Some people buy Russian and Polish tractors just because they are servicable. They"re also cheaper new purchase. Problem now is they have to have the emmission equipment like EPA demands and get a little messy- but sometimes (often) the dealer will have the old wiring diagrams for previous model with same engine available for farmer to legally change back to simple working parts even if engine runs a bit dirty at cold idle. Mahindra has similar situation with their IHC licensed built copies- the small parts usually interchange with the older British IHC parts. Some military equipment is designed to be field servicable, some is designed to be expendable. Some of the Russian equipment engineers got their training with military equipment and design a simple,long life, servicable, heavy tractor- others design the lightest, cheapest version of equipment figuring combat hour life expectancy is only 250 hours so a 300 hour before replace with rebuilt jet engine is good (MiG 21). AK47s compared to M16 is the classic comparison- old heavy just good enough ballisticly .30 but extremely reliable with minimum maintenace compared to light , high tech manufacture, advanced ballistic thought .22 that just needs a (little?) more cleaning for much better accuracy. Last weeks paper had a gripe from servicemen about newest M4 after long fire fight- the *&^%$#@! stopped working! Just like M16 in VietNam. Wonder if that is why Isreali IDF Galil is based on AK47?. Mahindra model based on mid 1950s IHC British M/400 with upgarded hydraulics and 3pt hitch is known reliable, servicable and popular seller for years- but doesn"t meet latest EPA requirments. RN
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