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Speaker 1: to Jack Sorrento. Jack you're out with the car doctor.

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Speaker 1: How can I help? Sir? Hi? There? So, some months

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Speaker 1: can't fix it yourself. Because farmers, by tradition are are

425
00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:31,280
Speaker 1: usually very handy, crafty, crafty kind of guys. You can,

426
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,879
Speaker 1: you know, you can work with your hands. And we

427
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,920
Speaker 1: are the king of the category of jack of all trades.

428
00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,680
Speaker 1: We all grew up working on equipment with our fathers,

429
00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,120
Speaker 1: and you know, what's what we know how to do.

430
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,719
Speaker 1: We know how to get things running again. And so

431
00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:48,639
Speaker 1: they have a piece of equipment sort of stalled because

432
00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,520
Speaker 1: the computer is acting up or we can't reboot something

433
00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,560
Speaker 1: is a real problem. Now, wasn't it last year? And

434
00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:58,600
Speaker 1: I'm coming off the top of my head with this,

435
00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,720
Speaker 1: so correct me if I'm wrong, But wasn't it last year? That?

436
00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,240
Speaker 1: Because this is about John Deer or is this all

437
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,960
Speaker 1: tractors in general? I think this is an issue for

438
00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:13,240
Speaker 1: all manufacturers. I know John Deere is taking the lead

439
00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:17,440
Speaker 1: on this, and I do also understand the perspectives from

440
00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:21,320
Speaker 1: manufacturers like Deer in case I h uh and and

441
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,800
Speaker 1: I can talk a little bit about that also because

442
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:30,040
Speaker 1: I'm partaking in some efforts in Washington about high tech agriculture,

443
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,879
Speaker 1: and there are a lot of promise for very smart

444
00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:36,960
Speaker 1: farm equipment. So we're in a time of a kind

445
00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:41,320
Speaker 1: of an interesting balance where we have machines that can

446
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:46,040
Speaker 1: plant a field and move the position of individual seeds

447
00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,800
Speaker 1: or fertilize and individual plant and that requires a lot

448
00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:53,760
Speaker 1: of computer technology. And then we also have kind of

449
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,399
Speaker 1: root force farming which doesn't require that. And so we're

450
00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,360
Speaker 1: you know, this is a it's kind of an inflection

451
00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,480
Speaker 1: point right now out and it's it's a tricky issue.

452
00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:05,160
Speaker 1: So well, but go go back to the John Dear

453
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 1: think John Dear had something like a year ago where

454
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,440
Speaker 1: they said, okay, we Am I right that they said, well, okay,

455
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,399
Speaker 1: we've got to hand out some information, We've got to

456
00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,960
Speaker 1: make it more accessible or am I wrong in that?

457
00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:21,480
Speaker 1: I think the deer is understands that farmers want information.

458
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,760
Speaker 1: I can't speak to deer interestingly, like you know, I've

459
00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,199
Speaker 1: seen some of the deer Writer repair people, but I

460
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:31,720
Speaker 1: don't know their perspective in person, and I think i'd

461
00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:35,720
Speaker 1: i'd be reticent to comment. I understand globally why they're

462
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,080
Speaker 1: concerned and what the issue is, and that is and

463
00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:39,960
Speaker 1: it's a little bit like what happened in the auto

464
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:44,240
Speaker 1: industry with people who are doing like chip tuners for instance,

465
00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,600
Speaker 1: like on diesel trucks, and they were, you know, they

466
00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,679
Speaker 1: were reprogramming injection pumps to get a little more power,

467
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:54,240
Speaker 1: and then they were following up cat converters or particular

468
00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:59,800
Speaker 1: filters or uh, exceeding admission standards and potentially even damaging engines.

