One of the fixtures of the old western ranch or farm is an abandoned vehicle or piece of farm equipment left to rust in a field or even in the front yard. I have wondered if the comparative prevalence of these abandoned vehicles is due the lack of trees or if the West is somehow different than the East. Both of the above vehicles would seem to have some value but that value has to be less than the cost of transporting these vehicles somewhere to have them repaired. What I have seen is that the owner buys a new car or truck rather than repair the old one and then just neglects to get rid of the older vehicle. On this particular ranch, we counted about 18 abandoned vehicles some dating back almost 100 years.
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