Keen observations! You are right about ramps as well. Very few farms in my area have one. Myself, I am tempted to build or buy one, for as many times I have to transport from the yard, it saves some time even though I have hydraulic ones, slide axles etc. I get an occassional neighbor wanting to unload/load onto a flatbed, stepdeck.
CR: You also made mention of large tomato growers buying out a dealerhip? Were you referring to the Oji family that purchased Inland Tractor, the JD dealership? If so, quite a story. The entire family was incarcerated due to WW2; released and built their farm back, doubled/tripled in size and diversified it into real estate, race car division (yes!), investments, you name it. Talk about resiliant. Lives torn apart and they got up and made up for lost time. JM
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