[Themaintainers] New report: Dealership consolidation is reducing repair choices for farmers

[Piper Wilder 60Hertz Energy]

Kevin this is truly fascinating.
To what extent are dealerships also providing repair service to power
generators?
I believe your findings point to lack of choice for back-up or prime power
generators too -- since John Deere, Cat or Cummins dealers often service
fleets of truck/tractor/earth moving equipment, and not just for ag, yes?
This could in turn impact the cost of service for hospital or data center
back-up generators let alone power generation technology broadly, which
interests 60Hertz
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Thanks for sharing,
Piper

On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 5:06 AM Kevin O'Reilly <koreilly at pirg.org> wrote:

> Hi Maintainers.
>
> I wanted to share our new report on Agricultural Right to Repair, Deere
> in the Headlights II <https://uspirg.org/feature/usp/deere-headlights-ii>.
>
> The report goes deep on Ag Right to Repair and dealership consolidation.
> The report shows three basic things: 1) modern tractors are made so that
> farmers have to turn to the dealer for certain repairs, 2)
> dealership consolidation is further eroding farmers’ repair choices, and
> 3) Right to Repair would go a long way to solving these issues.
>
> To do this, we analyzed dealerships from four top tractor manufacturers.
> John Deere is by far the most consolidated: 82% of their dealerships belong
> to a large chain of 7 or more dealerships. That means there is one chain
> for every 5.3 million acres of American farmland, or one chain for every
> 12,018 American farms. It shows just how little choice farmers have.
>
> We have more data and maps (like the ones below) showing both the national
> and state impact of this in the report
> <https://uspirg.org/sites/pirg/files/reports/Deere-In-The-Headlights-2/Deere-In-The-Headlights-II.pdf>
> .
>
> [image: Deere_Chains-By-County_V2 (1).png]
>
> [image: All-Dealerships_National-Map_V3 (1).png]
>
> Best,
> Kevin
> --
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> Right to Repair Campaign Director
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