Spare parts - was Re: [AT] At the John Deere dealer.

[Grant Brians]

I find it sad that some places are dropping such items as sickle sections. 
Perhaps because hay is a large acreage crop here, sickle parts and sections 
are readily available. Also, even though the dealer is ridiculously 
expensive in the parts markup, they will get ANYTHING you want if they can 
find a place to get it. This is because there is still a local experienced 
parts man unlike the other branches....
    Having said that, I really miss Farmers Mercantile, the old IH then Case 
IH dealer. They had every possible item you could imagine for all of the 
brands of tractors they carried. Also, all the cultivating tools you could 
want. And hardware and lubricants and .... But not the Home Depot stuff, it 
was a true farm store. Time passes sadly. And in our county there is no 
longer a tractor dealer, there is only the one Ag dealer in Santa Clara 
County, one in Santa Cruz County and fewer than there used to be in Monterey 
County too - basically Cat, John Deere, New Holland/AGCO, Same and 
CaseIH.When I started farming in 1974 there were two dealers here, 10 in 
Monterey County, four in Santa Clara County and two in Santa Cruz. Times 
have cahnged.
        Grant Brians
        Hollister California
p.s. Off to work the fields and deal with irrigation!
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Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] At the John Deere dealer.


>I spent the day trying to find sickle sections and rivets.  2 of the  local
> coops did not have any.  A local farm supply and hardware store did  not 
> have
> any.  It was a 30 mile drive one way to the JD dealer.  It  was a JD 
> swather.
> We borrowed some from a friend.
>
> Found all the sections and rivets in my Schoup catalog this  evening....
>
> Cecil in OKla
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