I'm a 20 year old college student, history of farming in the family, and we have about 10/15 acres (a good bit wooded) around the house. Got into restoring after I got bored one spring break and started tinkering w/ my grandfathers busted JD 1010. Learned a ton and definitely want to keep up the hobby, but it's just too darn expensive to keep up regularly. I fixed the 1010 over my Christmas breaks and occasional weekends over a 2 year period, but I was only able to because I found a good parts tractor (nothing wrong w/ it, just needed a radiator) for 600 bucks on Craigslist. If I hadn't found that then we'd have a half disassembled tractor in our yard. Plus I know very few college students/young folks who have the space for it. Just too expensive to pay for a yard in a college town.
I think many in my generation don't get into it for a number of reasons. One is the cost--as a college student, money is already tight, and most people my age aren't going to spend it on working on tractors, let alone cars.
Second is that they're lazy. Me and my buddy have made a fortune off getting stuff people don't want because its "broken" and fixing it then reselling. Got a pressure washer, guy had paid 100 bucks for a carb rebuild, still didn't work so he gave it away for free. Put in a new 5 dollar spark plug and we had a new condition pressure washer.
Third is that my generation is more tech savvy and afraid of work. If I walk around campus with oil stains on my hands I get weird stares and questions. Folks my age think its gross or something for people who aren't smart enough to go to college to do. They want tech or engineering jobs, and this is coming from an ag heavy school. It probably stems from lack of information, but its sad.
I often ask my buddy what's going to happen once all the old folks who know these tractors pass on. Scrap yards? I sure hope not, and once I get the space and money I sure wanna save as many as I can.
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