I'm not directly in the finger-lakes area but have known many tractor dealership mechanics who were. It is just as you say, and just like here in the central "Leather-Stocking" area of NY.
One big problem with tractor dealerships is - things usually really slow down in the winter. It's tough to keep employees paid all year round. Getting any wages in the winter when there isn't much work kind of makes up for geting low wages in the summer when there is lots of work.
We were kind of different at the last Deere dealership I worked at because we had ag, industrial, foresty, an injection pump shop, and consumer Deere equipment, as well as Stihl chainsaws. Often when farming slowed down, industrial or forestry picked up - and kept us going. Even with that, there were many winters when our boss offered us double-vacation if we'd take it in the dead of winter when things got slow.
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