This week's classic tractor I'm not buying

I could well be proven wrong, but I believe anyone who starts contracting after winning that would be left with nothing after a few years. I seen a couple of examples around here where lads went out and set up contracting with new gear after getting money from insurance claims. They both ended up with nothing in the end, except unpaid bills. As they say, what’s got soft goes soft.

There's an awful lot of catholic guilt in that post! The sisters fella won a digger on one of these a few months ago, already was doing some contracting work so now is busier than ever with the new machine doing plant hire stuff.

He'll be delighted when I tell him his new digger is going to fall apart in a couple of years! A bit silly, it's nearly like saying someone doesn't deserve something if it wasn't gained through hardship and misery. Now of course you might mean that someone goes off doing hire work without having a clue of what to do but that's a different story.

The guy on "EVENFLOW" on u tube saw it advertised and dreams of winning it. He even picked his driver's. Thing is in the dream his cheques are bouncing all over the place. He decides to fill the car with fuel and says the garage owner has no choice but to accept his cheque !.. it's very funny....

Starting to think you might get a Faberge egg for less than a 165, even the dry brake ones are off the scale

Are these crazy priced massy 135 actually selling. I see on Done Deal lads are looking for UpTo €10k. Wore out ones are asking 3 or 4k. History looks like it might be going to repeat it's self. Hate saying it but I think hard times are on the way. Inflation, energy cost. Interest rates hikes etc etc all do not make for good reading.

If you look at the costs of the parts to restore them, and if the engine, lift pump etc has to be done, then 10K isn't far off where the price should be. Parts for cabs, lights, even paint cost more than people are willing to pay.

They still have their uses on small holdings, especially those with bad ground. But that being said there definitely wouldn't be that many around but for the sentimental value!

Very true. Alot of them have been on farms since new.

Edging closer to the win a fully functional farm for £35:

Wonder will authorities step in soon over these?

Its just another form of gambling. It's amazing how insidious gambling like this can be. Newstalk run a Cash call one it start above 10k and can reach above 20 before being won. Entries cost above 2.5 euro by mobile phone. All radio and TV shows run these win a cash or holiday worth from 1-10k maybe more at time, the Evening shows, Late Late show, Dancing with the stars, Operations Transformation etc theist is endless. I was involved in helping run a sport lottery for a few years. It amazing the amount of people that put in 5 euro+ per week, or of there is an event will splash out 10 euro on tickets for the draw at the end.

People believe in the dream. They think this will solve all there problems for a while. It's the same as throwing 20-50 euro into a poker machine on a Friday evening. Over a year it's 1-2.5k.

When you see a raffle to win €500 of scratch cards it really is facilitating the gambling addict.

As for the older kit, I think a fair amount of it is sentimental.

People know you can't expect a 135 to be lifting loads of bales.

Some might be just for show but they can still be used for odd jobs around the place.

If you are going out replacing a few stakes in a fence do you need a 120hp plus tractor with you or would something like a 135 with a transport box not do.

As for the mention by @divillybit about right to repair, the agri manchinery business has changed drastically with very modern technology.

The right to repair started off with farmers against JD, but before you knew it Case/NH, AGCO were all involved.

The real kicker was how Microsoft, Google, Apple were there as well because any legislation would affect them.

The day is coming when you won't be able buy vehicles outright, but have to lease them or pay subscription fees.

All these proposed driveless cars will eventually need map subscriptions in order to work.

The software industry has gone this way with subscription based services and modern farm machinery is now very much about software.

Manufacturers love the way it gives continous revenue streams and sucks the customer into long term deals.

The day will come when your brand new harvester, tractor, combine will go into creep mode or stop dead because your software license has expired.

I always get a kick when I think of David Brown making Aston Martin cars. And then including the DB initials in the models. i.e Aston Martin DB9.

I wonder did David Brown copyright the DB.

It would make the family a few quid.

He was a very interesting character. Started as aprentice in fathers business at 17 and cycled to work.

He designed and built cars before every going near tractors.

Also another man that fell out with old Harry.

He bought Aston Martin because he saw it for sale supposedly in the Times.

I wonder how he felt in later years seeing the tractor name disappear and Aston Martin go to shyte.

I'm not sure on this but it was told to me.

Case bought out David Brown tractors for their gearing and transmission systems.

The case maxxum whine from the gearbox came from David Brown.