THE CZickness XLIX....Tackling 2023 with CZ style...

[ditcherman]

My nephew was all green all the time until last year. Got fed up with the green service restrictions, delays and cost. Got a deal where he ended up with 3 new red machines for the cost of one green one and is now moving to a more colorful fleet. Had an issue with a red combine and they got him back up and running in 2 days.

John Deere quality and service has gone down over the years.

I was pretty sure we were going green when our Cat combine blew up years ago and the engine replacement was cost prohibitive.
We looked at the green and were appalled at how small the separator area was, how much shielding was around it and the engine, and how hard it was to work on.
IMO the poor design might be catching up to them and giving the a reputation of having bad service, just because there are certain components constantly needing attention, and the shops are overwhelmed.
Just some speculation on my part.

 

[ditcherman]

Wife came home from running errands and saw the oven on and said “Whoah! You’re baking?! What are you making?”

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I spent the morning the washing brass in the ultrasonic and drying it in the oven.

Tell her no one rides for free, it’s either cash, gas, or brass.




Then you can spend a nice quite evening all by yourself reloading.

 

[mcapo]

Shutting this one down....let's take the party here:

THE CZickness L....Celebrating 50 threads with CZs, gunsmoke and serious discussion....

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[d.kaufman]

Shutting this one down....let's take the party here:

THE CZickness L....Celebrating 50 threads with CZs, gunsmoke and serious discussion....

www.indianagunowners.com

Done