Major Potential Purchases Transportation Major Potential Purchases
Cars -Sedan -SUV -Van -Smart 10,000-50,000+
$20,000-$75,000 Vehicles - Every farmer/ Rancher needs a truck. www.Dodge.com - On average a farmer will spend anywhere from $20,000-$75,000
Trailers Having a truck requires the usual need for a Trailer! $10,000+ http://www.doubledtrailers.com/prod05.htm
$30,000+ $4,000-$75,000 Tractor Trailers Larger operations may be in the need for some heavy hauling so they will need a Semi $30,000+ and a Trailer $4,000-$75,000
ATV’s $9299.00 (new) On some farm operations an ATV may be useful. http://www.atv.com/specs/polaris/
Tractors $15,00o-$600,000+ Tractors are essential to a farm operation. Also attachments at various costs.
Helicopter Although most will never need or have, some large scale ranching operations do use helicopters. $200,000+
House Questions Which of the following doesn’t belong? Semi Truck Helicopter House House
Questions True or False: A tractor can cost as much as $600,000. TRUE!!!
Questions True or False: Most ranchers own a helicopter. FALSE