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Originally Posted by Sam Mac
Guys
We get the old compared new thing every couple months. Kind of like the Hy-Tran compared to every other oil under the Sun. It's all about what you like and what you want to do with your cash. Just my 2 cents but I don't give a crap what you want to buy, it's your money. I like old stuff, I'm old, my tractors are old and we get along. I guess new fancy looking stuff is what the world is all about today. Probably why there is some new wiz bang cell phone out every other day that you can't live without. OK Rant over. Do what ever you want.   |
I don't think you get it. It's not about fancy machines, although the Bluetooth idea is pretty dumb, buying a new GTX is about reliability. 95% of this forum is based on putting the old pieces back together, my spindle bearings seized and my trunion is screwed blah blah blah.
The new machines, the robust ones that we spend $6 grand on, which incidentally is same as what these 70s machines cost back then in comparable dollars are about performance. I pull a cultivator and box blade with mine all the time, would plow too if I had a need which I do not. My point is these new machines we spend our money on are more than fancy!
Lets ask one question. If any of us died and our spouses decided to stay in the house/farm they live, would you be comfortable leaving them to 30 year old machines to keep the grass cut and the garden planted?? I think not.