60 miles from an implement dealer and the escalating price for parts plus labor create expensive repair bills. The hydraulic pump on the tractor (only 500 hours on the tractor) went out--so we weren't able to use the loader. The repair bill was $5,000, but $1080 was to come get the tractor and then to return it. The labor to replace the old one with the new one was $1900. The trucker and the mechanics must make considerable salaries. With cattle prices going down ranching is currently the wrong profession. There has been other expensive repairs on this tractor in the past.
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