Chinese Deere

I?m not a John Deere guy so I?m not up to date on what their model line is, but was wondering about this one. It?s for sale in Ontario for 10 grand (CDN) and I?m curious if the dealers sell these or if someone imported it themselves.

That?s a grey market machine. Definitely not brought here by mother Deere. Someone will be suckered and in for rude awakening when it?s time for parts.

Hmmm, the only part that looks Deere is the hood/grille. No front fuel tank, engine and rear end don't resemble any Deere chassis. 48kw is About 75 hp, no drawbar. It's 11 years old, could be a cheap source of power for 10g. Maybe it fell out of the doomed Chinese space station....lol
Ben

A Google search coughed up the link below ...... and yes, I suspect parts might be an issue unless you have a cousin that lives in southern China. When you think of it though, everything else you buy is pretty much made in China, why not tractors?
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Looks like a scam to me. Don?t think that picture was taken in Ontario. I might. E wrong

Eerily reminiscent of early Komatsu dozers when they came to the states. Dealers rumored that they were built utilizing out of patent designs from Caterpiller.
Cat guys may know more about this or even if it was true

Makes me think Zetor. They did build tractors badged JD , and where sold in the east side of the world. That cab and those front wheels, even the muffler looks Zetor to me, from 10-15 years back

(quoted from post at 06:40:10 04/02/18) Looks like a scam to me. Don?t think that picture was taken in Ontario. I might. E wrong

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I don't think they have 30' travel trailers with slides in China.

Deere & Company to Acquire Chinese Tractor Company; Expand Product Line

MOLINE, Ill., June 8 /CNW/ -- Deere & Company, the world's largest manufacturer of agricultural equipment, said today that it plans to expand small tractor manufacturing in China by acquiring the Ningbo Benye Tractor &Automobile Manufacture Co. Ltd. business, located in Ningbo in southern China. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030326/JOHNDEERELOGO) Deere said it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the Benyebusiness and is seeking final review of the transaction by government approval authorities in China. Through the acquisition, Deere will expand the product line offered to Chinese farmers and enhance its worldwide capacity to produce low horsepower tractors. Benye mainly builds tractors in the 20 to 50 horsepower range while Deere currently builds tractors in the 60 to 120 horsepower range at its current China joint venture tractor factory, located in Tianjin. "Our objective is to distinctly serve those who work the land," said Robert W. Lane, chairman and chief executive officer of Deere & Company. "The acquisition of Benye will allow us to better serve customers in China with amore complete product line, as well as to provide tractors from China to other locations in the world. This action is an example that John Deere continues to seek opportunities for global growth." Deere has provided products and services to the China agricultural market since 1976 and has manufactured equipment in China since 1997, when it entered joint venture to build combines at a factory at Jiamusi. The Jiamusi operation is now wholly-owned and the company also manufactures tractors at a joint venture, John Deere Tiantuo Co., Ltd. Benye, which was started in 1955, is the largest tractor manufacturer in southern China. It has a new manufacturing facility that covers 200,000 square meters, which includes research and development, manufacturing, and marketing.While 95 percent of the company's current revenues come from sales within China, the company has exported tractors to 70 countries worldwide. "We do have an ambition to grow both our domestic and export market in China," said David Everitt, president of Deere's Agricultural Division in North America, Australia, Asia, and for Global Tractor and Implement Sourcing."Our decision to acquire Benye provides us an excellent opportunity to align with a high quality manufacturer of tractors in a horsepower range important to our customers." Additionally, Everitt said, there is a growing demand for smaller tractors in China because of the increasing mechanization by rice farmers.Deere anticipates that farmers with less powerful equipment will be upgrading to machines in the 20 to 50 horsepower range built by Benye. Everitt said Deere expects to leverage Benye's product range and manufacturing capacity for sales into other Asian, African, and CIS markets. Financial details of the expected acquisition were not made public.However, Deere did report that it will create a wholly-owned subsidiary named John Deere Ningbo Agricultural Machinery Co. Ltd. to manage the business. The transaction is expected to close later this year. John Deere (Deere & Company - NYSE: DE) is the world's leading provider of advanced products and services for agriculture and forestry and a major provider of advanced products and services for construction, lawn and turf care, landscaping and irrigation. John Deere also provides financial services worldwide and manufactures and markets engines used in heavy equipment. Since it was founded in 1837, the company has extended its heritage of integrity,quality, commitment and innovation around the globe.

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For further information: Ken Golden, Director, News and Information of
Deere & Company, +1-309-765-5678 Web Site: http://www.deere.com/

I have not seen anything good come from China,, they have filled our country with junk parts...

I would say this is more along the lines of a Chinese travel trailer,

Tim ....... don't forget that those junk parts were/are a result of a demand for cheap (often junk) parts from all over the world, including North America. We have nobody but ourselves to blame I guess. But who can blame anyone for wanting something at a cheap price? How good they are doesn't seem to matter very often.

(quoted from post at 09:03:26 04/02/18) That?s a grey market machine. Definitely not brought here by mother Deere. Someone will be suckered and in for rude awakening when it?s time for parts.

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Why would parts be a problem? The same old wives tale about is told about European Model mannheim tractors shipped from Canada to the US .
If you have the part number, the comments will be on the dealer's counter top in a few days.

It looks like Ningbo Benye Tractor has been building some reverse engineered machinery . Maybe even some cross-breeding between various companies.
The Chinese, Japanese , Russians , Philippines , Indonesia and Americans can build to any spec that you care to pay for. If you want cheap, you will get cheap and the all the problems associated with cheap.

B&D ..... the "comments" will be on the dealer's counter top ....... you got me on that one.

(quoted from post at 09:26:09 04/02/18) I have not seen anything good come from China,, they have filled our country with junk parts...

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Horse pucky.

That?s a grey market machine. Definitely not brought here by mother Deere. Someone will be suckered and in for rude awakening when it?s time for parts.

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Why would parts be a problem? The same old wives tale about is told about European Model mannheim tractors shipped from Canada to the US .
If you have the part number, the comments will be on the dealer's counter top in a few days.

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Not Deere related, but I have a "gray market" (originally sold and used in Japan) Hitachi excavator. So far everything I've needed was no problem at all to get and the parts were identical to the US market version.

John Deere makes/assembles all sorts of tractors in China for the Chinese market. The link is for the Chinese "5E" series - which is a little bit different than the 5E's that are assembled in Augusta GA. A few weeks ago, I had a customer in Peru that was looking for a replacement MFWD axle for one of the Chinese John Deere models, (we make all the MFWD axles used in current production tractors made in Mannheim, Augusta & China) but I do not know if Deere introduced the Chinese tractors to Peru as a low cost option, or if it was a "gray market" tractor like this one. Regarding parts, John Deere seems to assign the two letter alphabetical prefix based on who has design control/"parentage" on the vehicle in question. For example, many of the John Deere China part numbers lead with the letters "NF" while "AL" seems to be used for Mannheim parts (at least from what I've seen for the MFWD axles and their related items). Deere could always use this as a method of controlling which regions have access to which parts if they wanted to. I'd also doubt that they're stocked in North America or priced for here either.

John Deere China 5E Series

(quoted from post at 14:16:24 04/02/18) B&D ..... the "comments" will be on the dealer's counter top ....... you got me on that one.

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All too often the smart phone does a spell check after the send button is pressed. I have had a few real doozies get loose.