Called the "Right to Repair" movement, it's been growing in urgency and size since the turn of the millennium, and 2023 could be the first year in many where the DIY capability of the American consumer grew, rather than diminished.

In Colorado, a bill was passed along party lines in the State House 9-4, mandating that tractor and other farm equipment manufacturers provide enough parts and instructions to allow farmers to repair their own tractors.

"The manufacturers and the dealers have a monopoly on that repair market because it's lucrative," said Rep. Brianna Titone, a Democrat and one of the bill's sponsors. "(Farmers) just want to get their machine going again."

Certain dealers like John Deere (previously) and Steiger don't allow, as part of the buying agreement, fixes at home, but as an article in the Miami Herald points out, repairmen aren't on call 24-7 in the high plains of Colorado.