Re: YES

Posted by Paul in Mich on September 14, 2004 at 06:37:06 from (66.188.26.29):

In Reply to: Re: YES posted by RayP(MI) on September 14, 2004 at 05:00:52:

Ray, you say "should" be a "fair" shad tree mechanic. I say a feller "needs" to be a "darned good" mechanic if he is going to be successful at farming. I know a lot of guys around here who couldnt afford to farm if they had to pay to have their mechanical work done by an outside source. Welding is another skill that will cost thousands of dollars unless you can do it yourself and do it right. About the only thing our operation has done outside is changing tractor and combine tires. We let the tire folks wrestle those. We also have some machining done outside, although it is in the plans to buy a used lathe and knee mill and start doing as much of our own machining as possible. Farming is no different than manufacturing in that fixing is an integral part of a good preventative maintainance program. Farmers like anyone else who deals with machinery or anything mechanical or electrical tries to minimize "downtime" by replacing worn parts during non critical times. Bearings, chains, sprockets, belts, filters (air, oil, fuel) fluids, could be considered fix it items, but its more a matter of when and how to choose to fix. The worst scenerio is field repairs and breakdowns, as time then becomes more valuable than the cost of repair. In this sense, the guy is right when he says "if you ain"t fixin, you ain"t farmin".

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