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Preventative Maintenance contracts can make your operation more productive, increase profits - even improve your quality of life. Five Star can tell you how PM contracts can also reduce downtime, increase machine resale values, and help you do a better job of managing equipment. Call today and find out how much an ounce of prevention is really worth.

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Eliminate downtime with Deere PM contracts

Fix One, Fix all Becoming your one safe source for non-Deere machines is our ultimate goal.

Maximize your equipment investment with Total Repair Cost Management

Preventative Maintenance(PM) contracts are an important component of John Deere's strategy to reign in spiraling owning and operating costs. It's called Total Repair Cost Management(TRCM) and it's a proactive, fix-before-fail approach to machine maintenance that helps you control costs, increase profit, and reduce stress. TRCM offers a comprehensive lineup of solutions that helps avoid downtime and protect your cash flow.

TOTAL FLEXIBILITY IS THE KEY

A PM contract gives you a fixed cost for maintaining a machine for a given period of time. It also helps you avoid downtime by ensuring that critical maintenance gets done right and on schedule.
The important thing to remember about Deere PM contracts is they're flexible and totally subjective. Your dealer will carefully craft each contract to meet the special needs of your business. The time of coverage, the extent of services performed, fluid analysis, hazardous-waste handling and disposal, discounts on parts and labor, and many other issues are up to you.

NOT YOUR FATHER'S JOHN DEERE

PM contracts have also gained popularity because of the escalating cost of components and diagnostic equipment. For example, in 1980 a replacement hydraulic pump for a 690B LC Excavator cost about $900. Now, almost 20 years later, a replacement pump for a 690E LC costs about $7,400. That's an average increase of over 45 percent per year! It's the same with diagnostic equipment - It's gotten incredibly expensive!

WE TREAT OWNERS OF NON-DEERE EQUIPMENT THE SAME AS PEOPLE WHO OWN A FLEET OF DEERE MACHINES...REAL SPECIAL!

Deere dealers are "logo neutral" when it comes to machine maintenance and uptime. That explains their passion for keeping competitive machines up and running with PM contracts.

Deere dealers think owners of CAT, Komatsu, Case, International, Liebherr, Link-Belt, JRB - you name it - machines deserve the same professional service contractors who own machines with a leaping deer on the side. Plus, depending on just one dealer for machine maintenance is a great way to increase productivity. If you manage equipment, a major benefit with PM contracts is less paperwork, fewer phone calls, and a simpler billing system. That gives you more time to think about more important matters - like making money.

We don't worry about logos...and neither should you.

Protecting your non-Deere machines from catastrophic downtime with Deere PM contracts is a great idea for another reason. The sophisticated technology in today's equipment is very similar. The same goes for parts and components. That's why it makes sense to have all your machines maintained by people you can count on to deliver the same high level of service time after time, machine after machine.