Posted by Mike M on March 31, 2014 at 08:40:59 from (24.140.0.120):
In Reply to: Older tractors. posted by DeltaRed on March 31, 2014 at 08:00:03:
In response to you and some of the others below. Newer tractors sure are nice ! Nice cabs, better hydraulics for loader and such. But sure are expensive $$$$$$ and long term reliability who knows ? but sure to cost a lot more to buy and keep fixed.
Now there are several BTO with BIG fancy new stuff around me. Several old timers still using the older units like yours. And then there are the Amish still farming with horses ! So you can make it with any of them. Just takes more money to do more ground faster but in the end the total profits might not be that much different. I seem to recall someone did a study to compare the Amish to the BTO and the Amish were not doing too bad. Wish I had an idea who did that study and where I heard about it ?
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