Retired John Deere employee on mass layoffs: 'It's going to be devastating'

[@youtubesux6361]

The way john deere has treated farmers with the maintenance of their equipment is disgusting.

[@blisstickmystic]

Yup, comes with being spoiled

[@danajorgensen1358]

Not just farmers. My neighbor has a John Deere riding mower and can't do a damned thing himself for service aside from adding fuel and oil. EVERY OTHER THING needs to be done by a JD technician, and they do so poorly, he has work done on the damned thing at least three time each grass growing season.

[@haroldb1856]

Right to Repair!

[@RJ1999x]

​@@HarmonsHarborsame junk different builder

[@RJ1999x]

@@HarmonsHarbor you obviously do,

[@syoung1908]

Bringing Mexico to the US and sending the US to Mexico. What could possibly go wrong?

[@analienfromouterspace]

Assembly lines factories, but not part manufacturing, Like Volkswagen, assembly in Mexico, but parts made elsewhere. John Deere will be doing that now. Retool people, retool!

[@TruthTeller8888]

😂

[@jerroldrieger5345]

That's the democraaaaats waaaaaaay...they are on the Ef America Tour....

[@PlumbingPredator]

It ain't about the Democrats or Republicans or whatever party, it's the top brass saying I want more money and pay people cheaper and give cheaper quality, a tale as old as time.

[@frlouiegoad4087]

Mexico is having a severe WATER shortage.

[@CameronFussner]

The average American is the foundation of this nation's economy, therefore if their money vanishes, unemployment will rise and the message "You have an unexpected month" will emerge. If you have a lot of student loans that are coming due, that money will run out very soon.

[@CharlesArthur-fq5sx]

By then, a minimum of one cut Given that it will be discussed throughout the election, I think it happened in September. Given that it's a retirement issue, I think the FED will implement changes in September. If in September they don't make any cuts

[@williamDonaldson432]

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[@johnbryant-nf3mg]

Why are all the people from Mexico coming to the US when all of our jobs are going there?

[@drones7838]

🤣😂😅

[@retire14pattaya9]

For freebies or so they think.

[@Dixie.1818]

Right... W T F ?

[@Tony-k9i]

To get your job

[@andresmith9212]

So they can get all the hand outs the liberals providing.

[@mikebolton3816]

Screw JD. They made it miserable to do maintenance. Why should we pay $390k for a tractor and then it's not even really ours? Boycott JD

[@jonathanweintraub]

I have purchased 6 tractors and only the first one was JD. I’ve been boycotting them for years.

[@cws3346]

To be fair, your car/truck's the same, and no one's really complaining. Soon, you won't be able to work on them either...

[@JanWoods-d3p]

Absolutely ❗️👍

[@delbutler885]

When you boycott John Deere remember not to live in a house made with wood harvested by Deere equipment. No concrete using aggregate mined with Deere equipment. No water brought in with Deere equipment. No driving on roads made with Deere equipment. No food grown with Deere equipment. No cotton clothes grown with Deere equipment. No buying anything financed by Deere financial.

[@Riggsnic_co]

I believe the retirement crisis will get even worse. Many struggle to save due to low wages, rising prices, and exorbitant rents. With homeownership becoming unattainable for middle-class Americans, they may not have a home to rely on for retirement either.

[@kevinmarten]

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[@Jamessmith-12]

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[@JacquelinePerrira]

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[@ocvettek07]

We sent John Deere a Dear John letter the moment they prevented Farmers from repairing our own equipment. I will never buy another one of their products.

[@jessicabixler1658]

Biden administration changed that

[@tomm5936]

Which brand would you go to? All I know they are all as complicated to repair as JD maybe except some smaller Chinese but is that what you want.

[@workingcountry1776]

​@@tomm5936Bud, it isn't the complicated part, it's the Right to Repair part. It's the fact a farmer may have a $1m combine he isn't allowed to modify. He can't bypass the GPS and use another, better software because JD sued other software makers to not mess with JD equipment. It's also a problem of no longer being able to buy FULL factory service manuals or have access to component level repair info on electronics. That's the problem. Many brands allow you to self service or use gps software of choice. Not JD

[@tomm5936]

@@workingcountry1776 OK I understand. Still which other brand does it differently. Can you repair a Case as an example.

[@song11artmusic]

Exactly!

[@michaelscordo256]

Nothing runs across the border like a Deere!!!

[@unclelarry9138]

All the way to Mexico.

[@fishydubsfishing6516]

Then runs across the border like the Mexican illegals

[@pnwrocker1965]

Too funny 😂

[@unclelarry9138]

@@timdisbro6838 More like corporate greed.

[@concernedpatriot9314]

Instead of deer call them COYOTE !

[@hoosierman5573]

John Deere is just as Un-American as General Motors.

[@Max14163]

And Carrier!

[@delbutler885]

Deere has been a worldwide company for Decades. Both in sales and production.

[@polamidget1926]

Shame on them. Stop buying john deer.

[@DrBlood-cq2cm]

And buy what?

[@stevehaller6332]

Our local John Deere dealership has already made me quit buying anything John Deere. When you have to wait for parts that should be in stock for them to order them it does not help them.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

​@@stevehaller6332 Don't forget the proprietary computer diagnostic software and serialized parts with dealer only activation.

[@pkal244]

​@@DrBlood-cq2cm buy Chinese made so you don't have to support John Deere

[@stevehaller6332]

@@pkal244 we have have a Case implement and a New Holland dealership in our area in addition to a John Deere dealership even though the Case and New Holland are pretty much the same tractors at least you can get parts and service for their products.

[@yorkfranklin2801]

Over priced now un-American.

[@jonathanweintraub]

These were almost all fully built in India for a long time.

[@waterloo123100]

@@jonathanweintraubTell that to the thousands of tractors I see living the plant in Waterloo

[@DistrustHumanz]

It worked for Harley Davidson...

