Well, the JD glory is gone! Looking down the nose at other peoples tractors is over. The apple pie tractor company is no different than any of the others any more. Chinese parts are only a part of it, how about the whole tractors. You can argue all you want that YOUR new John Deere, if it's under 120 HP, is American made. Some of them, so far and don't know how long that's going to last, might be assembled here, But their opening up big manufacturing operations in China, along with other operations in various parts of the world. No lawn mower size tractors parts are made here, all over seas. Some are assembled here, for now, how long that will last?????
Read just one of many articles. Too many to list. This is from 2006/7, there are more up dated ones.
http://www.stackyard.com/news/2007/06/machinery/03_john_deere_benye.html
Read just one of many articles. Too many to list. This is from 2006/7, there are more up dated ones.
http://www.stackyard.com/news/2007/06/machinery/03_john_deere_benye.html