[crashz]

This has been one of my biggest reasons for not buying a new tractor just yet. I would love to trade in my JD 770 on a new Kubota L2800HST, and I would be putting down a fair bit of cash as well, but I'm afraid of the economy as it stands. We just bought a house last year, and while my job is fairly stable, my wife-to-be works in the finacial industry. I'm afraid that the money spent now would diminish that small cushion if she loses her job.

I've elected to pay my credit cards off and stuff a good chunk of that into our saving instead. Let the miserable interest rates barely work for me instead.

I am going to pimp the tractor out with some new lights and a couple rattle cans of paint though!