Re: falling old equipment values

Posted by Dave 2N on April 14, 2004 at 03:48:23 from (64.12.116.80):

In Reply to: falling old equipment values posted by Jonathan on April 13, 2004 at 10:35:30:

As far as old equpment goes, I'm interested in stuff from the late 40's through the 50's. I see Farmall M's and JD A's staying pretty steady. Ford N's are up a little bit, if anything.

As far as the economy goes, I have my own personal indicator. Since the late 80's I have been an adjunct instructor (evenings and part- time) at a couple of community colleges. I teach Technical Writing. What I have seen is this: when the economy is declining or bad, and businesses are laying off, people go back to college or take classes for a variety of reasons ( they now have time to do it, employee assistance programs, state educational programs, etc.) So during slow economic times, enrollment is up and the number of classes I teach is up. When the economy gets better, enrollment is down because people are working. As of April, 2004, summer and fall enrollments for Technical Writing are way down. As I said, this has been an ongoing indicator since the late 80's and what it tells me is that things are on the "up" right now.

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