[CottonBall]

Oh, the joys of having equipment nearly as old as we are!!

There probably is a LOT of truth to that, even though I suspect you meant it sarcastically. I haven't found anything I've bought in the last 5 years to be even close to the quality of things I bought 20 years ago. Everyone is going to be much worse off in the next depression, not only because we've moved away form our agrarian roots, but because nothing is made to last.

[DelaWhere]

Oh, the joys of having equipment nearly as old as we are!!

Hey, then you could work on it - weld a broken piece, bend something back in place, replace a rivet put in a bolt or screw.

It is reassuring to have equipment that you can look at and pretty well figure out how it works. Then you kept it so you didn't have to figure it out again... LOL

[upcountry miss]

Although I am very tired of fixing and particularly finding parts for our old equipment, I guess I agree with you. One of our real workhorse tractors was made in Germany in 1947 just after WWII. Our small Model G Allis-Chalmers is also a 1947 model. I really doubt that some of the equipment we are buying today will still be serving its purpose 60 years from now. Way too many plastic parts on products today. Good old cast iron serves us well if hubby isn’t too hard on it.