This is an issue I dealt with 7 years ago. I had a 53 SuperH and bought a 168 Acre 1896 farm to go around it. (That is 100% true according to my wife.) I have been babying the SH for 20 years but it is really a tractor that you can work with and that is supported by my real rancher/farmer friends. Two years into the purchase I was really putting some hours on the old gas burner and I realized that I was spending a lot of time keeping it running and making sure it would start and run reliably. Since my place is 40 minutes from home it became important that she would start and run when I got there after work. Well the fact is it became apparent that it was not as reliable as a newer deisel same size engine etc. After looking at 20 year old JD (20 series) they were as expensive as a new MF or Ford/New Holland. I sucked it up paid a 240 off in 2 years and now have 2 fine tractors, both work great, 1 I can set up as a spray rig all summer (the SH) and the other is there for the more mundane work. Your experience may be different but the older rig took more effort to keep up but when running is as much tractor and maybe more than the newer one. My $.02
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