Posted by Jimmydog on October 06, 2021 at 13:16:53 from (198.47.57.159):
In Reply to: TRACTOR ECONOMICS 101 posted by EdinKS on October 06, 2021 at 09:56:42:
Ed, just as others have said, you have to have a passion for them beautiful old machines. If you don't and you do need a tractor then buy a new JD or Kubota that fits your needs. I don't know where or when I got bit, but have 4 right now and am in the hunt for a specific tractor that is needed here on the farm. Unfortunately it's a little out of my price range at this point, but so as long as I keep saving my nickels and pennies and don't do anything rash like buy something I want instead of what I need I should be okay.
Just keep chipping away at whatever pace your energy and finances can muster. My Ferguson is a good example bought non-running should be and easy fix, yeah right, just kept picking away at it until one day, a year and a half later, it sparked to life and has decided it wanted a second chance at life. There's something magical about getting something that hasn't run in ten or twenty years up an running.
You're not spending money on a tractor you're spending money on entertainment. Good luck on your project.
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