Posted by Banditfarmer on March 25, 2015 at 08:06:52 from (75.186.9.25):
In Reply to: Nostalgia posted by Popinjohn on March 24, 2015 at 09:57:57:
Every farm is different and so is there equipment needs, Some farm alone some its a family affair and some have all hired help. From all grain farming to all cattle and everything in between, So this is ware the rub starts on new or used equipment.
Every farmer has a goal in mind for there farm and he or she has to figure out how to get there. Some years are good and some a bust so we all have to figure out how to make money and not go broke and loose it all. Cost per acre is what it's all about. I know guy's that bale 4000 to 12.000 bales of hay a year and you would think the guy baling the most would have new but its just the opposite. The guy baling 4000 bales is selling it as organic and its high dollar hay and can afford the new tractors and equipment he uses. The other guy bought an older NH 575 baler and pulls it with an IH 826 Hydro and wouldn't have it any other way.
Call it Nostalgic or what ever you want, Myself I call it farming with what I can afford and work on. Nothing like having a tractor or other piece of equipment down because of a bad switch in a joy stick. My cousin found out that a simple little mouse can kill a near new JD combine (2 years old) and cost you a lot of money to fix it when the mouse shorted the computer and fried it. But he still kept cutting with the old Gleaner he kept as a back up. It's funny how guys that have lots of new tractors and equipment and still use a Oliver 770 to rake hay and run wagons with auger grain and is the go to tractor for lots of chores. Why? Because it's cheaper to fix and work on. Why ware out a $75.000 tractor when a $2500 tractor will do the same job. I do see a lot of "Keeping up with the Jones" kind of guys who will trade a tractor off because the new model has a better sound system in it or more cup holders!
In the end it's up to each and everyone of us to make the choice of new or old and what it will be used for and what we can afford. Bandit
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