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| Massey has a 4xx series of tractors that are in the 35 to 90 hp and they are a very simple straight forward design and built in todays shop and with the simpicity of the late '60's and early '70's. I have a neighbor that has one and I think there will be one on this farm fairly soon.
The bells and whistles of a new machine are nice but will we be able to fix them and get parts for them in 20 years? Just look at a compeuter that is more than 5 years old and the store tells you to get a new one instead of fix it because is is so outdated. I fear that these $100,000 tractor and $225,000 combines won't be as plentiful in 20 years as the 20- 30 year old machines are now. Maybe I'm wrong but I think the manufactures should look at some small class combines, nobody makes a class 4 and very few class 5. There are a lot of small farmers that like the independence of their own machine even if their bottom line isn't as low as it could be if it were custom harvested. I hope these don't disapear in the next 20 years.
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new versus old tractors?
