One time I broke a speciality hydraulic fitting on my dozer. I looked it up on jdparts.deere.com and my jaw hit the floor when I saw it was $50. The kind of fitting that should cost $2 if it was a commodity fitting. I set to work trying to find (or find parts to build) a fitting that would work as a replacement. Searched the internet, called around to a bunch of hydraulics places, but the only solution would have been to have a machinist make one. By that time I had wasted hours and in reflection, I should have just payed the $50 right away because I did anyway in the end. The dozer is almost half a century old and they're still providing parts support, so there's something to be said for that too.
I have had just as many price shocks buying parts for my New Holland baler, so I don't think Deere is alone in the racket. Someone once told me that Deere only builds new equipment to drum up support it's main business :)
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