AC Aftermarket and Agco parts

With the internet now , parts are everywhere,, good places provide over night shipping , just depends what your operation is going to be,, these tractors have no computers on them and are very dependable,, how much of a mechanic are you tho ? Can you work on them yourself ?

Deere,Agco and IH/CaseIH have competed with themselves for a long time. Guy may buy a 40,000 dollar round baler but he still pulls it with a 1066,4430 or 7045

Edited by exSW - 25 Aug 2019 at 7:50pm

Lots of good stock out in salvage yards, and pretty darn good support for the newer Allis tractors.

I would be alot less afraid of anything Agco than anything CNH, with Fiat ownership, parts support is not as important to them as it was previously, and I hear lots of complaints.

I am pretty darn impressed on parts coverage of our older Gleaners and Allis' and Whites.

If its 10 years old or newer all parts are available from AGCO. Its false,since we needed a hub for a 2009 7433 baler that was discontinued already.
I was told the first sentence personally in a call from Mr.Crain. Anything older is obsolete to them, or thats the feeling i got from the conversation. Unless all of us that run this stuff start making noise about reasonable quality OEM parts, there won't be any to buy. A lot of 6,7 and 8000 series tractors are at the point where they need rebuilding and some crucial parts are discontinued for them. I know people at AGCO dont like listening or listen but dont act. At some point if there are enough complaints someone will do something different because they'll start to see how its been hurt the amount of money they could be making.

Check with Brenda at Sandy Lake Implement .  She is very involved with all NOS parts as well as aftermarket and used parts especially from Steiner Tractor Parts . Agco should make her in charge of their parts programs.

GM Guy wrote: I would be alot less afraid of anything Agco than anything CNH, with Fiat ownership, parts support is not as important to them as it was previously, and I hear lots of complaints. I am pretty darn impressed on parts coverage of our older Gleaners and Allis' and Whites.

Agree 100% CNH is horrible with parts support. Lots of the CIH articulated tractors are one tranny part away from a fence row.    I can think of one part that Agco, aftermarket, obsolete parts couldn’t get and in the end we were able to repair the original.

The parts market is strong with the internet. question is can you get a rep when you call that knows what your talking about. that is the problem. not the parts.

Where's your closest dealer Dan?

I usually go to E.J. Kehrer in Albers, IL. Great, old fashioned dealer. Rohlf's Greenview, IL. (north of Springfield) location is the other that's an hour and a half away. Rohlf's other location is in Hartsburg, north of Lincoln. Kuhn's is in Arthur and Gibson City. Both farther away but they ship. A friend who has a D21 was recently at Kuhn's and was very happy with their in stock parts and service knowledge. A father - son operation south of Litchfield has gone John Deere except for their Gleaner combine. They get their parts at Kuhn's. I visited with some folks at the AGCO exhibit at the Farm Progress Show this past week. They said that they'll keep manufacturing parts as long as we keep buying them. I told them that they need more dealers. They told me that I was preaching to the choir. I'm guessing that AGCO's European hierarchy doesn't think North America is all that important. Sad. They had a significant portion of North American ag. sales and let it slip away. Or pushed it away in favor of global sales outside the U.S. and Canada.

exSW wrote: If I power up with 6, 7and 8000 series tractors(or a lil vintage combine) is the support going to be there in 20 years like Red and Green?

SteveM C/IL wrote: FREEDGUY,is the rubber getting bad? There is that place that rebuild them.Been mentioned on here several times.

Possibly, I can't seem to get the fan/alternator belt tight enough to stop the NEW/AGCO belt from bouncing  . My question was to the guy that said "everything" was available via Agco ( which has been very good with most parts) or the internet ??

The AGCO dealer in Albers, IL., E.J. Kehrer Farm Supply, has found parts for me from a salvage yard. The partsman is very knowledgeable.