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Combine and tractor replacement policy
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<blockquote data-quote="Brisel" data-source="post: 7385944" data-attributes="member: 166"><p>Tough one. We have bought new and traded in when there is a space in the schedule that keeps machinery reinvestment ticking over. I have gear with 3,000 - 7,500 hours on the clock & seasonal hires too. We had a year off this year as the manager had changed & with little wheat sown in autumn 2019 we knew we were going to have a small harvest in 2020. Thanks to an ageing fleet with breakdowns in key cultivation kit at the critical time, we didn't get drilled up this autumn either.</p><p></p><p>Combines - buy new & keep until 3,000 drum hours unless the land area changes significantly. </p><p>Main cultivation & drilling tractor - seasonal hire means security & reliability, at a price. </p><p>Main tractors - bought new with 5 year warranties with a view to running them for 5-10 years.</p><p>Occasional use tractors & forklifts - buy new or second hand and keep for a long time.</p><p></p><p>Almost everything is bought on finance and bought outright at the end of the period as the money is cheaper than an overdraft.</p><p></p><p>Our dilemma is that repair costs are rising steeply, along with replacement prices. It's the biggest inflation cost on the farm at the moment. We run JD tractors which are sold at a premium price, yet do not seem to go for thousands of hours with minimal breakdowns. A new Autopower gearbox in a 6 year old tractor with < 5000 hours on cost us £9.5k even with some fix-or-fail good will from JD. Our Bateman sprayer cost £138k in 2011. The same is over £200k now and is covered in components for emissions control that will go wrong and stop us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brisel, post: 7385944, member: 166"] Tough one. We have bought new and traded in when there is a space in the schedule that keeps machinery reinvestment ticking over. I have gear with 3,000 - 7,500 hours on the clock & seasonal hires too. We had a year off this year as the manager had changed & with little wheat sown in autumn 2019 we knew we were going to have a small harvest in 2020. Thanks to an ageing fleet with breakdowns in key cultivation kit at the critical time, we didn't get drilled up this autumn either. Combines - buy new & keep until 3,000 drum hours unless the land area changes significantly. Main cultivation & drilling tractor - seasonal hire means security & reliability, at a price. Main tractors - bought new with 5 year warranties with a view to running them for 5-10 years. Occasional use tractors & forklifts - buy new or second hand and keep for a long time. Almost everything is bought on finance and bought outright at the end of the period as the money is cheaper than an overdraft. Our dilemma is that repair costs are rising steeply, along with replacement prices. It's the biggest inflation cost on the farm at the moment. We run JD tractors which are sold at a premium price, yet do not seem to go for thousands of hours with minimal breakdowns. A new Autopower gearbox in a 6 year old tractor with < 5000 hours on cost us £9.5k even with some fix-or-fail good will from JD. Our Bateman sprayer cost £138k in 2011. The same is over £200k now and is covered in components for emissions control that will go wrong and stop us. [/QUOTE]
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