Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair

Re:Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair by spazmoose on Monday December 16, 2019 @02:24PM (#21806153)

I've been paying attention to this for several years. I have an affinity for John Deere, having grown up on a farm that had almost nothing but JD tractors, but their heavy-handed approach to repair work in recent years is unacceptable.

Farmers don't have the funds available to constantly be taking equipment (that sometimes costs upwards of $200,000) to a dealership when it breaks down (and it will break down).

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Re:Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair by MisterOctober on Monday December 16, 2019 @02:39PM (#21806353)

Yep! In fact, the orchardist Michael Phillips in "The Apple Grower" specifically recommends older, purely-mechanical tractors for small / family operations, largely for repair reasons

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Re:Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair by deadmetheny on Monday December 16, 2019 @02:33PM (#21806282)

And it will break down at the worst possible time, when you can't wait for a JD tech to come down and troubleshoot the issue. Time is money for farmers, especially these days when there's so much consolidation of land happening.

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