farmers out west

a.rothermel · May 26, 2009

I live in ohio and i am not trying to be biased by asking this. But do most farmers out west use Case IH over John deere's? I have noticed most the pics on here are Case IH and also my grandpa went on a trip out west and he said he saw a lot more red tractors than green. Personally I like them all but i would like to know what you all think.

71ford100 · May 26, 2009

In my area (SEWY) JD and Case are about equal. There are still a suprising amount of people who use Steigers and Versatiles and several farmers are switching over to Ford 4wd's.

a.rothermel · May 26, 2009

thanks for your input. I like the fords. In ohio there are no versatiles or Steigers.

Doug in Illinois · May 26, 2009

Not necessarily so, it just depends on the local dealer networks. A good tractor is no better than the parts and service for it.

Go 50 miles away and the mix could change. I have worked in Case, JD, C-IH, Hesston/Ford. The Hesston/Ford was all you really saw for 25 miles around as the JD dealer was weak. 25 miles east the mix was about evenly divided between JD, C-IH, and Allis. DOUG

Anonymous-0 · May 26, 2009

Out here in the Pacific Northwest, you see alot of big JD tractors on the large farms, with many MF and Case-IH split about 50/50 for the majority of the rest. Fords/NH are not as prevalent, but are starting to come on strong. On smaller acreages, you see alot of Kubota tractors, with the Kioti, Tym, and Branson tractors taking up the slack. Of course any good running older tractor of most any make still works out here, there are very few strictly parade tractors, most older tractors have to contribute to the good of the farm somehow!

J.C.in AZ. · May 26, 2009

My area of Arizona is serviced by Arizona Machinery Co. a large multiple location John Deere Dealer and JD's are very prevalent in the Phoenix area however Case/IH,Agco/Allis,Agco/Massey,Hesston,New Holland and other Equipment lines have Dealerships also. Arizona Farming areas are seperated by mountain chains and scrub Desert so the Farm Equipment Dealers are clustered around the farm areas it seems.City developement around Phoenix and Tucson are slowly eating up the good land and water is being sucked up by these developements to the point that Farmings Irrigation costs are driving Farmers to sell out and quit or relocate.

S.Crum · May 26, 2009

JD was very prevailent for years in this area as there was an excellent dealer within 10 miles and virtually any JD part was available out of the Syracuse branch house overnite and sometimes that same afternoon by train. There was an AC dealer right in town but parts could sometimes be a 2 week wait.
Deere pulled the plug on the last remaining ag dealer here a couple years ago. Now it's very rare to see any new green in the area. Mostly IH/Case, New Holland and Kubota with some Kiotis thrown in

MPK · May 26, 2009

We were out to California on a bus tour in March and in the vegetable farming areas we went through I would say it was about 90% John Deere.

Anonymous-0 · May 26, 2009

I think you are telling stories. I live in Ohio and you see Versatiles and Steigers + they are also seen as Fords (Next door) & Case-IH as well. There is a jocky about 7-8 miles from here and he had 8 of them on his lot and we are both in Ohio

NY 986 · May 26, 2009

Here where I am in New York I would say Deere is predominant with Case IH making a noticeable presence. I will agree with those who say the presence of a strong dealer (regardless of make) dictates the ratio of brands in an given area. There are parts of New York where you still see a lot of Allis Chalmers running around even though they have not been made since 1985 (I am not counting any of the successors with orange paint, they are few in numbers) due to strong dealers for that line years ago. And so it is for any of the colors depending where you go.
I think Deere having a strong financial division has insured they will have sizable market share for years to come. I don't know that I agree with the notion that when a popular dealer closes, that the affiliated manufacturer always suffers greatly. Deere saw a handful of popular dealers close from the early 1980's to the early 1990's here and I would say they are just as strong now as they were before.
I think if you go out on travel around some you will see each make strong in a given area.

Ole Shovel · May 26, 2009

In southwest plains areas JD let many big mega dealers get too big and when they went belly up they never reopened dealers in those areas. So now farther to drive to a JD dealer for parts and their service shop is always backed up. Case IH still has dealers here and is gradually taking over seems like on tractors and combine sales.

Jon Hagen · May 26, 2009

Strong dealer /company support tends to put a lot of one color in a given area.
You can see the color of machinery change in as little as 20 miles because of dealer strength or weakness.

dhermesc · May 27, 2009

Before IH was combined with Case in the early 1980s they had established an extensive dealship network and out sold John Deere in most areas (John Deere will produce as many tractors has IH did sometime in the 2030 decade). So many farmers grew grew up running IH and continue to this day running its offspring.

jack harmon · May 27, 2009

dealer and availability of parts is most of it in my opinion,but I think price is beginning to show in the fields also,I gave up on jd a long time ago,since the price on fords were less,and the excellent jd dealer here sold out to a bunch of imbeciles .Quite frankly, since the reliable dealer sold out and retired, ive not seen a new large tractor anywhere around here locally thats green .lots of green 30-40 hp still sold though and i think the dealer here is leaning more that way instead of toward large farmers.just my opinion of course.out in western okla theres a excellent JD dealer in elk city ,and they still have a huge market there, most of what you see is green there and has been for years.service and parts are what you need if your farming for a living.

bc · May 27, 2009

And if you want to get a good deal on a Case or IH tractor, go to a farm sale in the middle of green country. The greenie weenies don't bid much on red.

a.rothermel · May 27, 2009

im not saying there arent any. Im just saying about 80% of bigger tractors around NE ohio are JD or Case IH. I have seen a couple fords but the majority of the large tractors are JD and Case. I honestly have never seen a Versatile or Steiger in person.

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