Farm machinery recalls

[bucket]

Why is there no such thing as a recall on farm machinery....

Fixing parts like displays and rims is getting expensive and annoying when you hear ....it's common...


Rims breaking and it just so happens deere has 20 in Regina. 3300...neither combine is over 1300 separator hours....2 rims in the last 3 years....

Touch screen quits working at only 600 hours and it's common too ....2300 to repair....but I can buy a 55 inch TV at that price.....

Dash in my 7520 mechanical only had 2300 hours on it and after replacing the alternator and belt... the display was the problem ...3500 to replace because no one could access parts on a deere propriety parts.....

This is getting old why are the farm machinery manufacturers not responsible for this....warranty or not....

They build bigger machines to put less hours on in a year and run the warranty out on time. ....

[Guest]

Yea and some are real safety issues like a rim blowing on a sprayer at 30-40 mph . Or lights quitting on an agco swather at night on the road ? List could go on for hours

[wmoebis]

All the equipment fires why isn't insurance Co hollering? If it was auto industry would be recall on even potential problem.

Need a Ralph Nader of farm equip. What is all this costing farmers in insurance premiums.

Had a claim and adjuster told me what happened, what was broke and cost to repair over the phone before I had a chance to explain.

[bucket]

That happened to me too....the claim was denied because it was a deere issue....

[farmaholic]

I think there are two standards...one for the stuff sold to the general public and one for farming stuff sold to farmers of which is a small percentage in comparison.

Programs that are "fix as fail"...knowing there is a problem that will get a warranty repair "IF" it fails.

What picks my ass is a new item can have a list of "upgrades"....what the ****...are farmers the field-test-dummies? Bring it to market too early and have the purchasers reveal all the bugs in it?

[wmoebis]

That happened to me too....the claim was denied because it was a deere issue....

Ever hear of back axle breaking off an IHC axleflow? LoL Insurance company had.

[bucket]

I think people are getting fed up with replacing parts that should last the lifetime of the machine....failing after a few hundred hours.....

[biglentil]

Ever hear of back axle breaking off an IHC axleflow? LoL Insurance company had.

Axle flow a much more suiting name than Axial Flow!

[wmoebis]

Axle flow a much more suiting name than Axial Flow!

LOL not even going to blame spell check or auto correct.

[fjlip]

I know of several 9870 combines that destroyed their rads when the engine fan bearings failed. Usually about 1200-1500 hours. Non greasing, no suggested user service.
They need checking for "play" every day. Nothing $15000-$18000 won't fix.
Deere says bearing under high load but never had an update, won't cover parts.
Insurance would only pay if the damage caused a fire, we weren't that lucky.
Deere 12.5/13.5 water pump is a disgrace, suggested replacement every 2000 hours? Many failed before Deere even said that.
Case IH 8120 combine burned lately, the over heated chopper bearing conveniently located below the fuel pump or filter. Full insurance...100% destroyed to a pile of scrap iron.