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Jeffersonville, OH | Finally getting time to respond a bit to this post, but honestly, I haven't wanted to.
Reading your post, it's all the same thing that's been rehashed 1000 time here...there's no AGCO dealers in your area.
Glad you can get old Hesston parts from your CNH dealer, all of them around here send their customers to us, and tell them they can't get them...even if it's an actual old Case tool, or even some New Holland built stuff, because they have parts guys who don't care!
If you say, there are AGCO dealers, and it's a Challenger/CAT dealer turned AGCO, then you really don't have an AGCO dealer for anything other than new stuff, in my opinion.
Look, I get it, AGCO needs more dealers. If any of you can point me in the direction of someone in your area who really WANTS to be a dealer, I would be more than happy to put my Dealer Development contacts onto them, as they are looking all over for dealer opportunities who will push the brands, support the product, and help AGCO grow...but if they want to hang a sign and get cheap prices for themselves, then too bad.
Has AGCO's branding been clunky and changing, yep, can't argue that...but since 2011 it's been pretty solid...a core line of Global brands. MF and FENDT for North America, with FENDT getting some extra push since 2018 or so when they started expanding the line.
As someone else said, they don't continue to make products that don't sell...like MF combines, Farmhand mixers and tub grinders, Glencoe tillage, etc. They also support things that grow and do well, Gleaner Combines, Hesston Inline balers, White Planters, with or without an antiquated pressure meter that can't singulate todays corn for crap unless you get perfect seed from your seed dealer, etc.
In the end, I don't know that we disagree as much as you think we do, but I live in reality where we work with what we are given, and take advantage where we can, and do NOT worry about the past and how things could have been done differently. That's not helpful to anyone, customers first and foremost.
If you don't like AGCO, or your dealer, it's very simple, go somewhere else. If you don't have a dealer, then don't drive 100 miles to get one unless they are worth the trip. You have never seen me tell anyone on here to buy AGCO no matter what...that is not feasible, or a smart decision. If you have a good dealer, then support them...if not, then go the CNH, or Deere, or whoever your best option is.
They all build good products, the dealer is the difference in almost every case.
If you think I'm talking out of both sides of my mouth, OK...I don't think so, but OK.
Chris
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