tomstractorsandtoys
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Just bought a 69 John Deere 105 diesel, corn special and hydro. Hope to have it in the field next week.
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GermantownGreen
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And the quick tach feeder house to boot, man you gonna be in high style, diesel, hydro. Awesome job, congrats, looks like great tires too! GG
1948CaseVAI
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I think it might be fun to have something like that to fool around and maybe weld a snowplow onto the front. But I admit that I cannot understand a serious farmer depending on a 50+ year old machine to harvest his livelihood. Are you farming for a hobby or what?
danofarming
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NICE!!!!!
Chester5731
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Looks nice!! Wish I could find one of those quick tach feeder houses for a 95.
jon f mn
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That's what I was going to say. I might go for one a bit newer with air-conditioning, but if I was farming less than a 1000 acres I wouldn't be afraid of an old combine. Something along the lines of a 7720 or 1660 would be more reliable than most 20 years newer, and easily handle 1000+ acres. This one on 500 acres would be about right.
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tomstractorsandtoys
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I farm for my living but in today's world I am considered a hobby farmer. We milked cows for 20 years and now do some crops and a small beef
herd where we finish all our calves. I have always farmed with good older equipment. We have a good shop and try to go over everything. In all
my years of farming I have never had any field losses due to operating old or small equipment. No grain buyers ever ask what combine do you
have before they decide how much to pay you. My dad always said you have 2 choices Parts or Payments. I like shop work and the older simpler
equipment. I should have a 6620 but I just do not like that series of combines as they are hard to work on. If buying newer I would go to a
9510 but with 100 acres to cut a year I am not making that big investment. Many farmer do alot of work for Deere, CaseIH and others before
they keep any for themselves. In my area rent is over $300 per acre so finding any land to expand is not going to happen. Tom
herd where we finish all our calves. I have always farmed with good older equipment. We have a good shop and try to go over everything. In all
my years of farming I have never had any field losses due to operating old or small equipment. No grain buyers ever ask what combine do you
have before they decide how much to pay you. My dad always said you have 2 choices Parts or Payments. I like shop work and the older simpler
equipment. I should have a 6620 but I just do not like that series of combines as they are hard to work on. If buying newer I would go to a
9510 but with 100 acres to cut a year I am not making that big investment. Many farmer do alot of work for Deere, CaseIH and others before
they keep any for themselves. In my area rent is over $300 per acre so finding any land to expand is not going to happen. Tom
farmersamm
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I suppose it depends on the size of your operation, and whether it's the sole source of revenue.
We sit on 400 acres, and run a small # of cattle. It's absolutely unjustified to buy new equipment. Makes no sense.
If you look at ROI for the same dollars invested somewhere else, it simply doesn't pay to go out and buy the newer stuff.
We borrowed a JD 5420(?)(K'kins boss owns it, and I always forget to look at the model number) to move some hay yesterday. Great little tractor, but it beats you to death because it's too light, and has a short wheelbase.................but I wouldn't dream of buying one. The numbers don't crunch. But, Dammy Mammy, I sure do love that air conditioner.
So............let's say you're only running 60 head. Revenue is paltry, to say the least. But, if you can keep the old iron together, and running, it's profitable. Anything above a 10% yield is worth getting out of bed in the morning.
The past coupla years has really pushed us to the breaking point. Most of our stuff is nearing the end of its service life. And, so am I. I'm beyond retirement age. I'm seriously considering selling the whole lot, and putting the money in the market. Even in the current Bear Market, there's decent money to be made................without the headaches.
So, after this short lil' novel, I guess what I'm saying is........... There's nothing wrong with old equipment if you can keep it running. I can liquidate tomorrow, and not owe a dime. Most of my neighbors can't.
farmersamm
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Been at it for over 25yrs.
I picked up most of what I own during the last farm crisis. (Stupidity of leveraging land valuations, for which I have no sympathy).
We are in the green most years. And, we don't depend on Farm Aid. And, with the current drought, we're still above water. Sold off some cows, and doing the best we can.
Little story.......................................
We had devastating wildfires in the Panhandle last year, and this year. First thing................the big boys start asking for hay donations LOL. Not my fault you're over borrowed. We suffered the same fires here in Central Ok back in 2011, and nobody came to our aid. And, if you're on land that won't support the number of head that you run, don't come crying to me when things go South.
The Big Freeze, and the same doods are asking for donations. We just shuffle along like we always have. Hand to mouth.
Big Time Welfare Ranchers up there in Wyoming, and the other Western states, who graze on Federal Land...........crying when things turn bad. We just keep on keepin' on.
Now..................... We're lookin' at some serious problems with the Ogalala Aquifer................. Wanna bet those folks are gonna start cryin' for some sorta aid? Notwithstanding it was them that pumped it dry LOL. Farms in Cali..........same same.
Oklahoma is the land of the poor. We get by. Always have, always will. Or, we go broke(shrug)
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tomstractorsandtoys
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I do shop work and buy and sell a few pieces of equipment as a side line. I did do a 1031 exchange on a small over priced property to buy the farm we are on. My wife as also always been a homemaker or maybe I should say farm helper. She milked more cows than I ever did. Last week she even ran the combine 2 days. We never bought much new stuff and never spent any money to impress other people. We live simple and really enjoy our small farming operation. In some ways I wish I could have grown bigger so as to include one or both of my sons but they have good businesses of their own and live close by. We also have leased 25 acres to a solar project but that is not yet finished. That will be our retirement fund. Tom
farmersamm
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You will find, in short order, if your strategy works. I did, and it's been satisfactory.
We constantly get letters from solar companies, because we're directly under a high line on one of our fields. They want to lease the property for solar.............but they require that it be absolutely clean of any brush. Want the land, but not willing to do the work to do minimal cleanup in the pasture that's not in crop. Once it's in solar, it's out of production......either for forage production, or grazing. They have to come up with a better offer before we even think about it.
This post was edited by farmersamm on 10/24/2022 at 02:53 pm.
coonie minnie
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Nice looking combine!
Be glad for your situation... in my in-laws' neighborhood, it is common to have 2000 acres, a bunch of new paint, and a full time job. If I had to do that, I'd be asking myself Why?
If your economics work, go for it. The only numbers that matter are yours.
Be glad for your situation... in my in-laws' neighborhood, it is common to have 2000 acres, a bunch of new paint, and a full time job. If I had to do that, I'd be asking myself Why?
If your economics work, go for it. The only numbers that matter are yours.
Centerplate
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Don't forget the operators manual for that machine.
Buy every one you can find even if only a poor patrs machine As you will probably will need at least one part of of them. I kast farmed probably about 15 years ago with a 65 model 45 and a 69 model 45 and at that time parts yars were what ceept ne going and I dought you will find any in parts yards now. And the 105 and the 95 were not around me, only the 40, 45 and 55 machines as the others were too big for the farms
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