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Posted by pbutler on May 20, 2005 at 12:01:46 from (199.249.176.251):
In Reply to: Is it Just me? posted by Bill46 on May 20, 2005 at 10:14:04:
I am a 2nd year farmer, farming with 30 year old equipment. First year I spent $400 on a John Deere 4400 combine-that was in decent shape. Wanting to take good care of my equipment I went to deere and got 1 large belt, enough hi-guard to replace all hydraulic, transmission, and final drive fluids. Got cab, oil, and air filters, and replaced 1 leaky hydraulic hose. No I have the same combine that I thought was field ready but now I have about $800 in the same combine. Have since learned-get used to it. Helps if you can use the "toys" to produce some income-based on my current projections farm won't make a "profit" until 4th year at best. Figure 5 years out and I will have everything paid for and put some $ in pocket. (Unless I lose a turbo or something). Figure wages per hour will be about $1 an hour over 5 year period. Then again I would have paid someone to let me have this much fun so I guess it depends on how you look at it. Maybe my family will get something out of it after the auction when I am gone. LOL
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