[bsbechtel]

At one point, there was talk of the industry moving to a pay per hour of horsepower model or something similar where you are basically paying for guaranteed uptime. I don't know if there is still an effort to move towards that or not, but that would change this discussion quite a bit.

[colechristensen]

Just a little supporting fact most people wouldn't be aware of, when you're buying a used tractor the "odometer" you look at isn't in miles but hours which is tracked in the same way.