I prefer to use older things. When I get a piece of equipment I go through it so that I don't have any surprise breakdowns. I also know its quirks better, too. Nothing makes me crazier than using something that doesn't work right, but I like equipment that has some character. I feel like we work as a team rather than me just using it.
Breakdowns around here are very rare. I don't have time for them, so I make sure everything works like it did when it was new. I don't need all of the bells and whistles, but I need the ones that it has to work. I'm kind of the same in that I always ended up with the stuff that was limping somehow. I think that made me a lot smarter and ready for life on the farm.
The equipment that gets used here daily ranges from 1949 to 2007. Every single thing would start up and work without a hitch right now. You have to be smart about it - that isn't always cost effective.
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Today's Featured Article - Product Review: Lead Substitutes - by Mike Schordine. Lead was oriinally added to gasoline as an upper cylinder lubricant. It lubes the valves and seats. If you rebuild the motor, you could use hardened seats and valves, and unleaded fuel. But if your old tractor runs good, a simple lead substitute added to the gas is a perfectly reasonable solution. And, if you are like me, your tractor is under cover, but it sits outside. So with every temperature change, the humidity in the air collects in the fuel tank, in the form of water.
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