John Deere

Pretty much convinced they gave me second hands equipment and claimed it was new, but I have no way of proving it

After having it for less than 2 weeks , first day the brush hog was used bolts broke and the pin banner out.

Brush hog was down as new, it had clear rust on it and chipped paint. Hardly new looking.

Then the grapple hydraulics fail, the bucket hydraulics are fine

We could have kept working with the backhoe and bucket, but

The service guy has just been and loaded up the tractor backhoe bucket, brush hog and grapple.

I have work to do, a big loan and zero tools to work with... Oh they left me the trailer

Purchased a new 5065 E because I could not afford to have any down time. I purposely bought John Deere over any other product because I though it was a reliable well supported product.

Much to my dismay after 70 hours the stater went. I thought no big deal but had to wait for repair guys to make a house call. They repaired it and all was well for about a month. Purchased a new gator, Delivery was 4 weeksNo big deal.

It was derived with out any fuel. Almost no gas. Had to go to town (18 miles) to get gasoline. Again no big deal, I thought.

Started to dig some posts in with my new starter and now 70 Hour tractor. Low and behold, I was in the field digging posts and the tractor all of the sudden died. Could not restart. I did not even think I blew a fuse but two days late the Tech comes over and discovers there is one blown fuse.

He plugs it into the analyzer and discovers there is something wrong and replaced the fuses. All is well. After returning from vacation I start to dig more moist holes and the tractor dies AGAIN. I call service and they tell me that they needed to find the part I need.

They promise to call me back. A day later I call my local dealer and they actually forgot to call me back and that they were still looking for a cold start Item of some kind. Unbeknown to me the tech did not look at the notes from the previous tech and showed up to do the repair. It turns out that the part they are going to replace is not the right one.

NO ONE LOOKED AT THE NOTES. Well, I give the tech MY fuses, as he did not have any, and he also discovers that when we turn the ignition key the fuses blow. Needless to say he blew through most of my fuses. Again, no big deal, I am supposed to be dealing with a reputable company.

Well Here I am with a 55K paper weight with 74 hours on it and a pasture that should have completed a week ago. This is now costing me time and money to feed the animals because they needed a new pasture. I needed to move my livestock to a new pasture a week ago in order to rejuvenate the existing pasture they completely ate. Another comical story associated with my John Deere experience.

When I purchased my new shinny new gas less Gator I negotiated putting weights on my 5065E with no charge for installation. Well let me just say I received a bill and a call from billing department demanding $550.00 for the weight installation. This has been an experience and I have no tractor to do the work I needed done. to make me feel even less of a customer, I contacted my sales guy to inquire about an extended warranty

about a week and a half ago and no one has gotten back to me on how to proceed.

I guess they don't want to even sell an extended warranty because they realize they will loose money on a product or LEMON they so graciously sold me for $55,000.00. Buyer beware. Don't get stuck like I am.

I know what they are going to say. Each dealer is and independent entity and I am, as they say, screwed.