Tractor lots are full

[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.