The answer, as always, is "it depends". For a work tractor, it's easy enough to justify the more expensive part. My tractor only gets used around the yard and it's pretty hard to justify spending 900 bucks just for rims on a tractor that's worth about three grand.
I have an old Mott flail mower and parts are getting very expensive for it. Every year I have to do the math as to whether I should fix it or junk it. A couple of years ago I needed to replace the "torsion bar", which is actually the roller axle on the oldest Motts. The replacement part from Mott was over 300 bucks, which is more than the mower is worth. I had Montage weld me up a replacement for a hundred bucks. The original is solid spring steel, the replacement is mild steel tubing. Clearly the OEM part is better, but the cheaper replacement will last the remaining life of the mower, which is good enough.
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