Back in 1997, when we had decided to get a Self Propelled Forage Harvester("chopper" in layman's terms),I was just going to go buy a JD, since we have a very good local dealer who has given us excellent service. I told myself I needed to check out the other guys, just in case I needed to rationalize my purchase.

Long story short, we ended up with a Claas, and I have never regretted it. JD makes a lot of good stuff, and they beat everybody else all to hell on parts availability, but not everything they make is the best available.