Posted by NCWayne on November 30, 2011 at 17:32:14 from (69.40.232.132):
In Reply to: Its a dying hobby posted by John T on November 30, 2011 at 16:04:30:
The biggest problem I see with tractor collecting, or collecting of any other type of vehicle is this. In years past pretty much everybody could afford a basic set of hand tools and work on nearly any vehicle they chose to, be it car, truck tractor, motorcycle, etc. With the advent of the ECM that controls everything things started downhill, and as of a few years ago I think the days of working on most anything with basic hand tools are gone. The machines that are available nowdays, and will be the antiques of the future generations, are going to be impossible for anyone to work on without the thousands in computer gear needed to make the engines run, etc, etc. Unfortunatly by the time the machines get to be antiques the computers needed to work on them will also be antiques and obsolete too. I believe they call this whole scenerio "Planned obsolescense"....and they are doing a good job is making everything, including a mechanic with a real brain to do the troubleshooting (a glorified parts changer doesn't need too many smarts...LOL), obsolete right along with everything else.
This all is the main reason I made the post I did the other day about buying old trucks, equipment, etc., instead of buyin new all the time. If we don't keep the old stuff alive with alot of TLC, like anything else, unfortunately it will die out.
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