This is not correct. The Riding Lawn Equipment (RLE) is built in Horicon WI (as are the gators). The compact tractors (one series, two series, etc) are built in Augusta GA. The RLE has almost nothing from Yanmar in it except the diesels use a Yanmar engine. The sub-CUTs and CUTS use a lot of Yanmar components, but are Deere products and assembled by Deere. I have been to both factories and seen the lines in the last few years, they are assembling tractors there.
Not sure why you're talking about RLE and Gators as I was only talking about compact tractors.
You could say the same think about Kubota as the assemble their B/BX models in the US(they however don't outsource the engine).
There's nothing wrong with sourcing an engine/design from another company, however if you do that's definitely not something made completely in America. JD likes to play this up heavily in their marketing and honestly I find it to be a bit disingenuous.
A Deere X700, which is made in Horicon, is a <100HP tractor. They are real tractors with an optional PTO and 3-pt hitch. No tractor in the world is entirely made by a single company. For starters they all have various semiconductors in them and no tractor company owns a fab that I am aware of.
Deere engineers in Augusta design their current CUTS, they are built there and tested there. Yes, they use parts from many suppliers.
You can get a PTO and 3-point on a telehandler, doesn't make it a tractor. What you're talking about there is a riding lawn mower.
I also didn't say that there's any company that makes all their parts in-house. Just that you can't find one made in America despite a fair bit of advertising that leans that way.
I have a fair idea of what I'm talking about. On our property we have a Ferguson TE-20(a tractor that was all made in one country), Ford 1500(which is a joint venture between New Holland, Shibaru and licensed by Ford) and a Kubota L4760(in-house engine development).
