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This is the story of a farmer who bought a Case IH MX270 Magnum tractor in 2003, expecting a decades-long relationship with his dealer to support the machine through its working life. Eight months later, corporate consolidation closed the dealership, and the service promise that justified the purchase disappeared. Over thirteen years, the long-term cost of that change revealed itself slowly—not in catastrophic failure, but in distance, unfamiliarity, and repair decisions made without the support that was supposed to be there.
This is a story about equipment, but it's more about the relationships that make equipment decisions possible. It's about loyalty that outlasts the people who earned it, and the price farmers pay when those relationships vanish.
Machinery is measured in horsepower and hours. But the decisions around machinery are measured in trust, proximity, and the phone calls that get returned at midnight. When one side of that equation disappears, the math changes, and the consequences take years to total.
This story is for reflection and storytelling purposes only.