What is the value of a new combine?
How do you measure the value? By the bu/hr that the machine will harvest? By the number of service hours that it is capable of?
Is the price of a new machine proportional to the increase in bu/hr capacity? Or substantially out of proportion of what it used to be on older models?
Has the hours of service life of new machines increased proportionally to price increases?
Just what does an owner get for paying the high price of a new machine? Do the new machines depreciate faster or slower than models of 10-15 years ago?
I was at an auction a few years ago that had an IH rotary with 7500 hours on it. It was really in bad condition; I was told later that it went for scrap.
How do you measure the value? By the bu/hr that the machine will harvest? By the number of service hours that it is capable of?
Is the price of a new machine proportional to the increase in bu/hr capacity? Or substantially out of proportion of what it used to be on older models?
Has the hours of service life of new machines increased proportionally to price increases?
Just what does an owner get for paying the high price of a new machine? Do the new machines depreciate faster or slower than models of 10-15 years ago?
I was at an auction a few years ago that had an IH rotary with 7500 hours on it. It was really in bad condition; I was told later that it went for scrap.