A good friend of mine bought a farm about 3 years ago, the deal included an older International gas tractor, I think it's a 275 or a 276. Anyway, shortly after that he bought a diesel version of the same tractor for spare parts, ended up getting it running and kept them both. He sold the diesel last fall, which kind of surprised me.
So, I asked him, "Since you won't have a spare tractor to haul you out when you're stuck, what do you plan on getting to replace it with?" Not a word of a lie, he looked at me, grinned and said "A phone.."
I live about a half mile away..
Sean