions testing them and that was their excuse to go all nanny state.


Excuse my ignorance because I'm an on highway diesel tech, but I've seen JD tractors with DPF? Are you sure that's the case?
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