[@ClayneBanks]

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[@ZhannaDavidova]

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[@cherylhills3227]

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[@BendyChoy]

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[@frenchcreekvalley]

John Deere- isn't that the company that won;t allow farmers to repair their own equipment any more?

[@jessicabixler1658]

They lost in court...so under the Biden administration now farmers can

[@timothykeith1367]

I'm sort of supportive of Deere on that issue - partially - the majority of farmers don't want to repair their warrantied JD equipment, they want pronto service and don't want to pay to haul the heavy equipment to the nearest dealer for a minor issue. The training of independent mobile service techs must be expanded. If you own a Tesla you won't have access to the diagnostics equipment - it's too costly.

[@MrHeavy466]

@@timothykeith1367Most people don’t own a Tesla as a major component of their business. Also, just because the majority don’t want to spare the effort does not mean that the minority should be forced to follow suit.

[@delbutler885]

​@@MrHeavy466Deere won't let you do things that violate the warranty or Diesel exhaust system.

[@delbutler885]

Just go get a life. There isn't a equipment manufacturer that doesn't have new equipment that isn't computerized to the point of being worthless without a technician with a computer. I have a Case loader that has been down for a month waiting for DEF parts and a technician with the computer to flash it.

[@goldbud2287]

Build Back Better is a huge failure

[@honestdon1772]

Where is the trump infrastructure plan, ready in 2 weeks? He was able to pass tax cuts for Billionaires though right?

[@tristenklein5940]

All by design to create a 3rd World country forcing the working class into poverty all for permanent power and control over the people for Joey and his party!

[@seymourwrasse3321]

Build Back Badder is a huge success

[@Jjrdn10]

Yeah, especially for illeagals and the towns in Mexico getting our American made products. Oh wait. Mexico made products. ​@seymourwrasse3321

[@tristenklein5940]

@@seymourwrasse3321 yeah if you live grifting off the productive taxpayers!

[@bartbiniecki3711]

Stop Buying John Deere

[@castirondude]

At this point you may as well buy Chinese crap , still better than what the US companies are making

[@mrbubetube]

I stopped buying American made products more than 20 years ago but now that John Deere will no longer be a "made in USA" product, I just may consider buying John Deere products.

[@Dane-o7q]

Woke company now!

[@JesusAGUAS-z5i]

​@@Dane-o7q TAX CUTS. For them

[@tomw13]

I have!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@shauny2285]

As Ross Perot said back in 1992 concerning NAFTA, a giant sucking sound as jobs move from the US to Mexico. What was true in '92 is true in '24.

[@theboringchannel2027]

NAFTA ended in 2020. This is courtesy of USMCA which is trump trade deal, so blame it on trump, he enabled the move with his trade deal.

[@qualicumwilson5168]

NAFTA does not exist. USMCA, negotiated by Trump, has been in affect for many years. What was true in 1992 is no longer true. 2024 is the fault of TRumps amazing negotiation skills and fully under his responsibility.

[@gforce6446]

He failed to tell us we would be paying them social security benefits and giving citizenship to 20 million of them who entered illegally.

[@alelectric2767]

Ross Perot was right

[@Jenda-ld8dj]

Yeah he was.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Right about what??? Sorry I forgot about him about 30 years ago. LOL

[@0004612]

@@gregorylyon1004he was right about the Giant Sucking Sound from NAFTA

[@lorihamlin3604]

Farmers may have to go back to plowing fields without AC cabs. Big corps are just too greedy and politicians as well bending to will of lobbyists in Washington. US manufactures very little, didn’t we learn anything from the pandemic? Instead of whining about vacs and masks we should have been pushing for US manufacturers to provide us with at least basic necessities.

[@naplesflexplorer]

@@0004612 Yep and every Republican Hawk Tauhs Reagan as a Republican Deity when he started the process for NAFTA

[@RusuSilva]

More and more people might face a tough time in retirement. Low-paying jobs, inflation, and high rents make it hard to save. Now, middle-class Americans find it tough to own a home too, leaving them without a place to retire.

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The increasing prices have impacted my plan to retire at 62, work part-time, and save for the future. I'm concerned about whether those who navigated the 2008 financial crisis had an easier time than I am currently experiencing. The combination of stock market volatility and a decrease in income is causing anxiety about whether I'll have sufficient funds for retirement.

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[@mattdaugherty7865]

Sounds like John Deere needs the “Bud Light” treatment!

[@JanWoods-d3p]

Absolutely ❗️👍

[@WahjieWorld]

My mother worked at John Deere in 1960... American brands are for America. Tariff the hell out of Mexican built John Deere!

[@CR007-q6q]

Companies might make more profit by reducing costs such as labor and other employee expenses. It's not ideal to have companies leave but it's the sad reality of capitalism.

[@DrHarryT]

I already commented to tariff them with a 100%

[@Randomness5050]

Can't put tariffs on Mexican-made imports to the USA under NAFTA and USMCA.

[@jamesbass9797]

@@Randomness5050 -- Prove it!

[@jamesbass9797]

@WahjieWorld -- Tariff the hell out of anything made in Mexico.

[@richardmartin1680]

The only way to get your point across is quit buying John deer

[@MikePoulson-qt1me]

Wait a minute, Joey says he is bringing jobs back to the US. Did he lie?

[@DC-gk7ce]

Yes

[@RickStorni]

YEP

[@miscellaneous714]

Wait a minute. Donald added 8 trillion dollars to the national debt. Isn’t it true?

[@danajorgensen1358]

His career path is "politician"; of course he lied.

[@Donn-oi8ev]

Senile pathological liar! 🖕

[@scottkennedy1197]

This is crazy. We aren't gonna have nothing made here besides lunatics.

