In that condition it does seem cheap. We had a 1566 and a 1586 - both were pretty good tractors that racked up serious hours.
While speed is an issue to a degree (a lot of 3rd low operation for tillage), if you have big enough equipment you can trade ground speed for a wider swath.
While 30 years ago these were the big field horses at 150 to a 160 hp the new standard is 180-220 hp + with front wheel assist.
As with most industries LABOR is a huge concern when operating equipment. The farmer that has to cover thousands of acres doesn't have the time to sit on the turnrow tinkering with his 30-40 year old tractor when they are talking rain and its time to git r done. And the big guys don't want to pay an operator to sit while he waits for the service truck to show up.
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Today's Featured Article - The Day Mom Drove the 8N - by Brian Browning. My Dad was wanting to put in a garden but couldn't operate the 8N and handle the old horse drawn plow he had found and rigged up to use with the tractor. Well, he decided to go get Mom out of the house and have her drive the tractor while he walked behind the plow. You got to understand that while my Mom is a hard worker who will always help whenever she can... she had never operated farm machinery before that day. Dad got her out there, explained how the clutch was the same as in our o
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