New Tractor Sales Are Declining

[Hay Dude]

Williy much more serious. His wife of many years.
I just have the duty of consoling my wife, comforting her through this and helping plan a funeral.
My loss is nothing compared to his.

 

[Citydude]

I retired over 22 years ago and it used to be
honeydo's but now its just me and no pay

willy

Hang in there Willy. You have a bunch of friends here.

 

[Cahaba Valley Farm]

Market Report Update:

My local dealer has increased his advertising 10 fold and has still not been able to move any units. In fact it looks as though his inventory has increased instead of decreased.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Foreclosures and repossessions are up. Savings are diminishing. There is one predictable outcome of that... Less consuming.

 

[tacticalturnip]

I'm thankful for my VA disability pension; the missus is being hit by Long COVID or Lupus, we'll find out when she gets to the rheumatologist is August. Virology found nothing. She's been out of work since January.

We're fortunate though, we have enough wiggle room in our spending to cut back, and I thank God for that. All our bills get paid, we've got food, a roof. We're blessed in that regard though, so many are hurting so much more.

It's only going to get worse.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Some people are still doing really well. We can't complain at all... But I think we are in the growing minority

 

[TN8Man]

Its starting to look like the banking crisis is about to get much worse.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Some people are still doing really well. We can't complain at all... But I think we are in the growing minority

The Ford Truck forum I'm on is a mess, just an absolute mess. Folks upset that trucks cost double what they did a decade ago, they complain, and then the folks that get off on paying too much move in and talk about how if those people worked harder they could afford it.

Watching a retired 70 year old with a $100k F450 lecture a 30 year old contractor about money is absolutely grotesque; the world isn't the same, our money isn't the same as it was. The post-9/11 world has been a shitshow that's become progressively worse.

 

[Hay Dude]

I'm thankful for my VA disability pension; the missus is being hit by Long COVID or Lupus, we'll find out when she gets to the rheumatologist is August. Virology found nothing. She's been out of work since January.

We're fortunate though, we have enough wiggle room in our spending to cut back, and I thank God for that. All our bills get paid, we've got food, a roof. We're blessed in that regard though, so many are hurting so much more.

It's only going to get worse.

THIS is what I am worried about, too. The less fortunate people who cannot pay their bills because of record inflation caused by avoidable, unnecessarily high inflation!!! We are not being helped by our “leaders” policies.

 

[tacticalturnip]

THIS is what I am worried about, too. The less fortunate people who cannot pay their bills because of record inflation caused by avoidable, unnecessarily high inflation!!! We are not being helped by our “leaders” policies.

It's not going to be a good time, that's for sure. Yet the only answer some folks will give is to "work harder," and many people will be, just to keep afloat, but that's not going to fix inflation.