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The transmission on my 4200 had a tag that said Funk Manufacturing, Coffeyville Kansas. I just traded up to a 4300 but I haven't yet had the oportunity to crawl underneath it.

Compact Tractors JD vs Kubota
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Replies 13 Post by Jim Fisher

I had the same problem last winter. Turned out to be a loose wire on the neutral safety switch.

JD4200 HST FWD Neutral switch problem
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Replies 4 Post by Jim Fisher

Bo, Roger L., Mike S., Scotty, everybody: Bo, my tractor does scuff, but it is less of an issue to me than to some of the other folks. My lawn is rough and hilly and doesn't resemble a golf course in any way. I realized when I bought the tractor that a 3000 pound machine would not be as easy on the turf as the 1000 pound commercial mower that I now use for trimming. I did not, however, expect the amount of scuffing that the 4200 gives me. The trade-off is time and comfort. I had originally intended to continue to mow with the Yazoo and use the 4200 for other maintenance chores. The time and effort that I save when mowing with the 4200 convinced me that it is the better choice when it's time to mow. As far as putting things in writing, the real proof will be the correction of the problems. The last thing that any of us needs is a couple of teams of lawyers searching for a misplaced 'whereas'. As far as the John Deere closed loop distribution goes, my understanding is that the customer must go through a John Deere dealer for waranty sevice and repair, but I am not aware of the customer being bound to the dealer from which the product was purchased.
John Deere has a dealer locator on their web site which allows you to find all the John Deere dealers in virtually any part of the country. And yes, there was a representative from John Deere at the meeting last Wednesday evening. He didn't say much but I suspect that he is now aware of the issues and concerns of the retail customers. Mike S., I agree that positive experience is the best confidence builder. I spent much of my youth around tractors of various colors on the farms in our area. My choice of the John Deere 4200 was very much influenced by the A and B and 420 crawler that I've owned through the years. And I don't think that I made a bad choice. Even with the problems that have been discussed in this thread and many others, the tractor does more than I expected it to do. I have about 87 acres. I rent 20 acres of to a neighbor and mow about five acres. The rest is mostly wooded and is being overrun with multiflora. With this little tractor and loader and an old Woods rough cut mower, I'm starting to take back a lot of the overgrown area. Last fall, I cleared an area of a couple acres that used to be open about twenty-five years ago. This weekend I cut back about half of a quarter mile fence row on my west line. I expect to finish the fence row over the holidays and start putting in about 900 feet of post and rail fence along the road if the ground doesn't freeze. If the power goes out in a storm, I hook up a PTO generator and run the necessities. No more showering at my inlaws and hauling water to flush the toilets. I could do any of this with and orange or red or blue tractor, but I prefer to go home on the horse I rode in on.

John Deere 4300 scuffing more and more
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Replies 115 Post by Jim Fisher

Why not make your dealer aware of the problem? <br>I believe that John Deere has a policy that allows you to trade without penalty during a specified period of time (90 days?) after the purchase of a new tractor.

4100 JD for sale
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Replies 12 Post by Jim Fisher