Posted by Janicholson on October 06, 2021 at 10:28:20 from (199.17.6.141):
In Reply to: TRACTOR ECONOMICS 101 posted by EdinKS on October 06, 2021 at 09:56:42:
From those that have one tractor in their garage in the city, to those like Jon F and SV that are dependent on them, the range of answers will be dramatic. I ask you to consider horses, mules, and oxen as an alternative. They cost (in their day) as much as a tractor. They had a 8, maybe 10, year productive span in the field doing .2 or less the work of a 30hp tractor. There was no restore!!, just vet bills, the farrier, and medicine. They could not be shut off in the shed. They needed almost 1/2 of the farm to make fuel for them, and had to be fed by hand every day. I'll fix my tractors. Jim
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