Del Mar growers rate this family-run dealer on parts turnaround, service honesty and combine uptime.
406 posts · Joined 2017
#1 · Apr 11, 2023
Farm and Harvest Machinery has served coastal San Diego County since 1978, and the pattern across customer accounts is consistent: unglamorous work done on schedule. Owners repeatedly single out the parts desk, which sources same-week components for machines other dealers have written off as unsupported. The recurring complaint is scheduling during harvest, when the two-bay shop runs at capacity and non-urgent jobs slip by a week.
204 posts · Joined 2017
#2 · Feb 15, 2024
Brought in a 12-year-old baler that two other shops refused to touch. They found a cracked pickup bearing housing, sourced the part in four days and had me running before the second cutting. Invoice came in under the estimate.
369 posts · Joined 2016
#3 · Jun 2, 2024
Good technical work and fair pricing on a tillage rebuild. Communication was the weak point — I had to call twice for a status update during harvest week.
267 posts · Joined 2021
#4 · Jan 20, 2025
Second visit did not go as well. Hydraulic leak came back three weeks after the repair and the warranty conversation was slower than it should have been.
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