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Re: ???ready to upgrade to discbine???


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Posted by Bill VA on October 13, 2014 at 09:22:41 from (76.3.243.86):

In Reply to: ???ready to upgrade to discbine??? posted by haymaker1980 on October 13, 2014 at 06:47:32:

New vs old vs payback.

It depends. How long will the disc mower last, are you one that trades ever few years or keeps an implement 20+ years? Day job and part time hay? How much down time can you withstand? I'm amazed at some of the prices for hay equipment and the tractors that are needed to go along with them. We have come a long way from a MF135 and a New Holland 68. There MUST be $$$$'s in farming, else everyone in my neck of the woods has great credit or trust fund. With some of the folks, the quality of their equipment is inversely proportional to the quality of their hay and yield - LOL!

On one hand, I like the idea of making do with old stuff - sort of like a game of survival. Won another round, made x-number of bales with the old equipment. OTOH - hay is down and so is the equipment again and no way I can take a day off from the real paying day job tomorrow.

Probably in my fleet of micky mouse stuff, we are going to upgrade over the next few years, looking long term towards good/reliable equipment. New is on the table in all of this. I can easily see my boys using the equipment long after I'm retired/gone. Probably a stupid reason to buy new or near new - but if I can hand-off good equipment to them, OK by me. The way I see it - hay income for us is the gift that keeps on giving year in, year out.

Good luck!
Bill


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