posted 06-23-2017 02:13 PM                  

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Originally posted by ed monahan:
This is very unsettling. I had NO IDEA Sears was in trouble.

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I believe Sears owns Kmart.

posted 06-23-2017 02:50 PM                  

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Originally posted by padroo:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by garysss:
[B]Bob this is one it calls for. It's actually a John Deere kit, with oil & gas filter listed below oil filter.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/John-Deere-Oil-Filter-GY20577/100175070

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Amazon only $1 less than Home Depot for oil & Gas filter and qt of oil.

posted 06-23-2017 03:11 PM                  

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Originally posted by garysss:
Amazon only $1 less than Home Depot for oil & Gas filter and qt of oil.

I actually bought my kit from Lowes, they had special on kit. $24.99 included 2 qts oil, oil filter, gas filter, gas stabilizer, John Deere Sunglasses and Gloves.

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Who could resist sunglasses and gloves. lol

I don't use the rider at my place, that's women's work.

I always say the secret to a perfect lawn is to buy your wife a good lawnmower. lol

posted 06-23-2017 04:10 PM                  

BTW.....The John Deere oil filter that Padroo posted a link for at Amazon has a part number of AM125424c because it is for a X-Class Series tractor. Here is the IDENTICAL John Deere Oil Filter being offered at Lowes for their D-Class Series.....It has the John Deere packaging and logo but the part number is different because it was manufactured for "big box stores"....Note the JD filter at Lowes has a DIFFERENT part number of GY20577....

Here's Lowes advertisement for the SAME oil filter with a different part number:
http://www.lowes.com/pd/John-Deere-Oil-Filter/1168501

BTW.....Don't go on a John Deere website and search for parts for your John Deere tractor that was sold at Lowes....You will not find anything....You'll need to search using the part number John Deere uses for tractors that THEY sold....Also....The parts book that Lowes gives with the sale of the JD tractor has THEIR part numbers.....And it does NOT have a cross-reference chart....

posted 06-23-2017 05:25 PM                  

Maybe we need a 'new forum segment',,,,,???

John Deere and Craftsman Riding Lawn Mower Discussion forum"

1. Discussing model prices and features
2. Discussing oil, oil filter kits, gas filters, and misc. parts
3. Discussing blade sharpness and driver seat comfort levels
4. Discussing prospective internet dating websites providing ladies who mow the yard OR wives who do the mowing
5. Discussing if these riding mowers will put the Landscape Doctor out of business
6. Discussing years of service from your mower, and what it sold for when it tired out
7. Posting pictures of your riding mower and any/all modifications made to it for customization
8. You Tube videos posted of your lawn being mowed
9. Analyzing John Deere Sunglasses and Gloves quality

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Just having fun guys.....

posted 06-23-2017 05:41 PM                  

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Originally posted by bjprowler:
Here's the John Deere dealer locator website....You can find John Deere DEALERS listed, but you won't find any "big box" store like Lowes or Home Depot listed.....

http://dealerlocator.deere.com/servlet/

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You mean like this,copied right off John Deere website.

This Is How You Get Hassle-Free Ownership
Follow link to the Buy Online pageWhere to Buy**
Buying John Deere equipment is convenient and easy. Use the one that’s best for you.
Buy Online
John Deere Dealer
Home Depot
Lowe’s

posted 06-23-2017 05:50 PM                  

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Originally posted by garysss:
I think your on to something AC. Once Sears closes all their stores, we are going to need something to talk about. LOL

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Excellent suggestion Gary,,,,,with pictures of our owners on their mowers OR their lady doing the mowing:

Picture provided by Just-A-Kid ,,, whose neighbor does his lawn mowing chores while he has a cold one in his hand observing

posted 06-23-2017 10:01 PM                  

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Originally posted by bjprowler:

If EVERY company in the United States manufacture with the same quality as Deere we wouldn't be importing so much crap from around the world.

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Are you aware John Deere manufactures a large amount of their products in India???

posted 06-23-2017 11:40 PM                  

If EVERY company in the United States manufacture with the same quality as Deere we wouldn't be importing so much crap from around the world.

