John M. I am not saying by brand new stuff. Just better stuff than a 60 year old tractor.
As for not buying better equipment. I have seen many more farmers LOSE money with junk equipment than fellow that buy a little better USABLE equipment. A delay working on a tractor when corn needs planted or hay needs bales COSTS money too.
A hay cutting rained on can cut the value of it in half. So that "loss" is a cost that just does not show.
As for me "affording" newer equipment. When I bought the last new tractor I have ,the JD 6400, the 5000 hour loader tractors where bringing $15-20K. I bought this one new for $30K. The 5000 less hours only cost me $2 per hour. That is just good business.
The first ten years I owned this tractor it was the only loader I had. I did not have a skid steer either. Livestock chores took 2-3 hours morning and night. While working full time a the dealership. I did not have the time to "fix" break downs.
I am an absolute maintenance fanatic. Break downs in daily use cost you time and money both. I can't waste the time. So I try to spend my money before I HAVE a break down.
So buy what you can afford money wise and time wise too. A fellow making good money but working 50 hour weeks does not need a money pit to come home to.
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