JD Parts Pricing

Traditional Farmer · May 9, 2013

Friend of mine without a computer needed a starter for his JD 445,dealership quoted him a price of around $350 for a rebuilt one with a 1 year warranty,new one for $500+ with only a 90 day warranty.I found a new one for $58.60 on ebay with a lot of positive feedback about the starter and it comes with a 1 year warranty.For $58 and free shipping he said he take a chance.Pretty wide range of prices for sure.

nebken · May 9, 2013

The problem with OEM parts is the less they sell of a part number. The more they want for it. The more they want. And you are paying more just because it comes in a JD box.

Back in 06, a friend of mine needed a starter drive for a JD 620. I ordered him one. it cost about $40. he saw the plain paper bag it came in and was sure it wasn't any good.

My sales man has told me for years, he sells the exact same starters/parts as the OEM dealers. My friend went to Deere and ordered a drive. His cost $90. Both drives said "made in Mexico" on the bottom.
I told him he paid $50 for the JD box.
Later when my salesman came around I mentioned this too him. He laughed and said his parts come off the same asembly line as Deeres.He buys the drives in 55 gallion card board drums. His are cheaper because they don't come in a Deere box.

A month later I sold my drive to another guy with a 620. To this day,neither tractor has had starter trouble.

MSD · May 9, 2013

Years ago I worked at a manufacturing plant that made rubber parts. We would run a mold with specific rubber compound for a couple months sometimes. Then all of a sudden the compound guys would come and take what we had on hand and give us a new batch with a different company name on the batch cards. Same mold, same molding process but a different rubber compound. Appeared to all be the same but was definitely not the same product. Probably the same with the starters. $58 for a new one seems a little to good to be true.

fixerupper · May 9, 2013

Boxed parts do cost more than bulk. If each part that came in that cardboard drum was boxed, handled and shipped individually the price could double depending on the original price of the part, the weight, how much contents protection needs to be stuffed into the box. The drum might have come straight from the factory where the Deere box went from the factory to the warehouse and then to the dealer.

My local Deere dealer had a gas grille with the Deere name on it in their showroom. I had just bought the very same grille from a store so I asked the parts man what the price was and I forget the exact dollars but it was a little over $800. The exact same grill I bought from a local store cost $30 MORE than the Deere grill. I told him what I paid for mine just so he could have a comeback for the customers who claimed the grill was so high just because it had the Deere name on it. Jim

Traditional Farmer · May 9, 2013

If the new Deere one is of such good quality then why not guarantee more than 90 days when the cheapie and the rebuilt they sell is guaranteed for 1 year?

Buckeye · May 9, 2013

I've done that twice with JD diesel gators and the starters have worked well.

donjr · May 9, 2013

I have the same problem, but JD is not the only culprit. I just replaced an apron chain on my spreader for $1040. From CNH, it was over $1700. I have to replace an axle on the disc which broke in half, and it's $157 from Deere, and $72 from ASC. Last year, a new feed roll for the choppper was close to $1800 from CNH, and $700 from an aftermarket supplier. And then, to add insult to injury, the apron chain was shipped from the aftermarket supplier to me as part of the purchase price, and was some $200 from CNH to my local dealer- from Philadelphia- a distance of about 40 miles!!!! I still had to go about 40 miles to the dealer's place to pick it up.

farmer boy · May 9, 2013

I really don't know why people pick on John Deere so much. All the manufacturers are the same. CNH is absolutely awful. Kubota is all over the place. The parts they don't move seem to be the cheapest. I can buy a hour meter cable for under $20, but a very flimsy parking brake handle is over $100, and a clutch for a 60hp tractor is over $1400. John Deere's preices are like Kubota's, but more consistent in that none of the parts are cheap. I presonally think AGCO is the most reasonable but is the worst for parts support in the older models.

4020deereboy · May 9, 2013

I have john deere and new Holland Hesston and farm hand seems like they all have there bad days I don't hardly buy a stick of gum without getting out my catalogs and getting on the internet to check prices I need a new hydraulic pump for my Muir hill new Holland has one for about 7 John deere has one for 6 and I can get one on eBay for under 3 with free shipping and one year warranty

4020deereboy · May 12, 2013

harbor freight tools have lifetime warranty doesnt mean they are any good

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