Old stuff can cost a lot but there is a lot of really good used tractors and equipment available at a fraction of new cost. A lot of people are very wealthy because they don't spend all their money buying new vehicles and equipment all the time. A lot of farmers went belly up because they had to have all new equipment and the economy went south. It seems contradictory that you would tell people to buy new when you're using an older tractor yourself, from a relative or not. There is nothing wrong with declining to buy from a relative. More often than not it causes bigger problems. Did your uncle help pay for any repairs you did? Did you pay the going price or did you expect a better deal? Did you pay too much? Family honour and respect as you call it? It's the same reason a lot of business owners don't hire relatives, it just leads to problems. My dad used to call them sobs, sons of the boss. Whether I could afford a new tractor or not, I don't need a new one and can't justify spending all the money on a new one when I'm not using it full time. When I did landscaping, I bought a brand new skid steer, but after a few years it needed some repairs just like anything else. Not many people are going to purchase new equipment every 3 years in order to avoid repair costs. If you have all this money burning a hole in your pocket, why didn't you park your uncles tractor and buy a new one anyway? Look how much you would have saved in repairs. All I was ever trying to say is that not all older equipment is a money pit. There is a lot of older low hour well maintained tractors that could be rebuilt 3 or 4 times over for the price of a comparable new one. I found an add for just the tractor for you. A JD with only 792 hours and looks like new but is a 1969 2520 diesel with triple hydraulics. The price is only $42,500! In this case I think it would make more sense to buy new unless you were a collector or had too much money. The 135 I have has less than $8,000 spent on it since about 1980. This includes the original price, a like new but used loader, a cab, new clutch, new tires and all parts needed. Not too bad for owning it close to 30 years. A new equivelant tractor would be $40,000 or more. You can do a lot of repairs for that kind of money and bigger tractors cost even more. I'm very happy with my older tractor and am sorry your tractor has been a money pit. I think it all depends on the tractor in question. That's why this forum is good. People can ask what to look for and what to avoid. If you want a real money pit, buy a crawler. Nothing is cheap on them. Dave
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