Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Cemetery of Tractors


This drives me crazy.  The wastefulness of perfectly great tractors and implements that are
just toss in a pile on some vacant land.  I pass by this almost weekly going to town and today when I passed by there were more than this. 
I realize the guy who owns this land sells parts from these work horses.  I have seen cars piled on top of each other as metal scrap but this was a first for me.  Its not a pretty picture, it just seems so wasteful.  It doesn't do much for the landscape either. I wonder what will be next piled up, FEMA trailers?

2 comments:

  1. They do look pretty out of date and if they were used hard, they probably needed repairs the farmer couldn't afford. I remember my father often having to fix his tractor or other farm equipment. If the guy sells parts that's something. You're right it certainly isn't pretty.

    I was most appalled some years ago driving from Tucson to Tombstone, Arizona when I saw dozens of airplanes all parked -- but in neat lines -- in the dessert. Just stashed there, maybe they're still there. All those tractors don't add up to the price of one airplane. What a wasteful society we are

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  2. Are you outside the city limits? Guess he's not violating any codes but you'd think for efficiency's sake he would at least organize the tractors. Would make it a lot easier for him to scavenge the parts. I say "he" because you know that if this lot belonged to a woman she would totally have it grouped by model, style and color!

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