Are CUT Manufacturers pricing themselves out of the market?

[dodge man]

Let’s face it, a lot of people on this forum don’t need a tractor. I don’t make a living with mine like some people do. Haydude obviously is one that uses his for his business as do others.

On the other hand I don’t consider it a luxury item or a status symbol. If I climbed out of a huge hot tub to flip my 3 inch thick steak on a massive grill in my outdoor kitchen, those are luxury items.

 

[BlueKnife]

It’s all about cash flow. If someone has few other debts and an income that supports the loan, what’s the problem? People have work to do to maintain their land and saving for years doesn’t make sense. As I posted, it’s sometimes difficult or impossible to find deals on used equipment, and then often not the size/capability machine that is needed.

To each their own. The vast majority of folks who buy small tractors to "maintain" their land don't actually need to do most of that "maintenance". When they do, they can almost always find used equipment to do the job, or hire it done for far less than the payment on a new machine would cost. The world would be a better place if a lot fewer people "maintained" their land with machines. But, I respect their right to spend their money as they see fit.

Amish don't need a tractor to do hay, why can't he.
Guess he doesn't want to do manual labor

The Amish use plenty of machinery to do hay. Many use tractors, others use gas or diesel engines mounted to the baler and pulled by horses.

 

[airbiscuit]

I enjoy my CUT(s) more than I would any fishing boat

 

[Hay Dude]

If I didn't need tractors and related equipment to make a living, I would probably have smaller stuff and do odd jobs for people.
It can be a hobby all the way up to a way of making a living, but no matter which it is, the equipment has never been more expensive

 

[Cahaba Valley Farm]

One option used to be to create an irrevocable trust funded with a life ins. Policy on the farmer to cash out the non farmers. Don’t know if that is still a viable option, but the idea was to have the farm pass to those active on the farm and have cash pass to the others.

Another option is for the parent to specify which part of the farm goes to who without buying life ins.

Rarely good idea to leave farm to all equally hoping they will agree among themselves. Only takes one stubborn heir to mess it up.

Interesting I will have to look into this.

 

[ultrarunner]

Inflation only happens if people keep buying, example, I see eggs in the states for ridiculous prices and everyone piles them on the cart, why? Btw a dozen brown eggs here are 2.09€

Eggs if on the shelf are one dollar each so $12 a dozen.

175 years ago in California eggs also cost a dollar each in the gold rush towns… so zero inflation… right?

 

[jyoutz]

If I didn't need tractors and related equipment to make a living, I would probably have smaller stuff and do odd jobs for people.
It can be a hobby all the way up to a way of making a living, but no matter which it is, the equipment has never been more expensive

For me it is buy once, cry once. I’m not going to wear out my current machine doing work around my 20 acres. And maybe a few jobs for the neighbors. Nobody is going to come out here and maintain my road, plow snow, till the garden, or mow for me. I’m too isolated and my back has had enough of wheelbarrows.

 

[Portuguese Farmer]

Eggs if on the shelf are one dollar each so $12 a dozen.

175 years ago in California eggs also cost a dollar each in the gold rush towns… so zero inflation… right?

Must have been some kind of plandemic 175 years ago or the chickens were on strike

 

[BlueKnife]

I enjoy my CUT(s) more than I would any fishing boat

It should not even be possible to get a loan for a recreational fishing boat.

 

[BlueKnife]

Must have been some kind of plandemic 175 years ago or the chickens were on strike

Or there were more dollars than eggs.