[@Fantom6400]

Unions are killing those jobs

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

@@Fantom6400 It was a nice run. With Hoffa's generation guys DIED getting these benefits and working hours, my dad's generation built on it, and now you have a crowd that thinks you don't "need" a Union. How old are you??? Or you don't know any history??

[@TruthTeller8888]

We will have green energy 😂

[@tomdooley4226]

​@@TruthTeller8888and that's about all! Bidenomics in action!

[@swordman6827]

We need to BOYCOTT john Deere. Pass this on. As a nation we need to do this.

[@roymoxley2587]

Overpriced equipment for farmers it’s a complete mess

[@RJ1999x]

Overpriced and mediocre equipment

[@bodhixxx1]

if they wanted to they could build a 130 hp tractor for no more then $50,000 brand new cab AC Heat 4x4 etc just keep it simple like the old ones were built.

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

@@RJ1999x and yet it's all I see in Canada where you have "kash" crops like canola, huge expanses of acreage (hectares in Canada). The tech is Deere's. Now replace it with WHO??

[@RJ1999x]

@@DwightStJohn-t7y you must not get out of your area much.

[@RJJ6129]

This is happening all over America. My daughter worked for Sportsman’s Warehouse call center/customer service center, they laid off all the people,closed the call center and “moved” it to the Dominion Republic. Profit over people,bottom line over American job’s. This is why our economy and our country is going down the toilet, people can not afford to live a decent secure life anymore!!!

[@kinikinrd]

And someday people will realize that this is what happens when you give tax breaks to the already rich folks. To the average person, it's pretty obvious where the money is going and why the middle class is in the dirt.

[@JohnS-er7jh]

I am sorry your daughter lost her job. I hope she will be able to find work soon (as well as anyone else facing the same situation)

[@myronlarimer1943]

It is called globalism…. It is what happens when you have politicians, corporate CEOs and STOCKHOLDERS who want profits and don’t care where the money comes from. Unlike Barack Obama, I am a citizen of the United States, not of the world. Have to take an América First attitude, buy that way and vote that way if you want this to change.

[@AMX86]

Yup in DR the Pay is $3/hr, in the US, $20+. It doesnt matter the US workers are smarter better, talented. All these companies get their parts n products overseas and make huge mark ups on essentially junk.

[@teresaesquivel2040]

😢whine get a job

[@PaulKatrina.]

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[@HectorWhitney]

In my opinion, now is not the moment to rely on hearsay. Every individual, regardless of their level of experience as an investor OR in a financial market, requires guidance at some stage.

[@RaymondKeen.]

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[@ScottKindle-bk3hx]

Thanks for sharing, I just liquidated some of my funds to invest in the stock market, I will need every help I can get.

[@shelleyjf7245]

The price of product will continue to increase. It only saves the company money not the consumer. Evil CEO's are destroying working Americans lives.

[@Croploss]

Don't forget the greedy unions.

[@chipsammich2078]

​@Croploss John deere made 10 billion in profits last year.. I don't think the union wage they paid put them in the red.. It's corporate greed..

[@TimSmith-e8y]

@@Croploss Union busting just results in lower wage jobs, therefore more workers on government assisted food stamps and healthcare. What have the Corporate tax breaks done to incentivise giving back to the society that has made them wealthy? Nothing. Screw John Deere

[@dyates6380]

Right. The unions have NOTHING to do with it, just the "greedy" CEOs. LOL.

[@MrNiceGuy500]

Don’t forget greedy CEOs and using non compete clauses

[@FrankGallagherr]

$300 billion to Ukraine and $750 billion to illegals and $700 to Maui people that’s your president America’’

[@JonBaldock]

@@FrankGallagherr Maui was a land grab

[@Arlo360-Official]

Had enough? Vote Republican.

[@atg1338]

Can you lie anymore

[@richardwendt9266]

Yes, because the GOP have a far worse record. Compare blue to red states, and on average the red states have a 30% lower GDP and median household income. Why vote for worse?

[@Arlo360-Official]

@@atg1338 I noticed you up vote your own comments. Why do people do that?

[@danbuchner1494]

Why was he fired I worked for a John Deere dealer for 6 years There products are already junk and over priced NO SUPRISE

[@2nickles647]

Nope..

[@992001jeffr]

FJB

[@miscellaneous714]

FDT

[@Donn-oi8ev]

​@@miscellaneous714 FJB, his entire crooked family, and anyone that supports and has voted for him, including you!!! 🖕

[@даладновам]

@@miscellaneous714 ABC

[@internetzone1178]

Vote Joe Biden 2024 for layoffs.

[@992001jeffr]

@@internetzone1178 John Deere is moving to Mexico, Joe should be removed for that alone.

[@arthurdrake3274]

Laying off 300 workers while funding a PGA golf tournament. Hopelessly woke.

[@moxymaxx5350]

Totally failed government. We're all waking up.

[@dannywalker3925]

Right. They have the CEO or somebody up there talking about all the great things Deere has done for local charities by sponsoring the tournament. The laid off employees will probably need some charity.

[@djrickyb]

@@eb9720 But John Deere made 10 billion dollars last year in profit. You just heard him in the video. They are not hurting for money AT ALL. This is not due to the American Consumer's purchasing decisions.

[@arthurdrake3274]

@@eb9720 wokeness is the infection. Not Americans sweetheart.

[@1wheeldrive751]

@@djrickybdoesn’t matter if they are hurting or not. A company has to do what is in its own best interest. They aren’t a charity for unionized American workers

[@damham5689]

Deere netted over $10 Billion . Spent $7 Billion on stock buybacks , which boost stock prices and make the largest stockholders billions. And they spent 100s of millions in executive bonuses.

[@klauszabel4593]

Those same stockholders are now in control of the Federal government. Good Luck

[@popsinthekeys4320]

Another Union bites the dust.

[@dennistyler9852]

Another Company losing jobs for 🇺🇸 which created other jobs. You lose more than 600, probably 3,000.

