[AJD] how did JD survive?

[Wiebelhaus]

Brad wrote:
Yes, there is nothing like the sound of  the Deere.



Ken Richards wrote:

> Seems that John Deere did a good job of advertising the simplicity of 
> the two cylinder tractor but I really believe the buyers liked the 
> sound of a John Deere.  I know, as a boy, that was what hooked me.
>
> Ken
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "kreig" <astroguy at nas.com>
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> Subject: [AJD] how did JD survive?
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>
>> I am curious about how JD survived in the "early" years.
>>
>> Having owned a Farmall H which runs circles around all of my 2 
>> cylinder tractors in ease of use and function, and today was driving 
>> a 1938 Case which was just as easy to use as the farmall.  Case hand 
>> clutch is 100 times better than JD, a feather touch.  The case was 
>> easy to drive one handed seemed like power steering.  JD seems very 
>> crude in comparison.
>>
>> Now please understand, I like my JD's but just how could anyone buy a 
>> JD with the "better" alternatives on the market?
>>
>> Kreig
>>
>> -johndeere
>>
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