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[goeduck]

My wife once said “a tractor is an investment in time. The less time you spend on projects the more projects you can complete or you can give yourself time to rest.”

Equipment (shop or tractor or tool or gizmo) can almost always make the job go smoother and quicker with less chance of injury or additional broken parts.

She also wants me to have a bigger shop because she wants to turn wrenches too but she doesn’t do cold or hot weather very well. She needs a little more medium. So we both support having good spaces to work in and good equipment to do the work.

Does she have a sister?

 

[two_bit_score]

and that goes for some of his friends...

That was probably what sealed the deal.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Rising unemployment is near a key tipping point popularized by a former Fed economist that has reliably predicted past recessions

The so-called Sahm Rule factors in whether the three-month moving average of unemployment rises by a half-percentage point or more relative to its low during the previous 12 months.

fortune.com

 

[milkman636]

Rising unemployment is near a key tipping point popularized by a former Fed economist that has reliably predicted past recessions

The so-called Sahm Rule factors in whether the three-month moving average of unemployment rises by a half-percentage point or more relative to its low during the previous 12 months.

fortune.com

As a parent of multiple teenagers, I can appreciate how she regrets creating her own rule. But I have to believe her rule will apply to the next few months. We have to be near peak debt in the debt-cycle. The further we drift the harder the correction will be.

 

[Torvy]

For what it is worth, we got a new Bobcat dealer nearby. They had been doing repairs on cars, trucks and tractors. Now they have new and used tractors and equipment.

 

[Hay Dude]

My wife once said “a tractor is an investment in time. The less time you spend on projects the more projects you can complete or you can give yourself time to rest.”

Equipment (shop or tractor or tool or gizmo) can almost always make the job go smoother and quicker with less chance of injury or additional broken parts.

She also wants me to have a bigger shop because she wants to turn wrenches too but she doesn’t do cold or hot weather very well. She needs a little more medium. So we both support having good spaces to work in and good equipment to do the work.

Your wife is a very smart woman. That IS true. I converted from round balers to large square balers a few years back. I would estimate it’s 2 to 3 times faster.
I knew it would save me some time, but wow it saved me a LOT of time. Now I use that time to do more other, off-farm work, which makes me more money. The square baler did have up-front costs and the tractor that pulls it uses more fuel though because it is larger.

If you use equipment to make a living, never underestimate the value of faster equipment that leaves you more time to do more work, or pursue other interests or just get more rest.

 

[D&D]

Whether a particular dealer survives or not could depend on many factors such was whether farming is still a strong area of the economy in the region where the dealer is located. Any particular dealer's financial strength could also depend on how well the dealership has operated over the years. I'd say there are too many unknown variables to assess the strength of tractor sales without knowing more about the particular dealer's situation and that would mean having inside information on the dealer's financial strength, too.

I can think of a dealer started by a guy that was pretty good when he was alive to run it, but I'm not so sure his widow can handle it now that he's gone.

Kubota, Deere and MF all changed hands during COVID (taxpayer funded?) The bad boy shop now has white tractors on their lot. When I went by the Deere and Bobcat lot, they looked like inventory was not the issue.

 

[thebmrust]

Does she have a sister?

LOL no sister.

However, she was raised by good parents.

 

[Williy]

When I retired 23 years ago my wife always went with me
when I went shopping or I went with her but we were always
together and we have our differences but they only lasted a
minute or so as we got along wonderful. If I had to do it all over
again I would have married her in a heart beat! Life is what
you make of it. Example: you can have the worst job in the
world and ***** and moan about it you go home unhappy now
on the other hand you poke fun at it you go home happy
You have heard people who pray to gether stay to gether
I have run into a lot of people who don't believe in GOD
and the LORD gave us a choice to believe or not to believe
according to the Bible we are in the end of time and everyone
will have to make a decision for or against no in between

willy

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

They aren't buying tractors.

401(k) hardship withdrawals are surging as high inflation squeezes Americans

More Americans are making hardship withdrawals from their 401(k) retirement plans to cover emergency expenses as they struggle with chronic inflation.

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