[AT] refusing to replace old equipment

[charliehill]

So now you have $270.00 to spend on something else!

Your time only counts if you don't have any left.

charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 5:16 PM
Subject: [AT] refusing to replace old equipment


> Anybody else here that would rather fix up your older equipment than
> replacing it with new stuff? I guess I have been restoring and 
> refurbishing
> old farm equipment for so long that I never consider buying anything
> new--other than parts. We put out 5 tons of fertilizer a couple weeks 
> back.
> When we got through we washed the spreader up and decided to check it over
> before putting it away for the winter. The spreader we have is about 30
> years old. Long story short it needed 1 U-joint and the bearings on the 
> top
> shaft in the gearbox. While it was apart we decided to sandblast and paint
> it. I also have to fix a couple holes in the hopper. Parts/sand/paint 
> should
> run about $80. I could have bought a new one for $350.
>
> John Hall
>
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