What you need to know before Financing New or Used Equipment

Bimini1002014-04-17T02:30:42-05:00

What you need to know before Financing New or Used equipment One of the biggest decisions that farm owners face is deciding to buy either used or new equipment. The next question is then how to finance these major purchases. Before carefully analyzing these two decisions, there is one criteria that will quickly put your purchase decision in one camp or the other. If you are looking for a tractor in the under 60 hp market, then your better choice [...]

April 17, 2014 Uncategorized Comments OffRead more...

Recommended Tractor Accessories

Bimini1002014-03-17T21:40:35-05:00

 Source: Blob.Fastline.com   Your tractor is much more then simply a piece of production machinery. Your tractor can often be your home for up to eight hours or more per day when you are preparing the soil or harvesting, or working on other projects that require the use of the big beast. Most of us think nothing of adding refinements to our automobile to make us more comfortable: upgrading a stereo perhaps, adding a GPS system and often adding seat covers, [...]

March 24, 2014 Uncategorized Comments OffRead more...

Starting Right: Equipment Maintenance

Bimini1002014-02-28T21:34:58-05:00

Farm machinery maintenance requirements grow with the size of the equipment being used, the number of hours equipment is used per year, the difficulty of working the particular soil for your farm, and the age of the equipment. Accountants use a working estimate 25% of the cost of new equipment will eventually be required for maintenance after the economic life of a tractor. This translates into maintenance being a major ongoing expense for all farms.   Maintenance: A Time to Call [...]

February 24, 2014 Uncategorized 1 CommentRead more...