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Pocahontas, IA | 15 year old $25,000 planter and covers 1500 acres/yr
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Morris, IL | 25k, you got way to much tied into it, course yours is a 16 row and ours a 12. I think we paid 16,500 for this one 10 years ago, course we've spent lot on it since but still. Planter is a 91 and tractor is 98, less then 75k tied up in both of them. Side dressing this past week i was very happy with job planter did but i wasn't happy how much the cold weather and rains have thinned our stands in places. I did some math on few local operations running new planters, friend told me what they cost, adjusting for the amount of acres and we would have to have a 42k planter before we were even with few local large operations.
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Pocahontas, IA | The v-sets, wave vision and up and down airbags should add some value ; ) |
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Chebanse, IL..... | pilgrim.....question if you don't mind. I'm curious, since you put it in your profile, you list 2 domiciles. Pocahontas, IA & Ft Worth TX. Seems like a long dx to travel farming (800+ mis?). Or, what is the relationship of the 2 sites? Again, just curious. Don't see 2 domiciles often. |
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Central Sask. RM#254, Canada | He must have two wives , you do not want them too close together as they may start comparing notes on your PERFORMANCE , or lac thereof .. |
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Central Iowa | Those are excellent pictures. I don't think that 25k is an excessive amount to have invested in a planter. Especially when compared to new planters. The dollars you have saved allows you to invest in other equipment or other things. By having row mounted hoppers you have a better balanced planter also. You are being resourseful in using your brain instead of your checkbook to achieve good results. |
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The Delta | If there was no new iron sold, there would be no $25k dollar planters fellas... |
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Western illinois | Mine is only 11. It's one of those pos bulk fill, pinch row compacting boat anchors that nobody wants. That's fine. It makes me money every year without more than it's worth in extra attachments. |
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Pocahontas, IA | Wife wants to get away from cold for winter so we bought house in FW. 8 monthis in Iowa and 4 down there. Have no more livestock so works out. Now have ground I am developing for winter months down there. winter project
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Pocahontas, IA | Hopefully to buy more farmground that is coming up this month! Already lined up tiler for more to do this fall. Those are investments that have paid handsomely........not rusting assets such as machinery. |
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South Central Illinois | Yah but your cool factor is like a 2/10. No beacons, no rear work lights, girls probably laugh at that when you drive by. Is my 8370R even that backwards compatible to turn that thing on? |
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Chebanse, IL..... | OK...I understand. I assume no grain in farm storage or equipment to maintain/update. I might also ask, what precipitated your original post? What made you want to criticize (wording in subject) newer (?) equipment? Did someone criticize more veteran tools on NAT? I missed it if so. Again, just wondering. |
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Pocahontas, IA | You assume wrong. With $3.00 corn machinery cost is a part of COP.
Edited by pilgrim 6/8/2015 07:34
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Chebanse, IL..... | pilgrim Not sure of relevance of your reply. Who said maintenance is not part of COP? I was asking what precipitated your original need to backhandedly belittle those w/newer equipment? You said something about well maintained equipment being (working?) better than new equipment. You obviously hava a target to your post. I'm asking if you care to expound on the target or the reason for the post origination. It's just me asking, that's all. I'm not arguing or challenging, just asking. |
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Mn | A fifteen year old planter is not "old" in some areas..... |
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Pocahontas, IA | How is what I said belittling?
A lot of equipment has been bought the last few years because of increased incomes. Production is to the point the reason to have machinery and they have a cost associated with them (depreciation costs, housing costs, insurance cost, interest costs and R and M costs). We then manage these cost and hopefully retain a profit....lower cost = more profit. That is a farmers goal or do you see that different? Other than that I don't know what you are asking. |
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Chebanse, IL..... | From the way you write, this is what you implied: trump noun 1 a : a card of a suit any of whose cards will win over a card that is not of this suit —called also trump card b : the suit whose cards are trumps for a particular hand —often used in plural 2 : a decisive overriding factor or final resource —called also trump card 3 : a dependable and exemplary person You were trying to say that you are better than a farmer w/a newer planter because his is newer & yours is maintained. If I'm wrong, what point were you trying to make & who were you referring to when you said "trumps new equipment...". That was your subject. Has someone questioned your profit motives, plans or goals that caused this post? Why do you care the age of other's equipment? |
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Pocahontas, IA | See if this satisfies you: A new planter cannot do a better job than the planter I have. Thus a well maintained planter trumps a new one as the cost to operate is less. |
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Chebanse, IL..... | OK...it's obvious the position you are maintaining which was the intended point in your op. Nothing to do w/economics. I can see you understand also. |
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NC Iowa | Hey you forgot the 20/20!!! |
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Pocahontas, IA | Nothing to do w/economics. What?????????????????????? |
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Columbia Basin, Ephrata, WA | pilgrim - 6/8/2015 20:24
See if this satisfies you: A new planter cannot do a better job than the planter I have. Thus a well maintained planter trumps a new one as the cost to operate is less.
That's all well and good if the older equipment is available with the same capacity as the new. However, there are a lot of things now where the capacity of the new dwarfs that of the old. In those cases it isn't so universally true as you make it sound that the old one costs less to operate. |
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Chebanse, IL..... | pilgrim You know exactly what I mean & your intent has nothing to do w/economics. I'm OK on economicis of new & old equipment. I do not target other readers in general no matter their age or the age/brand of their equipment. No need for that. Your op intent was to ridicule & I see no sense in it. You keep twisting & turning the message, but the intent still lies in your subject line. |
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Pocahontas, IA | Your pretty twisted for no reason. Maybe you can snooker some old ladies with your ability to read minds. Who did I target? How did my post ridicule. It seems most of the follow up posts understood my intent...except the butlick who commented about two wives and yourself. |
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Well maintained equipment trumps new equipment
