Farmers are having to hack their own tractors to make repairs

Re:Farmers are having to hack their own tractors to make re... by Timpy on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @03:31PM (#26082074)

If a piece of equipment breaks down in the field you need to be able to repair it right there and continue working. Stopping what you're doing to take it to the Apple store isn't acceptable.

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Re:Farmers are having to hack their own tractors to make re... by random5634 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @04:47PM (#26082778)

The repairs that need software changes are not (generally) the ones that are at issue here.

One big issue is that a fair number of tractor code faults are emissions control faults on these machines which are super annoying as the emissions system is sensitive especially as it ages. That may be in part a problem with overly strict emissions controls. So deleting emissions controls is popular in this space. And yes, dealers actually do help with this on tractors.

If you need to be able to hack your stuff in this way - lots online here: https://machinery-tunes.com/john-deere-dpf-egr-def-scr.html

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