Cool hand : This post was not about the intentions of any of the combine owners or anything like that. I did speak positively about the harvest over on Tales in the original post. Not wanting to intrude on that post is part of the reason I posted this here on Tractor talk. YOUR MAKING a judgment about this post that is WAY off the mark. I could care less if JD has zero or 100% of the combines at the event. It just surprised me in that usually if you would get 10 combines/owners together in most areas the split between brands usually is closer to what the national sales averages are. That harvest being difference is what this post is about.
It appears to me YOUR the one having an issue with whatever you THINK my intentions where in this post.
Here is some news for YOU. I have bought five new tractors in my life. NONE of them have been a John Deere. Here is a list of them.
1) IH 1086 new, loved the IH 1466 that I own and my Grand Father bought new. Hated the IH 1086 because of the ride. 2) Deutz-Fahr DX 3.50 needed a hay chore tractor and I was good friends with a Duetz dealer. I liked the tractor but it was just a little small for my needs. 3) Deutz-Allis 6275 LOVED this tractor!! I wished I still had it. traded in the DX 3.50 for it 4) Allis-Chalmers 8010 MFWD tractor. The same Duetz Dealer made me a heck of a good deal on this tractor when Duetz bought Allis. 5) Ford 7710 tractor. The local dealer and I got in to trading several pieces and I ended up with the Ford 7710 that he had in inventory for over a year.
I do not own any of those tractors anymore. I just mentioned them to show I am not GREEN blind. I could easily have made this post about how CIH did not have number of combines that you would have thought would have been there.
Here was my intentions, period!!! I did find it odd that there where so many AGCO machines at this harvest. So I dug up the market share numbers. They supported what I though originally, in that while AGCO is getting stronger in areas they still are not a major player in the North-American combine market. While researching the market share numbers I found the other information that showed the split in market share based on gross income. I found the article/numbers interesting. Nothing more or less. I thought that the fellow on here might find them interesting too. I try to post about things that I find interesting and that I feel others might find interesting too.
As for leaning/supporting John Deere. There are two simple reasons for that. 1) I worked for JD dealerships for close to 25 years. 2)Until just last month I had a JD dealer 3 miles from my front door and another 7 miles, plus another 15 miles away. So just the simple fact that NO other brand locally could match the parts and service advantage of having three dealers in under 15 miles.
I dislike what JD company has done. I have posted about it and feel that JD will NOT continue to have their current market share. That is for other times.
So I just wanted a discussion about how the market share numbers vary nation wide. You know what really would have made my day??? If someone over by the fellow that died had said that these farmers all where close friends that shared the love of their equipment. Meaning MF or Gleaner.
Another bit of information I found while looking at market share numbers show that AGCO owners brand loyalty is the highest of all the major brands.
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