[@projectcontractors]

Soon Chinese parents will look at their children at dinner time and say "eat all your food Jr. People in America are starving",

[@RanleighWylde]

@projectcontractors - That's hilarious and may come to pass.

[@johnteets2921]

@@RanleighWylde HIAR, a Muslim charity, is distributing free meals to the homeless in Louisville.

[@craigborgardt6396]

No. They will own America and be taking over us state by state. Trump is our only hope to stop this madness and thankfully many blue collar and union workers are realizing it. When the President of the Teamsters addresses the RNC Convention, it had better wake up a heckuva lot more folks.

[@stickyfox]

People *don't* love John Deere anymore. If you've been following the news you know what they've been doing the past few years, and how it's been affecting farmers.

[@timhinchcliffe5372]

A bunch of Union workers that vote Democrat... you get what you vote for, and the Americans that buy your stuff are sick of what you vote for.

[@TimSmith-e8y]

No, John Deere chose to move to mexico. if you support America, you would buy American made. This is a greedy money grabbing move by a corporation of investors, not a 'democrat' caused problem.

[@bourbontrail565]

That’s the joke. What you think the union workers actually voted for….. lmao

[@TimSmith-e8y]

Union busting just results in lower wage jobs, therefore more workers on government assisted food stamps and healthcare. What have the Corporate tax breaks done to incentivise giving back to the society that has made them wealthy? Nothing. Screw John Deere

[@willmears1111]

Union management hates the free market.

[@KathrynBeland]

​@@bourbontrail565they voted biden

[@jjohnson8977]

BRANDON said he created 800,000 new manufacturing jobs. He forgot to say in MEXICO

[@theblade9024]

Not Brandon but Donnie voting CEO's who find millions of dollars in compensation not enough. Greed. Hate on the right person.

[@bobroberts2371]

Actually, the UAW created the jobs in Mexico with their excessive demands ( 2021 JD strike for example )

[@tomdooley4226]

@@theblade9024 👈 writes creative fiction

[@qualicumwilson5168]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BOS) said 800,000 jobs were created since 2020. BOS also said, WHEN TRUMP STILL PRESIDENT that, under Trump, The economy lost 2.9 million jobs Unemployment in 2016 was 1.9%, in 2020 it was 6.9%. (Again stated WHILE TRUMP was President, not "massaged" later.)

[@fordprefect5304]

@@qualicumwilson5168 Unemployment in 2016 was 1.9%. When Obama was president.

[@charleslegette2979]

Im a farmer and bottom line is the equipment just cost to dang much

[@charleslegette2979]

I farm corn and soybeans I bought a tractor in 2011 for 145000 the same tractor now cost almost 250000 and the price for beans and corn. Is the same it was 10 years it don't add up

[@baggobilbins5183]

That union did them a lot of good, didn't it? Not.

[@markhasenour12]

Unions are horrible

[@notanymore9471]

The union can’t prevent jobs from going to another country, that’s up to the board.

[@danw6014]

The UAW did the same thing to International Harvester. The difference was IH was already down for the count.

[@baggobilbins5183]

@@notanymore9471 Thanks for playing the straight guy. Unions cause job movement to other countries. They make the USA less competitive. Every. Single. Time.

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

Unions have been in survival mode since 1980 and "contracting out'. Both Canada and the USA.

[@CoffeeeNBears]

How about just lower the prices. This is getting ridiculous. Greed is ruining the world

[@gavincurtis]

Would help if USA made their own steel and other basics. We are almost completely dependent on imported raw materials now.

[@blairdanies8387]

Finally an intelligent response.

[@TennesseeHomesteadUSA]

Union wages too high. Unions too much of a hassle for companies.

[@carlos-ik1pc]

Unions shutting down plants, $35 plus benefits for no skill worker to screw in bolts

[@David-p7z9n]

Union “greed” killed US aircraft, textiles, automotive and steel…

[@kmilton1593]

When the unions blackmail the employers who gave them their job in the first place, and this happens every four or five years, then eventually the product they are manufacturing gets too expensive for the buyers to buy. When a smaller utility tractor costs a quarter of a million, or a JD #9 fancy combine costs 1.1 million, then you can see why it is a good idea to produce in Mexico.

[@Susan-wz7mb]

Never buying a John Deere tractor again. Ever.

[@greglane3978]

Got news for you. Not sure there will be any American made tractors soon.

[@Efffshams]

Kubota.

[@brandonm6052]

Hard part is I know guys with jd boots, tools, clothes, and shop supplies. Heck I even know a guy dumb enough to buy his bolts from John deere. Those goobers that use the local dealer tech for basic in field repairs will keep them floating.

[@Nalleylawn]

Same

[@delbutler885]

​@@brandonm6052our JD Dealer sells bolts and shop supplies for less than the Hardware store and the Co-op. Bearings for the competition's equipment and short lines are better parts and cheaper than the bearing house.

[@randymccabe7442]

SHAME ON JOHN DEERE !

[@bobroberts2371]

Actually blame the UAW for their 2021 strike. Short term gain for long term loss.

[@benstandard]

​@@bobroberts2371When inflation goes up people should never strike to get a raise. Otherwise this is what happens.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Shame on John Deere for what???? They made a good decision leaving the Union boys behind. No more sky high wages and lifetime pensions. LOL. And quality will go up 100% in Mexico. Pablo doesn't want to lose his job. He has 5 kids to feed. He needs that Mexican built John Deere job. LOL

[@fipinochildrenplaying2801]

Did the union want too much.

[@JesusAGUAS-z5i]

I thought immigrants?

[@davidmotyka2708]

Biden’s America.

[@atg1338]

Lies

[@mb9326]

@@atg1338 Use your eyes and read some stats.

[@jim2498]

​@@atg1338what lies? You don't think these jobs are leaving?

