JD and others are going to proprietary software and non right to repair themselves right out of business. The whole self reliant farmer mentality was being able to repair their own equipment out in the field when there is a failure. Not having to set up a appointment, pay a company to haul your equipment to the repair facility, have them reset a code, then ship it back with it taking weeks to accomplish while your crops are rotting in the field. The Big Bud company is going back to the old school if you buy it, you can repair it and not have to worry about specialized equipment that only the factory has access to. I can't wait to see JD and anybody else, in any industry that is pushing to not allow right to repair, fail.
@@eanders7992 I completely agree! Farmers being able to repair their own equipment is a huge advantage. Big Bud sticking to the old-school, repairable machinery will make a big difference for many farmers. Hopefully, other manufacturers will adopt a similar approach!
It’s encouraging to see that there are people around who want to to look after farmers, by producing simple big tractors, that the farmer can fix himself. Godspeed to you all.
Not the best time to be selling high-priced farm equipment. Too many farmers are struggling to meet expenses already, without taking on more machinery expense. Tariff war with China does not help, with China switching to Brazil and Australia for wheat and soybeans.
@@schadenfreude2555 What do you think would be the best solution for farmers during this period? Smaller-scale machinery or a completely different strategy?
@@giantmachinesguide I cannot claim to be an expert on the farming or farm machinery business. I am only going on the information I have gathered from such as Ag Talk in the Raw, One Lonely Farmer, Welker Farms, and other farming channels and news channels. 2024 was reported to be a difficult year for US farmers, with grain prices having fallen but input costs having risen sharply. There have been numerous stories of machinery manufacturers preventing farmers from servicing their (extremely expensive) machines without factory representatives using proprietary software. Add to this the rather bleak outlook for US Ag exports to China in the midst of tariff battles. The AEM Association of Equipment Manufacturers reports sales in December 2024 fell rather sharply from December 2023, although US Ag machinery mfrs report optimistic estimates for increased sales in 2025. Big Bud's plans seem to fit into a market niche as farms are consolidated into bigger and bigger acreages and larger tractors, combines, etc. are required, but it remains to be seen how many units will be required and whether Big Bud can break into the market against such formidable competitors as JD, Case, New Holland, AGCO, etc. Big Bud sounds like a winner for allowing farmers to service their own tractors, and for the apparent simplicity of their machines, but launching their product into a soft market sounds like a less than ideal situation. Unfortunately, I do not have a crystal ball or other magic source of information on strategies for farmers. All I can do is wish everyone the best outcomes for the years ahead.
@@giantmachinesguide How about selling of Medium and Large tractors at actually reasonable prices, instead of expecting us to pay 500K+ dollars for a single large tractor, and nearly the same price for a medium sized tractor. I mean the return of truly affordable, reliable tractors and equipment is what we all want.
Right to repair is a huge selling point and will hopefully shock the rest of the industry into following suit.
So you can't buy parts anymore?. JD and Case have shut their spare parts counters?
JD and others are going to proprietary software and non right to repair themselves right out of business. The whole self reliant farmer mentality was being able to repair their own equipment out in the field when there is a failure. Not having to set up a appointment, pay a company to haul your equipment to the repair facility, have them reset a code, then ship it back with it taking weeks to accomplish while your crops are rotting in the field.
The Big Bud company is going back to the old school if you buy it, you can repair it and not have to worry about specialized equipment that only the factory has access to. I can't wait to see JD and anybody else, in any industry that is pushing to not allow right to repair, fail.
@@eanders7992 I completely agree! Farmers being able to repair their own equipment is a huge advantage. Big Bud sticking to the old-school, repairable machinery will make a big difference for many farmers. Hopefully, other manufacturers will adopt a similar approach!
Big bud for the win💪💪
I hope they do, and come back stronger then ever
I hope Big Bud will be produced in 2025🙏🏻
It’s encouraging to see that there are people around who want to to look after farmers, by producing simple big tractors, that the farmer can fix himself. Godspeed to you all.
Farmers need to work on their own equipment. John Deere pointed this out.
Welcome to come back
More POWER is GOOD
I think it’s going to happen.
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hate to see the price tag for that
@@John-kr7iz It’s not exactly affordable, but for a machine with that much power and engineering, it might just be worth it.
@@giantmachinesguide kind of thought of that to, you would probably need several generations to make it pay for itself
71 or 92 series Detroit?
Interesting topic but, this video is like having your teeth pulled while watching paint dry.
GET RID OF JOHN DEER
Never ever used John Deere on my Grandpa's farm. All tractors have been either Challenger or Case IH for as long as I can remember in my 45 years.
Trump could use that in DC
Not the best time to be selling high-priced farm equipment. Too many farmers are struggling to meet expenses already, without taking on more machinery expense. Tariff war with China does not help, with China switching to Brazil and Australia for wheat and soybeans.
@@schadenfreude2555 What do you think would be the best solution for farmers during this period? Smaller-scale machinery or a completely different strategy?
@@giantmachinesguide I cannot claim to be an expert on the farming or farm machinery business. I am only going on the information I have gathered from such as Ag Talk in the Raw, One Lonely Farmer, Welker Farms, and other farming channels and news channels. 2024 was reported to be a difficult year for US farmers, with grain prices having fallen but input costs having risen sharply.
There have been numerous stories of machinery manufacturers preventing farmers from servicing their (extremely expensive) machines without factory representatives using proprietary software.
Add to this the rather bleak outlook for US Ag exports to China in the midst of tariff battles.
The AEM Association of Equipment Manufacturers reports sales in December 2024 fell rather sharply from December 2023, although US Ag machinery mfrs report optimistic estimates for increased sales in 2025.
Big Bud's plans seem to fit into a market niche as farms are consolidated into bigger and bigger acreages and larger tractors, combines, etc. are required, but it remains to be seen how many units will be required and whether Big Bud can break into the market against such formidable competitors as JD, Case, New Holland, AGCO, etc.
Big Bud sounds like a winner for allowing farmers to service their own tractors, and for the apparent simplicity of their machines, but launching their product into a soft market sounds like a less than ideal situation.
Unfortunately, I do not have a crystal ball or other magic source of information on strategies for farmers. All I can do is wish everyone the best outcomes for the years ahead.
@@giantmachinesguide How about selling of Medium and Large tractors at actually reasonable prices, instead of expecting us to pay 500K+ dollars for a single large tractor, and nearly the same price for a medium sized tractor.
I mean the return of truly affordable, reliable tractors and equipment is what we all want.