 Deere & Co. will allow farmers to repair their own equipment The American Farm Bureau Federation and machinery manufacturer Deere & Co signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday that ensures farmers have the right to repair their own farm equipment or go to an independent technician.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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How exactly do they prevent Joe The Farmer from Wheatland County from using his own tools to repair a broken axle or a loose wheel well? Or does this only impact the computerized/motorized parts of their tractors, threshers and other vehicles?
Do they sue the farmers for trying to repair the machinery themselves? I'd have thought the tractors and other vehicles would be the farmers' legal property, which means they can do whatever they want with the machines.
Software updates can lock out the end user. Russians were killed by Ukrainian tractors they tried to seize and bring back to Russia. The software turned the equipment into a brick and it gave the gps location of where they we mustering and they called in drones.
No need to sue the farmer but this is used to have others think twice before supporting such ideas. It's a gag order.
How exactly do they prevent Joe The Farmer from Wheatland County from using his own tools to repair a broken axle or a loose wheel well? Or does this only impact the computerized/motorized parts of their tractors, threshers and other vehicles?
Deere will serialize all the important components of the machine, and if any of the parts change, then a technician needs to come out and change the serialized inventory in the machines computer, or the vehicle will not move.
Change an air filter, and you have to pay hundreds of dollars to get a technician out to update the computer. Not even kidding on that.
Do they sue the farmers for trying to repair the machinery themselves? I'd have thought the tractors and other vehicles would be the farmers' legal property, which means they can do whatever they want with the machines.
They don't provide parts to the farmers. They require a service tech deliver and install parts. If the new parts don't get updated in the computer, the tractor doesn't move. The tractor may be legal property, but the farmer doesn't really own it as long as the manufacturer controls it.
BTW - this was a good thing when Russians stole equipment from Ukrainian farmers. They got the vehicles home, only to find them disabled. So that also means Deere can geofence the equipment, if they want.