[@lance8080]

@@atg1338get your head out of your rear 🎉

[@kinikinrd]

caused by Trumps tax breaks for the rich......

[@Seanpfree]

STOP buying John Deere equipment and we will stop seeing this happen.

[@bps9651]

Corporate greed at its finest

[@truepatriots3860]

No one will buy a John Deere made in mexico

[@macharrington7733]

You won't have a choice......Everything will be made in Mexico, China.Or india

[@EnlistedBombin]

They been made in Mexico for ages 1956.. just like they have Kawaski motors in them.

[@baggobilbins5183]

@@macharrington7733 You have plenty of choice. I bought intentionally bought JD in the past with the American premium. No longer. I'll salute them on the spiral to the bottom. Kubota and Mahindra all the way...

[@Ap_twsh]

Question is why aren’t there new companies.

[@rharoldkane4447]

Boycott

[@JohnAsmith-rw6uo]

I don't buy Deere any longer.

[@lloydsharp7993]

This is what happens when you go after the rich, its a no win scenario. The people will suffer not the rich and why people falling for this game is beyond me.

[@Sunset4Semaphores]

You don't own a modern John Deere. Do not buy their products.

[@niniv2706]

How many JDs do you own ? We have 11 . The "repair" BS is just that ... BS . One can repair any tractor they desire ... Just that if you made modifications to the electronic module of a 6r110 to pull like a 6r140 ... Then your warranty is nulled and if the unit gets to return to a JD dealer it will be set back to ORIGINAL status of 110hp . I own a 6r110 and a 6r130 ...almost the same machine BUT ... The fuel electronic module is set differently and torque curves are not remotely the same ... Price tag difference : 30K . If I were to seek a fly by night geek to "tweek" my 6r110 to 130 specs ... It would cost me about 1K $ ... Do you understand now ? People who claim JD is against farmers repairing their units ... are lying . They are people that did NOT pay for what they claim to have . Electronic modules and settings are PART of the sale also . You could simply have bought a 6r130 if you desired 143 hp instead of 110 . Questions ... I can help ... I am not a JD employee , just an Upstate Farmer .

[@niniv2706]

As per the move to Mexico ... This is crass business . I do not approve of this move . Later Sunset and ... Tough times ahead for America I fear :(

[@unclejim1528]

@@niniv2706 So what you're saying is all those people that complain about it are full of it? All of them, they just don't understand. You have 11 pieces, you're one of the bigger customers, let me also guess you buy them new from the dealer, you know people there for a long time etc. Now be the guy that buys them used, has 2, and always gets outside repairs done, or does it himself. That person is treated in a "we'll get to you when we get to you", while they rush out to service your stuff. If you read fine print on your purchase agreement you own the hardware, you are LEASING the software, the stuff that runs around in the ECU, you don't own it, JD can brick it any moment (just like they did in Ukraine when Russians took tractors). As it stands today, no one is allowed to have a computer scanner, (except JD service personnel) That means, if the engine throws a code, it can shut down the machine or put it in limp mode, no one but JD service has the computer to hook up to it and find out what's up. Why? They say because people will use it to bypass emissions devices....... that's being done no matter, they know it, all code is breakable, they know it, it's just an excuse. (Very few people care to bump up HP on so expensive equipment, (that's what the dealer told you isn't it? lol) and on warranty on top of it, and today, there is plenty of power in everything. Official stand from JD is the emissions thing, in front of congress anyways). Also, it's not just for shenanigans or major stuff. My truck (Cummins) threw a code and derated my truck, would not say why (plenty of display to say it) turned out coolant cap was loose, it could not have said that cooling system press is low, nah, STOP RIGHT THERE AND CALL SERVICE!! because a fricken coolant cap is loose. Also not a big deal unless you're overheating, at the same time. Why derate, why not let know which sensor is tripping? MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY And this is much more wide spread then just JD, look up Louis Rossman (on you tube) for things your dealer will not tell you. But no worries, capitalist market fixes itself, there is at least one European tractor company that started setting up in US, full repair rights, fix it however you want to, computer and all. Very nice tractors, absolutely no worse then JD, but I don't know enough about them, I just drive them on and off my trailer.

[@Peter-Du]

An old boss of mine had a 300d backhoe. You could fix with a hammer and a piece of wire. I don't know about the new stuff. It is sad to me that things have changed.

[@niniv2706]

@@unclejim1528 - Oh ... I hope you understand my point . :) And ... No farms are huge where I am located . Land is expensive and I am a grain of sand for our local dealer . 8 of those are series 50 and under ... So basically tractors one can fix with a pair of pliars and a hammer ;) Later Jim and Farm on good friend . Yeah let me repeat this JD is a crass corp .

[@SVW1976]

John Deere shouldn't be supported anyways. Right to repair!

[@theboringchannel2027]

they already lost that case, you are uninformed, but don't let that stop you on commenting on things you have no idea about.

[@SVW1976]

@@theboringchannel2027 They fought against it. That's my point. But don't let that stop you from being an absolute idiot

[@SVW1976]

@@theboringchannel2027 They fought against it. This is by far the dumbest response I've read all week. Thanks for exposing your stupidity.

[@workingcountry1776]

​@@theboringchannel2027a slap on the wrist and they still haven't made real progress in that department....

[@theboringchannel2027]

@@workingcountry1776 clearly you have no idea what you are talking about to people who know what is going on.

[@Don_ECHOguy]

JD started it with the *_"We are not giving you the right to repair your own equipment"_*

[@tman4237]

I hate to say it because I pay my dues every paycheck. Unions can become very selfish and forget the big picture.

[@ba2ooka19]

Don't be brainwashed into believing this nonsense fellow citizen. You pay those dues so you have someone to advocate on you and your families behalf so you can make a decent wage to support your family. What happened here with John Deere is corporate greed. Nothing more.

[@JacobsNews]

but the union got him retirement instead of a pink slip

[@gregrosler565]

200% tariff on everything they sell.

