New John Deere machines coming to New Zealand
JOHN DEERE WILL INTRODUCE A range of machines new to the NZ marketplace thanks to two of New Zealand’s established machinery dealers now carrying John Deere construction and forestry equipment for operators and contractors across the country.
“In addition to our motor graders and crawler dozers, the New Zealand market will see wheel loaders, articulated dump trucks, compact excavators, compact track loaders, skid steer loaders and the brand new range of mid-size hydraulic excavators added to the line-up available,” says John Deere Construction & Forestry Division Managing Director for Asia Pacific and Africa, Jeff Kraft.
“We’re also looking forward to working with New Zealand customers to help them take full advantage of our suite of technology solutions such as John Deere WorkSight for construction and John Deere ForestSight for forestry to make their businesses more profitable by maximising uptime and optimising machine performance, while decreasing the need for physical service call outs,” he says.
These technologies will be further supported by in-country parts availability and machine telematics to provide the ability to monitor machine health, detect potential problems, and to provide remote diagnostics and remote programming.
From 1 July, the full equipment line will be available at AGrowQuip (AGQ) in the North Island and Drummond & Etheridge (D&E) in the South Island. This transition follows March’s announcement John Deere would end its former distribution agreement with CablePrice.
Both New Zealand-owned and operated, AGQ and D&E are established John Deere Ag & Turf dealers and, given the sales, parts, service and support systems already in place, are ideally positioned to extend their offering.
Mr Kraft says he is excited to collaborate with AGQ and D&E to keep New Zealand construction and forestry customers running “at a new level of efficiency”.
“We know both these dealers will offer world class after-sales support because they already have a proven track record of doing so across their existing John Deere customers,” he says.
New Zealand-owned, AGrowQuip has four branches spanning the North Island, with more than 120 staff trained in John Deere products and services. AGQ has invested in education to deliver specialised construction and forestry expertise.
Drummond & Etheridge has operated in New Zealand’s South Island for over 85 years. The dealership is well equipped to meet the daily needs of the construction and forestry industry with more than 200 trained staff, including a group service department consisting of more than 80 factory-trained technicians with in-house mechanical and technical support experts. The family-owned and operated business has 10 locations across the South Island, with a centralised parts warehouse that replenishes dealerships overnight, ensuring parts are always on hand locally.
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