Fifteen years ago, the industry began recognizing the immense benefits of a well-designed winter service program. However, with the current shortage of technicians, dealers often face more service work than they can handle.
Major farm equipment manufacturers John Deere and Case IH agree that winter service is vital to keeping dealers busy during slow winter months and have shared the following advice they give their dealers for promoting and making the most of winter service programs.
Staying steadily busy during the off-season with billable work is a universal challenge for dealers. One way to manage it is through winter service programs, in which customers are encouraged to bring in their farm equipment for off-season maintenance and inspections. This gives dealers work through the winter and helps customers get ready for spring.
Winter service programs have helped the service department at all 4 Champlain Valley Equipment stores keep busy in the slower season. Aaron Keeler, Service Manager at the St. Albans, Vt., location of Champlain Valley Equipment (headquartered in Middlebury, Vt.), explains the evolution of their winter service program.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, Jason Webster, commercial agronomist with PTI Farm, breaks the results of PTI Farm’s 2024 HIgh Speed Planting Corn Study.
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