469
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,119
Speaker 1: Is the kind of stuff that you know, manufacturers like

470
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,040
Speaker 1: deer in case I h are are worried about that

471
00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,520
Speaker 1: people are gonna get into monkey around and when they

472
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,920
Speaker 1: don't really know what they're doing. But and so that's

473
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,960
Speaker 1: that's a dilemma. But but well, right, but isn't the

474
00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,520
Speaker 1: bigger dilemma if the if the tractors out in the

475
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:21,040
Speaker 1: middle of that ten thousand acre farm and it can't

476
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 1: be repaired for except for a repairman coming. And if

477
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,680
Speaker 1: the repairman is I don't know, what's a reasonable what

478
00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,639
Speaker 1: are they saying? You know it is? It could it

479
00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:30,680
Speaker 1: be a two day wait and the crops got to

480
00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:34,400
Speaker 1: get in? I think, and I think in agricultural areas

481
00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:39,440
Speaker 1: you will find that if you call a manufacturer's rep

482
00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:43,080
Speaker 1: and you have a relationship, they often will figure out

483
00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,119
Speaker 1: a way to get somebody there. I know when my

484
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,280
Speaker 1: own tractor has been down. If you know, if you

485
00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:50,800
Speaker 1: have an embedded relationship, they'll try to get someone there.

486
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:52,800
Speaker 1: But it's not going to happen right away. It may

487
00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,720
Speaker 1: not happen that same day. And of course I mentioned

488
00:25:55,760 --> 00:26:00,200
Speaker 1: at the start of our conversation that you're often only

489
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,200
Speaker 1: have one or two days to get a crop in

490
00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:05,040
Speaker 1: or to harvest, and so it's you know, that's that's

491
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,240
Speaker 1: still a lot of time. Hours matter in our business

492
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:12,080
Speaker 1: and well and hours in the sense that if you

493
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,160
Speaker 1: go out on Monday and say, today's a day I've

494
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,680
Speaker 1: got to bring in the corn. Does that whole crop

495
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,200
Speaker 1: have to be in by Monday because it's getting shipped tuesday?

496
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,200
Speaker 1: Or is it that if it's not pick that goes bad?

497
00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,959
Speaker 1: How does that? How critical? Do you know? Something like

498
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:29,920
Speaker 1: corn generally is not as perishable, and so there may

499
00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,120
Speaker 1: be an opportunity to harvest corn a few weeks later

500
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,840
Speaker 1: or you know, potentially even a month later. I think

501
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 1: there are other crops where this is a bigger issue.

502
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,680
Speaker 1: For instance, you know, hey might be ruined if you're

503
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,680
Speaker 1: not able to harvest it, uh bail it within the

504
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,680
Speaker 1: next couple of days. Certainly, anything that's in the fresh

505
00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,680
Speaker 1: market arena, there's there's a real problem. If you've got

506
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,959
Speaker 1: a you know, a green bean harvester that's down and

507
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,199
Speaker 1: you're not able to harvest the green beans when they

508
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,880
Speaker 1: need to go to the canning plant, that's a real problem.

509
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:05,679
Speaker 1: So it's a little bit dependent on crops. Um corn

510
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,159
Speaker 1: corn might be one of the ones that you know,

511
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 1: people can have a little bit of flexibility on. So

512
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,200
Speaker 1: there's still corn and fields now that you know will

513
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,119
Speaker 1: be harvested a little bit later. Is it going to

514
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 1: be as good a quality as it was the last fall?

515
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:24,520
Speaker 1: Potentially not. Have there been some losses yes, So it's

516
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:29,120
Speaker 1: you know, it's fresh market things that are most critical,

517
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,920
Speaker 1: and then it kind of goes down the category from there.

518
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:36,440
Speaker 1: So what is it that you feel and you've you've

519
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,879
Speaker 1: you've tried to help create with others, I know, the

520
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 1: right to repair from a farmer's perspective, what do you

521
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,800
Speaker 1: what are you looking for? Bottom line? Well, we're we're

522
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:50,560
Speaker 1: looking for the ability for farmers to uh either fix

523
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 1: things themselves or to have third party anentities fix things,

524
00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 1: uh and not necessarily rely on dealers. And I think

525
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,720
Speaker 1: that's a I think that's a big topic and we

526
00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,000
Speaker 1: need this kind of information to be able to fix

527
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,240
Speaker 1: tractors long term. You know, if if a tractor, you know,

528
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 1: I looked up for instance, what nineteen seventies six ten

529
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,280
Speaker 1: sixty six International harvesters sold for It was about twenty

530
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,600
Speaker 1: one dollars. You know that tractor still sells today for

531
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 1: around ten thousand dollars. It's still a very valuable piece

532
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 1: of equipment. So we we need to be able to

533
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:27,639
Speaker 1: support machines as they age and have all of that

534
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 1: data and the software, et cetera, so that someone can't say, yeah,

535
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,879
Speaker 1: that that machine is obsolutely you know, it's got a

