In the last 30 years, John Deere has go to hell in a hand basket.
It is a prime example of snooty little punk kids getting their hands on the reigns of control and destroying what was once a great company.
Everything is learned from books..taught by brain dead sons a bitches in colleges.
Last June (2021), I went to a nearby John Deere dealer to get a pair of replacement riding mower blades. It is a common riding mower.
The parts guy said John Deere was out of the replacement blades...EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA.
I then asked the Deere service department if they could sharpen the two existing ones. They had no service appointments open until August...IT WAS JUNE.
Within an hour, I found an auto shop run by Mexicans who said (through an interpreter) they could remove and sharpen the blades RIGHT NOW. I had the mower on a utility trailer. They rolled it off and did what they said they’d do while my wife and I had lunch.
We went back and got the mower. Blades sharpened. Ready to go. $30 charge.
John Deere has become a joke.