Visit to Lakeland John Deere Dealership

The reality of planting and taking care of approximately 6500 grapevines is prompting us to drive long distances to check out vineyard equipment. We were just west of Seneca Falls, New York at the Lakeland John Deere Dealership looking at narrow tractors that would fit in our layout of 4 x 7, that is 4 feet between plants and 7 feet between rows. This would be a moderate density planting and special equipment designed to fit into the row would need to be purchased. We spoke with Chris at the dealership who showed us both the new 5093 EN and it's predecesor 5525 N. Both are Deere's most recent narrow model vineyard/orchard tractors. The 5093 EN has been remodeled to comply with the new tier IV emissions criteria. The required motor change in the design has made the front hood of the 5093 EN a little taller than the 5525 N. Thus the impact to the operator is that it takes away a little of the line of site of the front window of the cab. Chris let us sit in the cabs to get a feeling of what it would be like when we drove it. He even offered to let us take the tractors for a drive.