The Rural Voice, 1986-04, Page 56benefits of inside storage in terms
of prolonged machine life and bet-
ter resale value dictate that you
should be looking at a machine
shed.
A side benefit of the machine
shed will be that it will also give
you an area to organize a small
workshop. You can probably per-
form some maintenance and repair
jobs yourself. Anything you can
do to avoid or reduce those big
repair bills will improve your cash
flow. This equipment shed should
be located in an area and built in a
manner that can be expanded as
your equipment investing increase.
12. Near the end of the list you
may look at buying a combine.
Keep in mind that this is a "big
ticket" machine.
Another factor with combines is
not only the high interest and
depreciation costs, but also the
cost and skills involved in
operating and maintaining the
machine. If you do have big
acreages to harvest and these other
factors haven't dampened your en-
thusiasm — maybe you can justify
owning a combine.
Specialty crops like edible beans
can add a factor of timeliness that
will help to justify your own com-
bine.
13. A forage harvester would come
next.
The forage harvester can be a
big power user. This means you'll
likely have to add a size or two to
one of your tractors.
Custom forage harvesting can be
hired — maybe not as readily as
combine in this area. However,
timeliness is generally less of a pro-
blem with the harvester.
A custom operator can improve
your forage yields and quality.
He's going to be able to do your
harvesting in a short period of
time. He's also going to get you on
a fairly regular harvesting
schedule.
You may not see things from
this point of view. You may have
valid reasons to have your priority
list arranged a little differently.
The main thing is to have well
reasoned priorities.
For example, you may not have
thought things through if you start
out buying a combine and a plow,
but don't have tillage and planting
equipment.
Farming is a tough, competitive
business. If you get your
machinery priorities mixed up,
you'll be making it that much
harder to survive. ❑
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