In that condition it does seem cheap. We had a 1566 and a 1586 - both were pretty good tractors that racked up serious hours.
While speed is an issue to a degree (a lot of 3rd low operation for tillage), if you have big enough equipment you can trade ground speed for a wider swath.
While 30 years ago these were the big field horses at 150 to a 160 hp the new standard is 180-220 hp + with front wheel assist.
As with most industries LABOR is a huge concern when operating equipment. The farmer that has to cover thousands of acres doesn't have the time to sit on the turnrow tinkering with his 30-40 year old tractor when they are talking rain and its time to git r done. And the big guys don't want to pay an operator to sit while he waits for the service truck to show up.
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