John Deere Serial Number Decoder 13 Digit
Even if the hours were listed on the machine history, I wouldn't trust them. Too often the delivery receipts are done by the dealer's accounting department based on information they have available at the time of transaction. In other words, sometimes they are guesses.
On older tractors like that, telling Deere about ownership transfers was a real pain. It's easier now with direct computer links, but many dealers probably still only do the delivery receipts when it involves using Deere for floor-plan financing. Farmer to farmer, or through competitive dealers or auctions, won't get registered with Deere usually. Sometimes the service office will do it if the tractor is in for a major repair or something. In this particular case, it looks like the second dealer may have paid out the floorplan before they sold it, so the delivery receipt didn't get done when it finally got sold. We usually do it anyway, but some dealers probably don't.
Usually the only repair history you will see is whether PIP's were done, and any warranty claims. In other words, you only see the stuff that Deere paid for.
Bottom line, you can use the facts gathered by Deere for the machine history as a means of verifying someone's story, but it's not a primary source of data about the machine.
John Deere Serial Number Decoder
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