Eric Greenwell wrote in message ...

There is some truth to this claim, but it's more complicated than the
manufacturers "not listening".

Yes. Just as J.I.Case decided to abandon their smaller tractors for
more "profitable" higher buck tractors some twenty years ago. From 96
tractors per day, down to 21 now, and the tractors say "New Holland"
on them. Ten years ago it was already too late for them to try to
reclaim their major market, those farmers that didn't have $100K for a
shiny new humongous machine that they didn't really need.


Just join a thread ripping apart the PW5 to see how something "more
pedestrian" might sell.

Then look at how many of the voices ripping the pw actually have flown
or own one. Not a very good ratio of first hand knowledge to personal
opinion. Probably closer to 5% first hand and 95% ignorant badmouth.
2-33, 1-26, PW-5, Russia, makes no difference, it's below 40:1 and
anything that can be said negatively will be. Nobody asks if it's
serving the purpose for which it was designed.


Threads on a newsgroup are about as effective as dragging a foot to
stop a semi headed for a cliff on a 10% grade.