Re: LOOKING FOR A NEW TRACTOR

Posted by Grumpy Old Man on November 04, 2004 at 13:26:20 from (68.161.38.219):

In Reply to: LOOKING FOR A NEW TRACTOR posted by BOB IN ky on November 04, 2004 at 07:36:24:

How about saving your money and buying a nice, used machine?
$20K? You can purchase an old Ford, JD, Oliver, IH, AC etc. with
implements for less than $5000 and put the rest in your
retirement account. Well maintained old machinery can be every
bit as reliable as the new stuff and a hell of lot better made to
boot.

What do you need 4 wheel drive for? I agree it looks nice, but
given your description, doesn't seem warranted.

Think about servicing your new machine. When your solid state,
microprocessor driven, carburetor free, injection/fitzer valve
goes out on Saturday, ya think NH will send someone over? I am
betting you don't have the diagnostic equipment, nor training to
begin to evaluate what might be wrong (me neither), but you
better hang on to your wallet once the warranty runs out.

I guess I think like a Depression era farmer, but no one every got
rich by spending money unwisely.

G.O.M.

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