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<blockquote data-quote="Buckshot Ranch" data-source="post: 120538" data-attributes="member: 21975"><p>Spot on brother! I use to think I was the most popular girl at the dance until I sold off a couple of my often borrowed pieces of heavy equipment. One of my best borrowing customers even cracked, "well heck, why would I come over anymore?" My equipment and tools were being borrowed so often that I use to answer the phone by saying "Bucks equipment and tool supply, if I don't have it, you don't need it". Several years ago my vintage 5 yard dump truck cracked the rear axle housing. Did any of my "buddies" offer up at least an encouraging word and a cold beer in support of the repair? Ha! So what did I do? I said the heck with it, I don't need the insurance, licensing and repair headaches to haul a few loads of road base to my ranch and my "buddies" places every year. That dump truck is now a giant planter in one of my pastures! I still have a heavy 2 1/2 ton flatbed for hauling hay and materials. But I only insure it for the occasional use off ranch. You hit the nail on the head when you said that if it's not making money, it's not worth owning. I look at all pieces of equipment as liabilities. Yeah, it's nice to have them when you need them, but eventually they're going to break down and cost you time and money. And tracked machines, like my dozer and track hoes, always seem to cost the most to fix. I'm guessing that like me, you're a decent shade tree mechanic? That's about the only way to begin to control the bleeding when you own equipment!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buckshot Ranch, post: 120538, member: 21975"] Spot on brother! I use to think I was the most popular girl at the dance until I sold off a couple of my often borrowed pieces of heavy equipment. One of my best borrowing customers even cracked, "well heck, why would I come over anymore?" My equipment and tools were being borrowed so often that I use to answer the phone by saying "Bucks equipment and tool supply, if I don't have it, you don't need it". Several years ago my vintage 5 yard dump truck cracked the rear axle housing. Did any of my "buddies" offer up at least an encouraging word and a cold beer in support of the repair? Ha! So what did I do? I said the heck with it, I don't need the insurance, licensing and repair headaches to haul a few loads of road base to my ranch and my "buddies" places every year. That dump truck is now a giant planter in one of my pastures! I still have a heavy 2 1/2 ton flatbed for hauling hay and materials. But I only insure it for the occasional use off ranch. You hit the nail on the head when you said that if it's not making money, it's not worth owning. I look at all pieces of equipment as liabilities. Yeah, it's nice to have them when you need them, but eventually they're going to break down and cost you time and money. And tracked machines, like my dozer and track hoes, always seem to cost the most to fix. I'm guessing that like me, you're a decent shade tree mechanic? That's about the only way to begin to control the bleeding when you own equipment! [/QUOTE]
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