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[Cecil R Bearden]

I think the economy had a lot to do with it.  Along with the high price 
of scrap iron.  Iron prices have dropped due to the ban on selling iron 
to Turkey & Iran.   I was just starting to scrap some of the other 
magnetic center of the universe here...

Also a problem is the high cost of fuel to go to shows and just to run 
the tractors.  It takes half the price of the tractor to fill the 
tank.....!!  Storing the tractor and trailer and having a truck to pull 
it is another expense.  If they do not have a 3 pt hitch, then on small 
acreages, a drag type tractor is not very handy..

I can't afford to play with my 613 Cat scraper anymore, it costs nearly 
$65 an hour to run it....

Cecil in OKla


On 4/4/2013 11:07 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Steve W.
>
> Steve,  I think you are exactly right here.  ATIS is to a large degree a
> victim of it's success.
> Also it seems there is a somewhat reduced interest in the older tractors
> these days.