[@TruthTeller8888]

Agree

[@brianhacker5548]

Trump will do that Biden won't.. maybe Hunter could get a seat on the board and Biden could pay them to stay

[@theboringchannel2027]

american farmers would end up paying that tarriff, raise their prices and then your prices go up as a result. still want to tarriff them?

[@gobot581]

Just like the chinese tariff and almost all tariffs the producer does fine and the cost are passed onto the consumer government knows this but the increased taxes is a positive for them.

[@jessicabixler1658]

Unless the consumer has another US made choice that will cause a monopoly on higher prices. Same with Trump tariff and income tax plan for his next presidency. It would bring inflation ro 20%...but only for the working class...the rich and corporations would get a huge tax break

[@DJarvisOfficial]

Wake up call. They dont care about all that.. They just need more money.

[@gregorylyon1004]

You pay all the John Deere pensions then. Retired workers getting a 30 year free ride

[@Trebbell]

Don't think I want a John Deere thats made in Mexico...

[@rharoldkane4447]

Do you need a John Deere? No one needs a John Deere.

[@matthewrobert2888]

​@@rharoldkane4447well if you want to cut your lawn good or do your yard work yeah and you do need a John Deere but now the quality and craftsmanship is gone down the drain once they go to Mexico nobody will want to buy them

[@francismarion6400]

Kubota is like the Toyota of tractors.

[@RJ1999x]

​@@matthewrobert2888not true at all

[@TruthTeller8888]

It come with free white powder 😂

[@bearcat0551]

Juan Deere

[@markdanielczyk944]

Hey oh!🥁👍

[@billmonroe8826]

The key here is don't buy a John Deere!

[@jamisonmunn9215]

End NAFTA and all these jobs return.

[@consco3667]

Given to us by slick willie with support of the unions

[@rharoldkane4447]

It's not NAFTA. It's the world oligarchs

[@my3dviews]

NAFTA ended in 2020 and was replaced by USMCA, by the Trump administration.

[@markhasenour12]

Mexico is the largest buyer of US corn. Free trade is a good thing!!

[@my3dviews]

NAFTA ended in 2020 and was replaced with USMCA.

[@mitcholiver6284]

Bidenomics at work.

[@atg1338]

Lies

[@mb9326]

@@atg1338 If we have the greatest economy and job market why are we loosing 280-360k jobs per quarter?

[@mitcholiver6284]

@@atg1338 Show me a Democrat run city that's not lawless.Just the facts.

[@jim2498]

​@@atg1338 just say a one lie. Otherwise you look brainwashed

[@atg1338]

@@mitcholiver6284 8 of the top ten most violent states are red states.... stop being a typical ignorant maga voter

[@russstoltenberg3156]

Never buy another John Deere ! Traitors!

[@rharoldkane4447]

Meanwhile invaded by millions. It's all been mapped out by the world's overlords

[@PotentFrost]

Who are these overlords?

[@grandaddyoe1434]

@@PotentFrost WEF

[@melissagottlieb3381]

More jobs leaving America. Trump 2024 🇺🇸

[@JamesMunge]

MASTER LOCK, WRIGLEYS, BRANCHES OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON, MANY MORE???!!!

[@DanneyTanner]

No need to go to Mexico.Biden brought them here..

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

It's MORE THAN JOBS, in many cases it's the age old processes that leave also, when that leaves, the original folks who knew the processes are replaced with those who don't have experiences with the processes and WHY they were developed

[@francismarion6400]

​@@DanneyTannerIf only. China, Venezuela, Syria, all the haters came too.

[@stephendavidbailey2743]

TrumPutin

[@tyecurtis7228]

Mexicans work cheap and much longer hrs per day than we do. All that does the work here in Athens Ga are people from Mexico. They work 12hs a day. 6 days a week. We have to do nothing but party all the time.

[@KA9DSL]

Inflation is killing us and company's yet our President seems to do nothing about it.

[@lvgk8898]

Obammy’s resident and administration are the cause of inflation! First thing they did was shut down our oil supply.

[@atg1338]

That's a total lie! Corporate greed is killing us

[@scantech58]

Politician's never loose a paycheck or benefits

[@TimSmith-e8y]

Union busting just results in lower wage jobs, therefore more workers on government assisted food stamps and healthcare. What have the Corporate tax breaks done to incentivise giving back to the society that has made them wealthy? Nothing. Screw John Deere

[@beyondfubar]

Not true. He got ice cream and pissed himself.

[@sirvince7853]

Add a significant tax on all imported John Deer's from Mexico and China.

[@joneal8360]

Kabotta tractors are cheaper too.

[@Michaelhunt-Ertz-gi1sd]

Our economy is about to have a massive crash

[@jeffmaggard3694]

You won't hear a peep about it. They are still building a lot of new cars and trucks . I don't know who's buying them

[@johnteets2921]

@@jeffmaggard3694 Cars and trucks ? Sounds like nobody.

[@Joe-d7m6k]

​@@jeffmaggard3694in my area, they are parked on dealers lots.

[@Agwings1960]

John Deere has been the most expensive equipment in the US for many years now

[@roymoxley2587]

You think moving to taco land is going to lower prices Nope

[@Agwings1960]

@@roymoxley2587 high prices are nothing new for John Deere, the only reason family farms pay them is because Deere is an iconic American company

[@markhasenour12]

People can choose what they want to buy and Deere makes some of the best equipment

[@erictownsend4236]

@@markhasenour12 I agree, they do make some of the best equipment, but they hog tied the farmers, not allowing them to work on their own equipment! I grew up on a Family dairy farm in NH. We had IH for 2 generations, then some Case equipment and finally Case-IH. We did have 1 used JD for about a year, traded for another used IH. We did about 90% of the required repairs, and 100% of the maintenance! Out of dairy farming now, price of milk didn't meet expense's! All 3 of the Family Farm members now own Kubota's! In our area, John Deere is too expensive, and Dealer's keep minimal stock, and the quality can NOT match Kubota! Sad to see JD think about profit, over their customers!

