I know exactly what your growing through. My newest tractor is a 1974 model and the oldest is a 1940 model. I get frowned upon because I use a haybine instead of a disc mower, but I got what I could afford. A lot of those guys may be suprised one day and end up like me. I lived with my grandparents my whole life and took care of them and farmed 300 acres. All of our stuff was old but taken care of. We had a dairy farm but we didn't buy our feed from the local Co op like everyone else. Every two weeks we loaded the truck with corn and square bales and took it to a mill and had it ground. I slowly watched all the other dairy farmers go bankrupt and belly up while my grandfathers bank account kept growing, but it was because he farmed smart. We didn't have automatic take off milkers, or self feeders. We didn't need them, our way required more work but it was cheaper. My grandfather always told me I would be taken care of in the end for always taking care of them my whole life.When he passed one of his sisters who is way high up in the church I may add, had a fake will made up and took everything. I even had a signature analysis done and they said it was not his signature on the will they went by, they even went online as me and changed my home address which is a federal offense but nobody would touch them. I lost everything. They wouldn't even let me have my own stuff out of the house. Not even my toys I had growing up,my tools....nothing. So I had to start completely over from scratch, but I tried to apply what I had learned. I bought what I could afford and what I knew how to use. People make fun of me or give me strange looks quite a bit but this stuff is mine. Nobody can take this from me. I still use a side delivery rake, but it does a good job so I can't justify replacing it even if wheel rakes are faster. Just keep doing what your doing. Your on the right path, and like I said some of your friends may end up like I did with nothing.
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