Brian Bobb
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Hi, what is the best HD truck diagnostic scanner out there? I looking to get one to be used on some John Deere, Sterling, International and Ford machines we have.
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Brian Bobb
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I'm looking for one that works on trucks and construction equipments mainly the John Deere graders.
mikebramel
Senior Member
Texa works good for trucks.. bi directional. John deere... mostly a code reader. Will do some cylinder cut outs / regen
Brian Bobb
Well-Known Member
And how about graders and other construction equipments?
DMiller
Senior Member
Gonna be lucky to find one beyond a code reader, Deere has set their programs as Proprietary and a no go for much of the diagnostics equipment gurus. Neighbor does Farm and Commercial equipment service, he cannot even clear codes on a Deere, has to pay a Deere shop tech to come out for that..
Brian Bobb
Well-Known Member
So Texa diagnostic won't be able to work on the John Deere 772D grader we have and won't be able to even clear the codes? So John Deere don't have their own? We don't want to have to pay a lot of money to have them sent their technician when we can just use that money for a diagnostic tester.
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DMiller
Senior Member
You can call Deere, they set the dealers up with the tooling, is up to the dealer and sales reps as to what can be bought IF can be bought. Local AG shop cannot do Commercial Industrial, closest Industrial cannot do AG either, does not cross lines that way either.
DMiller
Senior Member
Looked up the TEXA Tool, may be licensed thru Deere, seems only comes with Deere cabling and I suspect will have to buy the additional software as well cables to do other machines. If already have a TEXA may be a download or disc supplied program just to add Deere. No idea of cost$$$$
mikebramel
Senior Member
mitch504
Senior Member
You just explained it.
Brian Bobb
Well-Known Member
That is true.
Brian Bobb
Well-Known Member
I called them and they said that it can work on them. Over 8 grand for the complete kit.
Brian Bobb
Well-Known Member
I would like to know that too.
DMiller
Senior Member
How many service calls will $8K buy? Will it in actuality save any money in a year?
Wytruckwrench
Senior Member
Around here the dealer gets $2000.00 to show up and it goes up from there.
John C.
Senior Member
All my estimation stuff from a few years ago started at $1,000 just for them to return a phone call. A field call was $1,000 minimum just for the mechanic to pull his keys out of his pocket. The only way I ever got a field wrench bill under $5,000 was to go down to the local choke and puke, ask which guy was assigned to my job and tell him I wasn't paying for his breakfast. I had one young "Tech" try to justify 4 hours on site as "interpreting and analyzing" the read outs on the computer. All he had to do was drop in a flash file! It took me a couple of months of "interpreting and analyzing" whether or not I should pay the full bill.