[@atg1338]

Proof?

[@oceanmariner]

Nafta, that giant sucking sound of jobs to Mexico. Ross Perot predicted it.

[@edithvierck9342]

Devastating. No doubt.

[@markhasenour12]

Another company chased out of the US by the Unions... Imagine having a business and the government coming in and telling you who you have to hire....

[@Wolfcamp555]

That's right. Screw all blue collar workers. Send it all to China replace the rest with migrants.

[@atg1338]

Lies

[@robhartshorn6823]

Yep, John Deere doesn't have to do business in the USA or put up with Union BS.

[@tomdooley4226]

Screw the unions. They've become counterproductive and obsolete.

[@ivan200804]

You don't know what you talking about boy.

[@douglasrose971]

I guess they're right, "nothing runs like a Deere"

[@UberVike]

*to mexico

[@cj6585]

😂

[@chuck1004]

The self sufficiency of America is being sold to the lowest bidder.

[@biometal770]

This generation of businessmen have truly screwed our once great country.

[@benstandard]

That's how the free market works though. 🤷‍♂️

[@3beltwesty]

Folks in other countries do not have the health insurance elephant like the usa does.. that coat alone is often the same as 2 to 5 workers overseas or a few in Mexico.

[@benstandard]

@@3beltwesty Most other countries have socialized medicine.

[@3beltwesty]

@@benstandard Wonder how many pay to do gender swapping and the 100k? costs nd drugs? There was a coworker I worked with in 1992 with some weird blood problem and the drugs were 3000 a month and the SoCal company paid most all of it. So he was making about 42k as an engineering technician and the money pills were 36K so with the SS taxes and overhead his cost was like 150k; about triple the rate of our Singapore plant. So do the "Most other countries have socialized medicine" pay for giant medical costs? With my own business Obamacare caused massive insurance cost increases. And for some employees that meant the cost of the insurance was more than their wages.

[@garyharrawood6799]

Union greed is what precipitate the factory move. Sorry for the lost of these workers.

[@philliphall5198]

I don’t feel sorry for them or their union 😊😊😊

[@jessicabixler1658]

They can only make a billions here....of course they are going to go where they can make a billion and 1.

[@jessicabixler1658]

What unions does mexico have?

[@jessicabixler1658]

Better call it taxpayer greed because we pay for the benifits the companies won't and unions give everyone, including noon union workers, more benifits

[@jessicabixler1658]

Oh you mean in the midcentrury when unions were strong, pay was good, and things were made in America? Or before unions when workers were poor, they died at their job, and the rich owned everything?

[@deanpahl8591]

Any tractor under 80h.p. is built over seas, this is not new, why all the comotion now?

[@I.M.A.Panther3619]

It’s the USA way. Seems like People want and need to have a “cause” and display their righteous indignation.

[@robertmanley2687]

Trump wouldn't let this happen

[@miscellaneous714]

Trump will print another 8 trillion dollars to “save” the economy

[@atg1338]

🤣🤣🤣 he couldn't stop it for brainwashed fool

[@christinavelazquez8931]

Didn't he let some Carrier air conditioner jobs go to Mexico?

[@trails4all]

Yes he will and did. He's all about making the rich richer

[@samuelgreen3966]

What would trump get out of making rich people richer…take a second and use your brain he rich don’t need to kiss nobody’s backside and to go through everything he has..to help rich people listen,when you make a comment please make senses !!

[@roymoxley2587]

Does anyone remember a man from years ago say there would be a giant sucking sound of companies moving to Mexico

[@hotjob100]

Ross Pero

[@buzz5969]

I like sucking sounds…🥸

[@chrisharrison9039]

Thry hit the nail on the head! Unions! thats the problem....

[@roymoxley2587]

If you move out the USA and want to sell it back then you should be penalized by a hefty import tax for coming across the boarder and the money should be sent or giving to all those who worked and got laid off. Corporate America companies are some real ruthless mf

[@paulman9989]

TO SAY THE LEAST

[@RJB]

Hate to say this, but manufacturing plants in rural areas are going to continue to close at a rapid pace.

[@randygraham926]

Americans befuddled that corporations might not be their "best" friends. 🤔🤔🤔

[@truepatriots3860]

Welcome to Bidenomics

[@honestdon1772]

Record Oil Production, record employment, no new tax breaks for Billionaires, roads and bridges being repaired, and less trump Hot Air.

[@HBrown-pu2hb]

@@honestdon1772 Fake , try again for your nickel !

[@-Primer-]

@@honestdon1772 lol.. resident bidumb has done nothing but promote homosexuality, invading women's spaces, sell secretes to China , and send billions to Ukraine. xiden is a useless piece of hussain obama controlled garbage.

[@Moonchilling]

@@honestdon1772don’t forget 7 billion for 8 charging stations. 3-7 million illegals 1 million got-aways Fentanyl uptake Human trafficking uptake Killing by the illegals 61 billion to Ukraine Afghanistan debacle 9% inflation Unemployment 4.1% in may 2024 Food price up 12% from 2021 Housing up more than 20% since FJB took office

[@baggobilbins5183]

@@honestdon1772 You have drool on your chin, there.

[@robertkennedy1737]

I lived in a steel mill town and saw the way the unions treated management, sure there is blame on both sides but with the wages companies have to pay to keep the unions from shutting down the plants every time the contract expires. I'm surprised more business have not moved overseas. In addition, the rules and regulations our government imposes on businesses are starting to make it impossible to operate in the US and be competitive. I remember when GM built the Lordstown assembly plant in Ohio, I lived with employees at that plant and the stores they told me about the crap they did and got away with made me cringe. For years I said GM will close that plant due to the Union and the belief of the workers that they were entitled to high pay and doing little work. Well when the opportunity presented itself they closed that plant it took years but they were finally fed up with all the crap.

