Re: advantages of YT over TT?

Posted by paul on June 04, 2001 at 11:22:27 from (216.114.214.139):

In Reply to: advantages of YT over TT? posted by nomad on June 03, 2001 at 15:35:56:

I do not collect tractors, I use them on a smaller size farm for real farm work. So my point of view may be different. My newest tractor is a 1979 (just got), oldest is 1945 or so.

New tractors cost a lot, and 5-10 years later are worth 1/2 what you paid for them.

New tractors have a lot of plastic & electrical systems which add nice features, but break down & erode away in 10 years. These are expensive to repair, difficult to troubleshoot. They have more engineering in them, but this means the gears & motor are kinda planned to wear out in 10-20 years - won't run forever like some of the old iron. There are a lot less tractors made of each model these days than in the heyday of farming - this means there will be less old parts, less part supplies available 20 years from now.

1960 - 1980 tractors seem to have many good features to make them very usable. They were built of heavy iron, overbuilt in most cases. Parts that wear out are well known & can be watched for. They are simple in design, & with a manual & basic tool set can be repaired. They were built in enough numbers to have a lot of parts available from tractor 'graveyards' or junk yards. When you sell it 10 years from now, you will get about the same money for it that you paid.

Older tractors (berore 1950) can be good, but probably have less features, and are old - have already been rebuilt several times. It seems collectors have driven the price of these machines above what they are worth for working.

So, for me, those 1960 - 1980 machines are the good ones with all the advantages.

--->Paul

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