We had to trade off our Hesston swather because the dealership we
bought it from (50 miles away) doesn't handle Hesston OR Hesston parts
any longer. So we had to go at least 220 miles for parts. And we were
having some problems with it. Its a 1998 and we bought it used in 2001,
I think. It's been a good machine up to last year, and we then started having problems with it.
Vermeer baler parts and service is right in town, one reason for buying
Vermeer.
John Deere parts are 50 miles away (Bowman, ND), or Miles City,
70 miles away. We usually have more reason to go to Miles City than
to Bowman, though.
In our area, parts are sent back with someone from here that is going
there....where the parts are, so that helps and we all seem to take
our turns.