[@eattherich9215]

John Deere is a $10 billion company, but it's the unions. 🤡

[@danielgriffin8132]

I bought a John dear shovel thinking it was made in the USA it was made in Mexico. Disgusting

[@atg1338]

Where's you cell phone made? Computer? Dishes? Clothes? You are a ignorant child

[@joevarga5982]

A client company of mine with a factory in the USA put "Made in USA" stickers on their products. The employees were all Mexican. Made in USA doesn't mean made by Americans any more.

[@TruthTeller8888]

Falling apart

[@theboringchannel2027]

@@joevarga5982 mexicans can be americans. think you meant, made in the USA doesn't mean made by white people anymore.

[@jessicabixler1658]

​@joevarga5982 ok so go get one of those jobs...the reason? Because Americans won do those jobs.

[@petermattei8510]

Couldn't happen to a "nicer" company. Their management thought it would be wonderful to lock-up service components such as software and control systems so that owners of the equipment were left helpless in being able to perform self-maintenance. Greed. A bunch of MBA's that were too smart by-half! ...no longer Green.

[@mkrisch1986]

I would love to own a JD zero turn, but they are way overpriced.

[@infantryblack]

I have a John Deere and never again. They don't let you work on your own tractor.

[@danw6014]

We have new tractors and work on them all the time. It's computer diagnostics and they lost in court.

[@theboringchannel2027]

we both know you don't have any farm equipment.

[@jessicabixler1658]

Biden administration just changed that. Vs Trump who is basically telling these companies get me elected and I'll give you whatever you want at whatever cost to my citizens.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Sell your John Deere then. Buy something else

[@infantryblack]

@@gregorylyon1004 slick brain comment.

[@ms.budgetmom8472]

TRUMP 2024 🎉🎉🎉

[@fenderblue9485]

Putins girlfriend

[@johnc3473]

​@@fenderblue9485TDS?

[@richardwendt9266]

Yes, cause that worked so well last time when trump increased the govt deficit massively, and sent the US into a recession that Biden WH had to pull the US out of. Great idea space cadet!

[@charliehargrave7458]

Get bent over and get your lube. Trump is already playing let make a deal with oil companies.

[@magaareinbredhillbillies]

@@johnc3473 TDS = trump does suck.

[@draknareb]

Sorry union workers is like an oxymoron nowadays...they tend to be the laziest workers, doing the minimal amount required and expecting maximum pay.

[@Droopybear]

Rising manufacturing costs? How bout rising greed at the top!!!

[@3beltwesty]

If only the workers got paid less they would not be laying off folks. Lol.

[@daalnweaver4354]

Nothing chases away a business faster than a union .. And nothing breaks down faster than a John deer.

[@mb9326]

Small unions are fine, it's the large one's wanting huge profits for doing nothing but "negotiate".

[@tomdooley4226]

​@@mb9326and skim through unnecessary trips w/their families, unnecessary conferences w/generous expense accounts, etc, etc, etc!

[@cws3346]

People don't buy John Deere because of union workers. John Deere's leaving IA because of it...

[@gregorylyon1004]

Don't forget the lifetime pensions for retirement

[@Gunner662]

Those Union dues and promises of standing up for workers are paying off well we see. Priced themselves out of a job.

[@TimSmith-e8y]

Union busting just results in lower wage jobs, therefore more workers on government assisted food stamps and healthcare. What have the Corporate tax breaks done to incentivise giving back to the society that has made them wealthy? Nothing. Screw John Deere

[@gregorylyon1004]

I'm laughing at all the Union boys getting the pink slip from John Deere. Bye bye job forever. And bye bye lifetime pension. LOL. Now figure out a retirement plan at age 50. Especially when nobody is hiring no Union laid back off worker. LOL

[@scottl.685]

Don’t buy John Deere.

[@youreatowel9705]

There's a whole lot more than just the right to repair issue. If you visited your local John Deere store in the past decade you experienced excessively high prices and unskilled laborers. You paid the most and got the worst. I couldn't be more happy about the layoffs and stores closing these companies get so big they think they can get away with doing bad business and John Deere will be the first to learn this is not true. New Holland Kabota or CAT will be replacing Junk Deere in a town near you.

[@ADAPTATION7]

Yup. Quality is going to suffer big time. And I was wondering: If jobs are being relocated to Mexico, does that mean the US can relocate all the illegal migrants coming from Mexico?

[@phoenixrising4995]

Nope only the unproductive ones will be coming.

[@TruthTeller8888]

No illegals need freebies.. cartel’s doesn’t offer that service

[@jgibbs6159]

Stop whining, the UAW forced a 10% pay raise in 2021, 5% more in 2023 and 2025, added signing bonuses, retirement benefits, and now the workers are seeing the result of the strong-arming. If you want better wages, increase your marketability and your skills, don't coerce the employer to pay you more for the same skills. Because if you do, this is what happens, and this is exactly whats going to happen to the auto workers too. And before you use the "they have lots of money argument" that's not your money, its theirs, and you exchanged your labor for specific terms - none of which was profit sharing - which is what you should have bargained for.

[@waterloo123100]

John Deere also had record breaking profits it 2021 your point is invalid

[@ABCDEFGHIJK4097]

BS

[@driver8703]

If only the ceo didn’t make 26 million a year, so keep licking those shiny shoes of the ceos and other management folks that eat high off the hog.

[@stevenhickey8636]

100% correct. Harsh truth is truth nonetheless.

[@sprint2648]

Every union man I have know is always pissed at his employer. The unions brain wash them into thinking they are getting screwed so they strike to get more benefits and money and in return the union boss gets a healthy raise. They are doing the exact thing they speak out against!