404 Media: Demand Is Booming for New No Tech, Repairable Tractor. “The secondary market for decades old, low-tech John Deere tractors has been booming for years as farmers have sought reliable tractors that they can actually fix without having to deal with John Deere’s repair monopoly. A Canadian company has seen that demand and came up with a radical thought: What if they made a new, […]

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404 Media: Demand Is Booming for New No Tech, Repairable Tractor

404 Media: Demand Is Booming for New No Tech, Repairable Tractor. “The secondary market for decades old, low-tech John Deere tractors has been booming for years as farmers have sought reliabl…

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It seems, #JohnDeere #Tractors can refuse to start, necause of a broken radio. If, by radio, they mean a "car stereo / FM receiver", that'd be malicious design.

The Canadians seem to be fixing the tractor market: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqwdvFz1Xeo

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John Deere Faces Second Class Action For Monopolizing Repair

John Deere is facing a second class action lawsuit for its ongoing, ham-fisted effort to monopolize tractor repair and drive up costs for its customers. The latest lawsuit was filed in mid-May in t…

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Tractors at the National Museum of Rural Life.
There are a variety of tractors from most decades of the 20th century inside and out at the National Museum of Rural Life.
https://www.nms.ac.uk/discover-catalogue/tractors-at-the-national-museum-of-rural-life?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #rural #tractors
Campground garden, Chinchilla, Qld. Taken with a #Nikon D3200 and 18-55mm Dx lens I found in an op shop for $20. Minimal processing in #darktable

#photography #tractors #photo #machinery #australia #australian
Ancient tractor spotted in Chinchilla, Qld. Early morning light, Grey Kangaroos hopping away in the foreground. That's #australia
Taken with a #Nikon D3200 and 18-55mm Dx lens I found in an op shop for $20.

#photography #tractors #photo #machinery

Back in the day, trendy North Dakota farmers liked to ride their McCormick-Deering tractors at a jaunty angle.

#antiques #vintage #tractors #farming #northdakota