When your tractor is broken and the OEM parts person has shocked you beyond belief, try an alternative! Call a used parts dealer. One of the used parts dealers in the National Tractor Parts Dealer Association network probably has what you need to fix your tractor. The best part about a good used tractor part is it will cost about half the cost of a new part. You as a farmer, are in a business where you have very little control over your input costs and you have very little control over what you are paid for your crops. Therefore, a great deal of your profit depends on you being able to buy your inputs at a deal. I see farmers putting in 10,000 gallon fuel tanks to be able to save .30 cents per gallon fuel. I see farmers combining their fertilizer & chemical purchases to buy bulk and buy cheaper. I also see more and more farmers buying used parts to fix their tractor or combine. They have been to the OEM dealer and have been priced $2200 for a bare final drive and bought a used one for $1000. They have been to the OEM dealer and have been priced $375 for a spindle and bought a used one for $175. This is your profit.
Used parts dealers have engines, transmissions, axles, radiators, spindles, wheels, cabs and lots of other parts. It doesn’t matter what kind of tractor you have there is probably one of us selling parts for it.
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