Econonomics will take care of the problem in the long term. Equipment is getting more complicated and mechanics need special training to work on it. The people that use it will have to pay someone to get it repaired because they can"t do it themselves anymore, and they need to get it working fast in order to make money with it.
Young people with college degrees in many fields cannot find work and they will need to get the special training that"s required to repair heavy equipment if they want to work in a job that pays well. (I had an acquaintence who got a BS degree in Anthropology and he always talked about how interesting the field was. However, you need a PhD to get a job in that field and even then, someone has to die before there is an opening. I have engineering degrees and had no difficulty finding a good job in the aircraft industry.) These who think any old college degree will get them a good job are going to find out the hard way that it just isn"t true.
So I think the situation is far from hopeless. Supply and demand will fix the problem. John Deere is sponsoring courses at community colleges and supplying equipment, etc and I"m sure the other heavy equipment folks are doing the same.They"ll be a bunch of vets coming out of the service after these wars are over, or will me mustering out and many have hands on training in heavy equipment maintenane and repair and they"ll be a great resource.
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