Manufacturers design their products to meet the expectations of the people who are buying their products brand new.
When buying a new piece of equipment or a new vehicle, now long does the average buyer expect to own the machine? Do very many guys take the time to check things like: battery access; how to change the belts; brake replacement; water pump replacement; computer re-programing, etc. on a brand new machine? I doubt that battery, belts, etc. are top considerations for buyers of new equipment and vehicles. That type of maintenance is a minimum of five or more years in the future for the guy buying new. They are looking closer at: function; capacity; fuel economy; flexibility; comfort and ergonomics; initial cost; and financing or lease terms. Their expectation is the machine will hold up for five to ten seasons before much maintenance is required, and that the new machine will have paid for itself by then. The cost of maintenance five or ten years down the road is small compared to the work a machine is expected to get done in those years. Often the machine will be: out of lease or obsolete before much maintenance is needed. By that time the majority of new equipment buyers are ready to replace the machine with another new one.
Guys buying used equipment and used vehicles are much more likely to check ease of maintenance because a used machine is more likely to need that type of maintenance very soon. Ease and cost of maintenance affects the demand and resale price of used machines much more than it affects the demand and price of new machines.
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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