536
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,320
Speaker 1: it's got a computer that no one can talk to,

537
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 1: you know. And we live in a world where, look,

538
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:41,800
Speaker 1: have you tried to use anything that's got like a

539
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: three or five minutes floppy lately? Well, yeah, that doesn't

540
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,840
Speaker 1: can and no it doesn't because it's it's gone. I'll

541
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:48,560
Speaker 1: tell you what. Andy, Sit tight, Let me pull over

542
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,120
Speaker 1: and take a pause, and we'll continue this conversation on

543
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:52,400
Speaker 1: the other side. I'm run an any in the car

544
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,320
Speaker 1: doctor with Andy Batter. We're talking about the right to repairs.

545
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,520
Speaker 1: It affects farmers and we'll both be back right after this.

546
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 1: We are back running in the car doctor. Were here

547
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,800
Speaker 1: with Andy Batter, he's a farmer from Pennsylvania. We're talking

548
00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 1: about the right to repair. Andy, you're still there. I am,

549
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,520
Speaker 1: Thanks for hanging on. When we pulled away, we were

550
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 1: talking about, um, you know, how the right to repair

551
00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 1: affects us and what it is you're looking for. Can

552
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 1: you continue that line thought that you were on. Sure,

553
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:27,719
Speaker 1: we're looking for the ability to uh make diagnosic diagnostic

554
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:32,080
Speaker 1: tools and repair information available to everyone, to the farmer

555
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: to the third party repair shop. We need to be

556
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:39,480
Speaker 1: able to get around proprietary software locks that are designed

557
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:43,840
Speaker 1: to prevent repair by you know, shade treating mechanics. We

558
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 1: need the tools to drive out to the tractor that's

559
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:54,080
Speaker 1: immobilized in the field and figure out what's wrong and

560
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,760
Speaker 1: get that piece of equipment going again in short order.

561
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,040
Speaker 1: That's kind of essential for us. You know, do you

562
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:06,440
Speaker 1: think that the technical side of these tractors today, as

563
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,800
Speaker 1: as you were saying before the break, makes that older

564
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 1: tractor more appealing? Sometimes there are I would say somewhat

565
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 1: anecdotal reports that there are farmers that like older tractors

566
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:21,040
Speaker 1: because they're less likely to be too complicated or perhaps

567
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 1: less likely to have problems. You know, we've I think

568
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:25,640
Speaker 1: we've seen that a little bit in agriculture. I think

569
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,600
Speaker 1: we've seen that a little bit in the trucking industry.

570
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,680
Speaker 1: You know, we know people have been uh repowering trucks

571
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,680
Speaker 1: with older engines because of this kind of thing, right, right,

572
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:36,680
Speaker 1: do you think it's going to get to the point

573
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 1: and maybe this is a little dramatic, but maybe that's

574
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,800
Speaker 1: what radio is about. Uh, that we're gonna just the technology,

575
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 1: We're just not gonna be able to harvest crops in time,

576
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 1: and we're gonna and we're gonna run out of food.

577
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 1: I need to go to the supermarket today. Now, you're

578
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,000
Speaker 1: not gonna round up. There are a lot of very

579
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,360
Speaker 1: smart people working on this, and it's actually a very

580
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 1: exciting time for us in farming. With what we have

581
00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:01,440
Speaker 1: on the horizon for technology. There are are things afoot

582
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 1: like using automated machines to harvest. We're already using drones

583
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,480
Speaker 1: to fly over farm fields that to figure out what

584
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 1: yields are and we're fertilizing needs to be done. It's

585
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 1: a dynamic and interesting time. But it's gonna take some

586
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:21,120
Speaker 1: training and it's gonna it's gonna take some effort on

587
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,720
Speaker 1: the part of both manufacturers and farmers to make sure

588
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:27,440
Speaker 1: everyone knows how to use this. It's it's largely, you know,

589
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 1: a training and information project. Well, I'll tell you what.

590
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 1: There's a little off topic, but I'm always impressed. Every

591
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 1: week I go to the supermarket and and and obviously

592
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 1: in seasons a little different than out of season, but

593
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 1: there's always fresh strawberries there, and I'm thinking, how do

594
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,120
Speaker 1: they do that? Every supermarket in the country always has

595
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:51,160
Speaker 1: an extra pile of strawberries every week, year round, and

596
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:55,080
Speaker 1: it's mind boggling. And that's probably you know, speaking of strawberries,

597
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 1: one of the things that you can probably google a

598
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 1: little bit is there's work underway now between some competing

599
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:05,640
Speaker 1: strawberry growers to figure out how to pick strawberries with machines.

