Copying and pasting my own comment from another thread 2 days ago, in case anyone is curious what the John Deere experience is:

I’m not aware of what the timeline for all this is, but I JUST had to deal with this today!

It’s gonna be a rollercoaster…

Our dealership/shop is very slow, and it sucks driving a tractor for like 20+ miles on the shoulder of a freeway with cars going 65+ mph. And when it comes to anything electronic on a Deere, they know the absolute bare minimum.

So we discovered a mobile mechanic who charges very reasonable rates, and is very good, professional, timely, and friendly.

He came out today for a new problem that’s caused by what he fixed just a few months ago, but this time it is electronic/digital, and he had his brand new kit that connects the tractors computer to his laptop. It was his 2nd-3rd time using it, and he admitted hes no good with computers at all, either.

We both sat there for hours trying to figure it out. And he said a dealer is supposed to help him, but he can’t find a dealer that knows how, nor will…

So soon, a friend of his who works at a Deere dealer and knows the previous gen tech, that was dealer only exclusive, is gonna meet at our place and teach him on our tractor, and hopefully I can tag along and learn as well.

The software was John Deere Pro Service, and it seems nicely made, but man it is not very intuitive.

Its going to be veryyyy interesting seeing who uses this. I’d imagine not many people who work on tractors whether their own, or for work, are very good with technology in general.

Adding: The USB LINK 3 is $1100 USD from John Deere, and it’s $195/year per tractor for software access, up to 25, after that you need a more $$ plan that’s like $5k.