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Ripley, Ontario Canada | The original post was to compair older vrs newer equipment and the electronic failures that can be expected. I tend to think these electronic failures are going to occur with age not hours. If you put 1000 hours per year on new iron, you will likely have it nearly worn out in 10 years, before the real problems start. If you are expecting the sensors, wires, umpteen wiring harnes connectors, etc to keep working after sitting around, covered in mud, dust, water and other byproducts of farming without wearing, chafeing, and corroding good luck. The bigger problem is that these wires and such are often in hard to get at, even harder to see places that hold dirt and water. Tracking down these wires which may go 10 feet in a different direction before coming back to where you think they go, with their colours obscured by paint, tape or fading will not be cheap. There is something to be said for being able to grab the end of the lever under the cab and follow the connecting rod to what it does. It is either connected or not, and either does what it is suppost to or not, no guessing. | |
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new versus old tractors?