600
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,479
Speaker 1: So that's this is kind of where we are at

601
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:12,400
Speaker 1: agriculture right now, where robotic technology is at the point

602
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:16,040
Speaker 1: where it can discern what strawberry is about ready to

603
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: be harvested and which one not to pick. It's really

604
00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 1: really exciting interesting stuff. Yeah, well, listen, that's how I

605
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 1: feel about all to repair them. I'm in the right

606
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 1: place at the right time. The technology and as complicated

607
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 1: as cars get, just to stay up with it. It's

608
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,360
Speaker 1: just interesting. But the way it interacts and the way

609
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 1: everything falls together. So, um, I think we're I think

610
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 1: we're both chewing on the same side there. I I

611
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:39,280
Speaker 1: get it. Um, Andy, listen, I want to thank you.

612
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 1: I appreciate you taking the time, and I want to

613
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:42,760
Speaker 1: get you back out to the field or whatever you're

614
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,560
Speaker 1: gonna go do today, can you can you is there

615
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:48,320
Speaker 1: a website the listeners can maybe if they want to

616
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 1: circle back over time just to keep an eye on

617
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 1: what's going on with us. Well, I think officially I

618
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 1: probably would put people towards farm bureaus website, which would

619
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:02,240
Speaker 1: be farm Bureau dot org FV dot org, because I'm like,

620
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,760
Speaker 1: you know, a farm greer representative that would that would

621
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:08,200
Speaker 1: be the place to send people. But there are other websites,

622
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 1: you know, repair dot org we were talking about earlier

623
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 1: that would be wanted to look at, right and maybe

624
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 1: if they just from time to time google what do

625
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 1: you think right to repair farmers and see what comes

626
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: up and leave it there, that would be correct. That's

627
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,440
Speaker 1: a good idea, means Andy, listen, I really appreciate it,

628
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 1: and you know, God bless you and all the farmers

629
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 1: out there keeping us fed. We uh, we appreciate you

630
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: at least three times a day, um, if not more,

631
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: we should. So you take good care and have a

632
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: good rest of the weekend. All right, thank you, You're

633
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:37,600
Speaker 1: very welcome. I'm running any of the car doctor. We

634
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:44,160
Speaker 1: are back right after this welcome back, r an car doctor.

635
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,920
Speaker 1: Thanks again, Andy Batter taking the time it's said right,

636
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,720
Speaker 1: you go out, you spend a half million dollars on

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Speaker 1: a piece of farm equipment and then it breaks and

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Speaker 1: you lose so much. And talking with Andy Fair, you know,

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Speaker 1: he was explaining to me how you lose so much

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Speaker 1: in terms of, you know, it's down time, it's the

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Speaker 1: help standing around with the broken tractor. It's it's the

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Speaker 1: broken tractor, it's the repair bill, it's not getting the

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Speaker 1: product to market. Just things add up. And he also

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Speaker 1: pointed out how this has been a tough year, the

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Speaker 1: last couple of years actually for the American farmer and

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Speaker 1: they're getting beat up by this. So right to repair

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Speaker 1: is really limiting their ability to to work. Now transfer

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Speaker 1: that to an independent repair shop. The costs that are

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Speaker 1: day to day basis, that's something I can tell you about, folks,

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Speaker 1: you know. And it just it still leaves me scratching

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Speaker 1: my head. We had a guy walk in yesterday Friday afternoon. Three. Hey,

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Speaker 1: my truck's not running right. Do you get him un

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Speaker 1: outside and scan it. IVE never been there before. I

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Speaker 1: never saw the guy couldn't tell you who he was,

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Speaker 1: you know, like just blew me away, just completely. You know,

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Speaker 1: let me take my ten dollar scan to a walk

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Speaker 1: outside and jump on this right away. Skip. You know,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna have a conversation one day, you and I

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Speaker 1: about how to approach repair shop. That's a whole another conversation.

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Speaker 1: Until then, I'm rondinating the car doctor, reminding you good

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Speaker 1: mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. Let's see you