Tractor lots are full

[Peter 315]

So are the tractor lots still full?
After 10+ pages of off topic bickering
I can’t remember

What color? lol

 

[Goose1776]

What color? lol

Anything but green Haha
Which is actually sad, since I grew up with JD, and my first tractor of my own as an adult was Deere as well.
But the corporate dealers around me, have left me less than impressed
and the cost of them compared to competitors is almost silly

 

[airbiscuit]

Our electric rates just went up 2.7%. I may get the vapors.

 

[plastikosmd]

I’m curious about the alternative definitions of “ transitory” or at least the accepted duration

 

[Hay Dude]

Our electric rates just went up 2.7%. I may get the vapors.

It’s not all about you. Other states went up a lot.
Mine went up 26.9%. I think thats significant-especially when my residence & small business electricity bill is over $1,000/month.

 

[K5lwq]

It’s not all about you. Other states went up a lot.
Mine went up 26.9%. I think thats significant-especially when my residence & small business electricity bill is over $1,000/month.

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$1000/month!? You should put up a windmill and some solar panels. Just kidding.

 

[bdhsfz6]

It’s not all about you. Other states went up a lot.
Mine went up 26.9%. I think thats significant-especially when my residence & small business electricity bill is over $1,000/month.

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Interesting. I live in PA where electric suppliers have been deregulated. I shop for the best rates and am currently paying 10.2 cents per KW. I'm not sure where that 17.99 cent price came from.

I suppose it could be a local thing or an average of ALL suppliers in the state but when shopping, I have seen none that are even close to that published price.

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

There is not a nation-wide increase in electricity. Many of us co-op members are seeing little to no changes in costs, and co-ops are widespread in rural parts of this country.

Though my rural electric coop is discusing time of use rates and smart meters ( higher peak rates), mainly because they invested in alternative power that cost more to produce and they now need to pay for it a decade later.
This is being discussed internally in the coop and at one board meeting, the public is pretty much unaware of this though.

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

So are the tractor lots still full?
After 10+ pages of off topic bickering
I can’t remember

Tractor lots in general are full here (from Portland Oregon to Pendleton Oregon) about a 200 mile distance on the pavement.
I just can't decide if inflation is the cause of the tractor lots filling up.

 

[2manyrocks]

I'm seeing more used farm equipment advertised for sale than last year. For one thing, I think people are more comfortable that covid isn't the threat that it was. I rarely see masks in the store now although a friend has covid right now.

I suspect the other thing is inflation is eating people's budgets so they are trying to sell off things they aren't using.

The dealers may or may not be in the classic trap of by the time you set your sails to catch the wind, the wind changes.

 

[LittleBill21]

Interesting. I live in PA where electric suppliers have been deregulated. I shop for the best rates and am currently paying 10.2 cents per KW. I'm not sure where that 17.99 cent price came from.

I suppose it could be a local thing or an average of ALL suppliers in the state but when shopping, I have seen none that are even close to that published price.

considering ppl is 14.5 its not hard to get to it. its prolly an average, I also shop and the ending rate of my fixed plan turned into a variable 17c, so it seems accurate. ironically just did it 10 minutes ago, but yes even our prices seem almost double regardless of what the kw rate actually is.

 

[2manyrocks]

My recollection is TVA went to demand pricing that goes up during the day when electric use is highest or when everybody turns on their electric heaters when it's cold or all the HVAC is cranked up because it's hot.

Your utility may be using demand pricing.

 

[rScotty]

Though my rural electric coop is discusing time of use rates and smart meters ( higher peak rates), mainly because they invested in alternative power that cost more to produce and they now need to pay for it a decade later.
This is being discussed internally in the coop and at one board meeting, the public is pretty much unaware of this though.

Not everyone gets the advantage of non-profit coop electricity. I wish we did. But ours is not a coop. It is a utility company. There is no choice of using a different supplier. "Ancillary charges" used to boost the electric bill by maybe 10%. Last year the ancillary charges went from $24.50 to over $350. The bill over doubled.

Hope the public wakes up to this new expense.

 

[rScotty]

Not everyone gets the advantage of non-profit coop electricity. I wish we did. But ours is not a coop. It is a utility company. There is no choice of using a different supplier. "Ancillary charges" used to boost the electric bill by maybe 10%. Last year the ancillary charges went from $24.50 to over $350. The bill over doubled.

Hope the public wakes up to this new expense.

So to get back to "Tractor Lots are Full". We got sort of diverted, but personally here in the last year just on electricity we are paying $350/month more than we ever used to. It's not inflation, it's purely an additional expense we can't avoid or reduce or change.

If we start adding that sort of monthly expense to the inflation affecting everyone these days - well, those tractor lots may be staying full for longer than the dealers are hoping. What happens then?

rScotty

 

[jyoutz]

Tractor lots in general are full here (from Portland Oregon to Pendleton Oregon) about a 200 mile distance on the pavement.
I just can't decide if inflation is the cause of the tractor lots filling up.

IDK either, but there was a lot of equipment back orders that accumulated over the past few years when supplies were short or unavailable.

 

[scootr]

Oops, the dealers are screwed. Huge inventory arrived (arriving) and no customers because the increase in the cost of living has reduced their spending power.
What we need now is a trillion dollar tractor buying subsidy.

 

[2manyrocks]

to make tractors even more unaffordable and to make sure that the people who actually need them can't get them.

 

[rScotty]

Oops, the dealers are screwed. Huge inventory arrived (arriving) and no customers because the increase in the cost of living has reduced their spending power.
What we need now is a trillion dollar tractor buying subsidy.

Wait a minute...wouldn't that mean the g'ment giving a helping hand for the middle income working class? Is that even legal?

 

[scootr]

Wait a minute...wouldn't that mean the g'ment giving a helping hand for the middle income working class? Is that even legal?

Heads would roll

Wait ! They do it for electric cars and you don't see any poor people with a Tesla in the driveway.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

The local JD dealer here has a decent stock of scuts. They just got in a huge pile of zero turn mowers.