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Darren: Have a little story for you. 40 years ago when 460 and 560 were still quite large tractors. My dad had a 300, 130, 560D and a Cockshutt 540. A friend of my dad drove in yard one day. This guy owned a 65 acre farm beef cow-calf and his tractor was a 350 Utility. 90% of his income came from a dump truck of which he was owner operator. He was looking for ways to cut down his haying time, thus not missing out on trucking. He asked my dad what he thought about a SA, 100 or 130 for raking hay, hauling bales, gardening, etc. 350 could do mowing and baling. He already had a C-28 fast hitch mower for the 350. My dad advised him the offset tractor would be just great for his need. When he got out shopping for a used tractor he found as it still is today, those used big tractors were less money than the small ones. What he came home with was a Farmall 460 that had been used in the bush hauling logs for about 5 years. That 460 sat around their property until about 1998, something broke down most of the time. They had the money to fix it, probably could have written a check for a new replacment anytime in the past 40 years. The 460 became a money pit and he was unwilling to spend the money to make it right or get rid of it. North America is littered with old big tractors sitting in someone's back 40, broke down and either unwilling or unable to spend the money to put them in shape. You see guys on here saying; I bought the 806, 1066, 1486, etc. My guess is that 10 years from now 40% of them will be sitting in the bush behind the barn. The sad part is it has finincially hurt a lot of people. Nothing wrong with those big tractors if you have a use for them. Those who have a use usually also have the cash flow to pay the repair bills.
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