Norman’s cousin?

[Pullstart 62,838]

“Caption this” 

 

 

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

I can see you hauling you nascar and chalmers and buggy in my mind 

[stevasaurus 22,718]

This only happens in the lower peninsula in Michigan.  Dang flatlanders.  

[ebinmaine 67,438]

Niiiiice n easy..... Don't stop quick. Don't turn quick. Don't even sneeze quick.  

 

 

No Officer it ain't overloaded. I still have room under the tractors!

 

Hold my PBR and watch!!

 

 

 

[ri702bill 8,316]

So wrong on so many levels .... and that green thing with the yellow wheels, well, that's just not right.....  

Edited October 19, 2022 by ri702bill

[SylvanLakeWH 25,537]

7 hours ago, stevasaurus said:

This only happens in the lower peninsula in Michigan.  Dang flatlanders.  

 

Hey now... 

 

Dude's obviously from Ohio... I mean... A JD!!!???!!!??? 

[953 nut 55,194]

It takes a whole lot of assistance to get a Deere onto a trailer!

                                     

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

"Sketchy". Towing maybe, stopping maybe not. 

[Pullstart 62,838]

“Told y’all I could make it fit!  EB where’s my beer?”

 

[WHX?? 48,815]

2 hours ago, Pullstart said:

 EB where’s my beer?”

 

I drank it... no EB drank it. 

 

 

Edited October 19, 2022 by WHX??

[Pullstart 62,838]

Seems like @WHX?? knows I got a weddin’ coming up this weekend!    “I now pronounce you, “Y’all”” 

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

Here at red square jds are our enemies even though they invented tractors and with out them Cecil pond probably wouldn’t have invented wh

[ebinmaine 67,438]

9 minutes ago, The Freightliner Guy said:

Here at red square jds are our enemies even though they invented tractors and with out them Cecil pond probably wouldn’t have invented wh

 

JD most certainly DID NOT invent tractors. 

 

The first Deere tractors were BOUGHT from another company... 

[Pullstart 62,838]

10 minutes ago, The Freightliner Guy said:

even though they invented tractors

pretty interesting read here…

 

https://nelsontractorco.com/first-tractor/

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

Oh I guess I’m wrong   but I still think we give them more hate than they deserve 

[Handy Don 12,214]

12 hours ago, Pullstart said:

 

Frankly, I've gotta admire the ingenuity of having the larger IH using its loader to hold up the smaller IH to get it onto the gooseneck!

And since it's less than 14' high, no worries getting under overpasses while booking down the interstate!

And it's Norman's sibling handling the tow, right?

Fools CAN be very clever!

[Pullstart 62,838]

9 minutes ago, The Freightliner Guy said:

Oh I guess I’m wrong   but I still think we give them more hate than they deserve 

Good on you for standing up for what you believe Kollin!

I don’t hate JD, I even have one.  It’s yellow industrial.  I still prefer my Horses though.  Like Ford, Ram and Chevy, and maybe even Toyota and other brands, there will always be some poking.  I’m a bow tie guy through and through but understand that it takes all kinds to make the competition, to make things better.  

[ebinmaine 67,438]

2 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Frankly, I've gotta admire the ingenuity of having the larger IH using its loader to hold up the smaller IH to get it onto the gooseneck!

And since it's less than 14' high, no worries getting under overpasses while booking down the interstate!

And it's Norman's sibling handling the tow, right?

Fools CAN be very clever!

 

I'd be super curious to know how much overweight that entire assembly is.

WELL into Class A license territory and well over the GVW of that truck for sure. 

 

[ebinmaine 67,438]

12 minutes ago, The Freightliner Guy said:

Oh I guess I’m wrong   but I still think we give them more hate than they deserve 

 

1 minute ago, Pullstart said:

Good on you for standing up for what you believe Kollin!

I don’t hate JD, I even have one.  It’s yellow industrial.  I still prefer my Horses though.  Like Ford, Ram and Chevy, and maybe even Toyota and other brands, there will always be some poking.  I’m a bow tie guy through and through but understand that it takes all kinds to make the competition, to make things better.  

 

 

It's like Kevin says. Every given brand of every given item no matter what it is. You're going to have people that love it and people that don't.

 

I've never been a fan of JD. Some of their models are good. Some of them not so much. I don't find them to be any more reliable or stronger than any other tractor. Their parts availability system is good but the pricing is disgustingly high.

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

But I will say I’d rather have a horse than a jd lawn tractor 

[Pullstart 62,838]

12 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

 

It's like Kevin says. Every given brand of every given item no matter what it is. You're going to have people that love it and people that don't.

 

I've never been a fan of JD. Some of their models are good. Some of them not so much. I don't find them to be any more reliable or stronger than any other tractor. Their parts availability system is good but the pricing is disgustingly high.

and on the contrary, one might argue that they used new castings, new parts, etc… and our favored brand picked parts from junk yards.  I also appreciate that their parts support is huge.  If I were a farmer, repair support would be everything.  I don’t like how all their parts and software are proprietary to dealers only and a mechanic or even the owner can’t even attempt repairs  without getting locked out of the system.

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

I'd be super curious to know how much overweight that entire assembly is.

WELL into Class A license territory and well over the GVW of that truck for sure. 

 

I'm gonna guess every axle on the set up besides the steer axle is screaming for help 🤣 also with the hood up gonna be a interesting call to the tow business. "It's a chevy pickup but I'm going to need a semi tow truck"

Edited October 19, 2022 by OldWorkHorse

[ebinmaine 67,438]

57 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

 I don’t like how all their parts and software are proprietary to dealers only and a mechanic or even the owner can’t even attempt repairs  without getting locked out of the system

That's the A #1 reason I appreciate them less and less every year. 

[8ntruck 6,998]

 one wonders how the parts and service situation will work out for the soon to be built JD autonomous tractors.

 

Then again, those will be so expensive that only the big corporate farms will be able to afford them.

[Handy Don 12,214]

1 hour ago, The Freightliner Guy said:

Oh I guess I’m wrong   but I still think we give them more hate than they deserve 

I've expressed my appreciation for JD before--they have stood the test of time with quality equipment. More than a few members here own and use their stuff.

I also admire Wheel Horse for designing and building quality equipment at a lower price point for a particular range of users that happens to include me!

Especially important is that Wheel Horses, having used many "standard" components and straightforward engineering in their designs, can be maintained by ordinary "shade tree" mechanics without having to resort to dealer support.