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Originally posted by dru:

Are you aware John Deere manufactures a large amount of their products in India???

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Dru,,,, Absolutely,, T R U E

posted 06-24-2017 06:13 AM                  

That probably explains why John Deere is called a "world-wide manufacturer" ....headquartered in the United States.

In 2016, JOHN Deere was listed as 97th in the Fortune 500 America's ranking and was ranked 364th in the global ranking in 2016. As of 2016 Deere employed 56,767 people with well paying jobs......Most of which are in the United States.

Major NORTH AMERICAN factories include:

Harvester Works (large combine harvesters) East Moline, Illinois
Cylinder Internal Platform (hydraulic cylinders) Moline, Illinois
Seeding Group (planting equipment) Moline, Illinois and Valley City, North Dakota
Davenport Works (wheel loaders, motor graders, articulated dump trucks, wheeled forestry equipment) Davenport, Iowa
Dubuque Works (backhoes, crawlers, skid-steer loaders, tracked forestry equipment) Dubuque, Iowa
Des Moines Works (tillage equipment, cotton harvesters, sprayers) Ankeny, Iowa
Ottumwa Works (hay and forage equipment) Ottumwa, Iowa
Thibodaux Works (cane-harvesting equipment, scrapers) Thibodaux, Louisiana
Horicon Works (lawn and garden and turf care) Horicon, Wisconsin
Augusta Works (small commercial and agricultural tractors) Augusta, Georgia
Turf Care (specialty golf equipment and commercial mowing) Fuquay Varina, North Carolina
Industrias John Deere (agricultural tractors; construction equipment) (Monterrey, Mexico)
Motores John Deere (power systems; 6- and 4-cylinder engines, heavy-duty axles) Torreon, Mexico
Coffeyville Works (transmissions, pump drives, planetaries) Coffeyville, Kansas
Waterloo Works (tractor, cab, and assembly operations, drivetrain operations, foundry operations, service parts operations) Waterloo, Iowa
Power Systems and Engine Works (power systems and engines) Waterloo, Iowa

Other important factories:

John Deere Usine Saran (power systems), Fleury-les-Aubrais, France
John Deere Argentina (engines, tractors, and combine harvesters), Granadero Baigorria, Santa Fe, Argentina
John Deere Equipment Pvt Ltd (5000-series tractors) Pune, India
John Deere Equipment Pvt Ltd (5000-series tractors), Dewas, India
John Deere Electronic solutions, Pune, India
John Deere Harvester Works, Sirhind-Fategarh, India
John Deere Werke Mannheim (6000-series tractors), Mannheim, Germany
John Deere Brasil: Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul (tractors), Horizontina - RS (harvesters and planters), Catalão - GO (sugarcane harvesters)
John Deere Werke Zweibrücken (harvesting equipment) Zweibrücken, Germany
John Deere Fabriek Horst (pulled and self-propelled agricultural sprayers) Horst, The Netherlands
John Deere Forestry Oy (forwarders, wheeled harvesters) Joensuu, Finland
John Deere Reman[22] remanufacturing components for off-highway vehicles: facilities in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (cylinders, axles, transmissions, pumps, hydraulic and powertrain components) and Springfield, Missouri, USA (engines, fuel systems, turbochargers).
Sabo (consumer and commercial lawn equipment) Gummersbach, Germany

BTW....The 5000-series tractors manufactured in India are Deere's smaller "utility tractors" which represented a relatively small portion of Deere's $26.55 billion in sales for 2016. (I'd LOVE to have one!)

http://www.deere.com/en_ASIA/products/equipment/tractors/utility_tractor s/5000_series/5000_series.page

posted 06-24-2017 12:07 PM                  

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"These haunting photos of the retail apocalypse reveal a new normal in America"
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"Roughly a third of shopping malls are at risk of dying off as a result of store closures, according to data from Green Street Advisors. When a mall loses an anchor store, like Sears, it can be nearly impossible to survive.
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Ed,,, Anyway to save these Malls from being 'landfills'?
Where will Pete Rose go to sign autographs? Will we buy our next China built riding lawn mower online?

'It's the end of the world,,I tell ya,,,,,,the end of the world...'