One problem with equipment is that most of it is long gone. It was not nearly as robust as the tractors that pulled it, and when it became obsolete it either got parked out by the fencerow where it rotted away, or it got scrapped.
People didn't have the same sense of preservation 50 years ago as they do now. In some respects we've gone way overboard, and if we don't find a happy medium, we will eventually be buried up to our eyeballs in our own junk.
Another major problem with equipment is that much of it is difficult to transport more than a few miles. DOT says 102" is maximum without expensive special permits. Even an old 1950's pull-type combine is overwidth. Balers, rakes, mowers, forage harvesters... mostly overwidth, and quite a few are overheight.
Then when you get to the show, what do you need to move the equipment? A tractor, of course! Ever tried to back a
Tractors are popular because they can move themselves, are relatively easy to transport
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Today's Featured Article - Identifying Tractor Noises - by Curtis Von Fange. Listening To Your Tractor : Part 3 - In this series we are continuing to learn the fine art of listening to our tractor in hopes of keeping it running longer. One particularly important facet is to hear and identify the particular noises that our
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