The problem is the end users are finally beginning to get fed up with all the new emissions and electronic BS on the new equipment, that make it so unreliable that it's not worth having around.
Put an add on computer on it to control the output from a planter, sprayer, etc........ use GPS to guide it..........electronic ad ons are 'cheap' and/or easily replaceable but if the tractor itself isn't running then none of them matter.
The way I look at it, 120 HP from a new tractor is no different than 120 HP from an old one. Yes, the new one might save fuel for a year or two, but when the dollar amount saved on fuel over those years is eaten up with the repairs caused by the first electronic breakdown (and the resulting parts, downtime/lost profits, etc)it pretty much tilts the playing field in favor of the older machines.
Most of my customers won't buy anything that isn't somewhat pre-electronic, and the ones that have bought newer usually regret it when they are forced to call the dealership to work on it....and then have to pay the outrageous prices for the OEM parts......
But that's just me, and I don't run tractors, I just fix it them when they break....and hear every curse uttered by my customer regarding the breakdown......
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