"I have to admit, I wasn't a great John Deere man," Jim Greer revealed, " but they (Agrimech) asked if they could bring one out here for us to try, and I said OK."
Jim Greer owns and manages 350 acres of vineyard near Rapaura Road on the Wairau Plains and operates J & D Contracting, and said the brand new John Deere 6010 Narrow tractor sat in the yard for a day. "When I drove it, it was possibly the most comfortable tractor I've ever driven - and I just had to bite my tongue. And certainly now we have eventually changed over to JD. For comfort and for performance it's a brilliant tractor."
The other reason they changed was the service. "Being contractors as well, we need the service and they have a good name and base here in town. It's used for everything, mowing, spraying and we'll use it for mulching, and we are all very pleased with it."
"So it's getting well used and the guys just love driving it - it's probably a fight in the morning for who gets it," Jim said with a smile.
Jim's brother Noel was giving it a quick rinse for the photo and agreed, "I never used to like them, but they really have improved that much over the years."
