[AT] Old tractor economics

[RonMyers at wildblue.net]

Dean Welcome to the real world of old tractors, I spent over $3000 on a
Case that is worth around $1500 Mama is not a happy person about that.
Ron


> Ouch.  Should have left this alone, but out of curiousity I added up the
> many little parts and repairs I've bought for my M Farmall since I bought
> it
> last August.  Only a few purchases were over a hundred bucks, but there
> were
> sure a lot of $20s and $50s and such.  My thousand-dollar M is now up to
> darn near $3000, and I'll go over that if I spring for the new front tires
> that it needs.  I figure I'd be lucky to get half that if I sold it.
>
> So I'm telling myself that money bought me a lot of entertainment and
> satisfaction, and next year or next decade when I get around to moving
> back
> to the country I'll be glad to have this solid old girl in such good
> shape.
> Still does need those tires, though.  And I always liked those light-bar
> toolboxes... might have to keep an eye out for one of them.
>
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net
>
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