Comments by "deezel_fairy" (@deezelfairy) on "Colorado Farmers Win Right to Repair" video.

  1. Heavy equipment mechanic here, and what you're saying op isn't exactly true. TLDR - The current resurgence of popularity of old mechanical machines is due to supply and demand issues, not right to repair in most cases. There are several reasons a lot of old, worn-out mechanical equipment is being dragged out of fields, auctioned, refurbished, and sold. I can tell you as someone in the front line of the industry that in 95% of cases, right to repair/complicated electronics has nothing to do with it. The biggest issue is the availability of new equipment atm. Since Covid (for various reasons), there is still a huge backlog of orders of new machines with wait times of 12-18mths on average. Also, with increasing inflation, the cost of new machines has increased tremendously. So now you have to pay a lot more and wait a lot longer for a new piece of equipment. So just buy a good 5-10 year old 2nd hand machine? Good luck with that. Supply and demand is a bitch. Prices of 2nd hand equipment have gone through the roof and the supply is short because of the new equipment price/wait times. This is where the old, worn-out, mechanical machines come in. Pre covid/inflation crisis these machines simply weren't economically viable to refurbish and put back to work - it's a very expensive and time intensive process to end up with a machine that's less fuel efficient, less reliable, slower to operate/less productive and much higher maintenance. It made far more economic sense to just buy a good 5-10yr old 2nd hand machine. However, since the current market pricing/supply issues, refurbishing this old equipment has become somewhat viable again. One thing will never change though, old machines are f@@king money pits if they're being worked hard on high hours work schedule's.
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