Re: the wonderful 50's 60's, questions for all

Posted by Dozerboss on September 17, 2004 at 21:41:58 from (207.69.140.22):

In Reply to: Re: the wonderful 50's 60's, questions for all posted by Nebraska Cowman on September 17, 2004 at 18:36:48:

I'm trying to built and clear my own place. A couple of words of caution with buying older equipment.

1. Check on parts availability, thats where owning Deere equipment is an asset. They won't be closing their doors in a few years or be bought out by another company.

2. You can never tell with older equipment until it's run. Seals that are dried out will begin to leak under load, and so on. Sometimes it's difficult to know what's in good shape and whats not when you have little experiance. You don't want to spend your time fixing machines instead of developing your farm if possible. Plus they can turn into money pits to fix. Found out as much as possible before buying. If you can buy a piece and get 2-3 years use out of it without repair that's ideal. When you do buy something that needs a major repair or that becomes evident after it's bought, you usually don't get your money back out of it when selling. One of the pitfalls of buying, with the intention of trading up later.

I admire your goal as well, wish you success.

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