It's about the same way here.... the old ones require most of the work on a per hour of use basis. There's a lot of new gear out there today that goes to work from new, does 10000+ hours without any major repairs and probably not too many minor repairs and then it goes to the melter when something big goes wrong. I believe that if you're going to run new gear, then you buy it, run it hard and fast, wear it out in under 10 years and then be rid of it. Once the electrical systems start to decay a person will be in for trouble... Interestingly, they haven't yet developed an electrical system that can stand up too well over the long term. There's just too much heat, vibration, moisture and dirt on a lot of tractors to survive that over the long haul. That said, I'd still prefer to run the newer gear. The old stuff is just too inefficient to be of much use in today's world.
What I am working with is from the 80's an 90's. That's kind fo a dangerous area because the production numbers were so low by then that it's not terribly economical for any of the manufacturers to maintain a parts supply for those things. Obsolence will come for them. Older tractors from the 40's, 50's and 60's are still well supported for the simple reason that there are still a lot of those tractors out there, were a LOT more than that built and they require a lot of parts to keep them running... I will say that today's engines, drive trains and hard parts of the machines are better designed and built than they ever were before. The basics are better. It's the electrics that will kill most of them...
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Today's Featured Article - Third Brush Generators - by Chris Pratt. While I love straightening sheet metal, cleaning, and painting old tractors, I use every excuse to avoid working on the on the electrics. I find the whole process sheer mystery. I have picked up and attempted to read every auto and farm electrics book with no improvement in the situation. They all seem to start with a chapter entitled "Theory of Electricity". After a few paragraphs I usually close the book and go back to banging out dents. A good friend and I were recently discussing our tractor electrical systems when he stated "I figure it all comes back to applying Ohms Law". At this point
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