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<blockquote data-quote="ollie989898" data-source="post: 5743386" data-attributes="member: 54866"><p>If I was a very wealthy individual, I would willingly pay every one of the nay sayers on this thread to go and attempt to combine the same acreage in the same location with a whatever collection of clapped out old dogger combines and kit they wanted and watch them curse and bash their knuckles trying to complete the harvest. Conditions and the workload in the far flung regions of the world are unlike anything you will encounter in the UK. You do not want to be messing around fixing anything inside a combine at anything more than 10am in many states I can tell you, the ambient temperature in the shade can hit 100 Fahrenheit no sweat. Conversely, in the North states sooner you than me trying to do maintenance on a dogger harvesting corn in October when snow is falling.</p><p></p><p>A depreciation bill these guys might have but I dare say they cannot afford to run anything else but the shiniest kit. In some areas they are a hundred miles from the nearest town, much less the nearest dealership with parts. If stuff breaks, there isn't a workshop down the lane, in fact it could be miles away from the actual farm, what they call home might even be 3 states away and how long can they afford to have a machine sat up whilst they wait for a 1995 Massey 38 combine fan belt to be shipped half way across the country? No thanks. The latest gear with a known supply chain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ollie989898, post: 5743386, member: 54866"] If I was a very wealthy individual, I would willingly pay every one of the nay sayers on this thread to go and attempt to combine the same acreage in the same location with a whatever collection of clapped out old dogger combines and kit they wanted and watch them curse and bash their knuckles trying to complete the harvest. Conditions and the workload in the far flung regions of the world are unlike anything you will encounter in the UK. You do not want to be messing around fixing anything inside a combine at anything more than 10am in many states I can tell you, the ambient temperature in the shade can hit 100 Fahrenheit no sweat. Conversely, in the North states sooner you than me trying to do maintenance on a dogger harvesting corn in October when snow is falling. A depreciation bill these guys might have but I dare say they cannot afford to run anything else but the shiniest kit. In some areas they are a hundred miles from the nearest town, much less the nearest dealership with parts. If stuff breaks, there isn't a workshop down the lane, in fact it could be miles away from the actual farm, what they call home might even be 3 states away and how long can they afford to have a machine sat up whilst they wait for a 1995 Massey 38 combine fan belt to be shipped half way across the country? No thanks. The latest gear with a known supply chain. [/QUOTE]
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