[Themaintainers] For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now a hot commodity

[Eric Kaltman]

Article from Star Tribune on the desire for older, easier to repair tractors.

http://www.startribune.com/for-tech-weary-midwest-farmers-40-year-old-tractors-now-a-hot-commodity/566737082/


“Tractors manufactured in the late 1970s and 1980s are some of the hottest items in farm auctions across the Midwest these days — and it’s not because they’re antiques.

Cost-conscious farmers are looking for bargains, and tractors from that era are well-built and totally functional, and aren’t as complicated or expensive to repair as more recent models that run on sophisticated software.”
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