>sometimes marketing can be correct, and sometimes it can be a bunch of BS. I don't know which is the case here but my hunch would be that if it were correct th

>sometimes marketing can be correct, and sometimes it can be a bunch of BS. I don't know which is the case here but my hunch would be that if it were correct then old iron wouldn't be worth more than new to the people who would be best suited to know if it were BS or not. I don't know if the auctions bidding wars are driven up by homeowners managing their small homestead farm or by bigger commercial operations. Homeowners don't need to compete so buying 30-year old tractors is an easier decision. I agree that using old tech can be an counterintuitive cost-saving strategy -- like FedEx deliberately using a fleet of very old planes that are gas guzzlers instead of buying the latest jets that are more fuel-efficient. Maybe some big commercial farms deliberately buy used low-tech tractors. When I drive around, all the big operations seem to use the newest tractors. They seem to always trade up instead of down. But maybe the latest John Deere "lock in" and repair costs will make them reverse that buying pattern.