Hello. I recently purchased a small farmhouse surrounded by 500 acres of hayfields, which belong to the farmer around the corner. He's letting me use a two acre fallow field behind my house, currently covered in overgrown Timothy grass and goldenrod. There is a gradual slope to the plot. My goal is to plant a few rows of lavender and see what happens.
Tonight, I was talking with my farmer neighbor about buying a tractor. I was thinking of a Ford 8N, as I'm familiar with them from my youth on my grandfather's farm. However, my grandfather didn't plow with his 8N. My neighbor said the heavy clay soil would be too much for the 8N. He recommended a row crop tractor such as a Farmall A, H or M.
Could I get some opinions from the folks here? I don't have any particular preference, having never owned a tractor before. But I want to make sure I buy the right tractor to plow, till, disc, etc the heavy clay soil I"ll be dealing with.
Thanks. julian
Tonight, I was talking with my farmer neighbor about buying a tractor. I was thinking of a Ford 8N, as I'm familiar with them from my youth on my grandfather's farm. However, my grandfather didn't plow with his 8N. My neighbor said the heavy clay soil would be too much for the 8N. He recommended a row crop tractor such as a Farmall A, H or M.
Could I get some opinions from the folks here? I don't have any particular preference, having never owned a tractor before. But I want to make sure I buy the right tractor to plow, till, disc, etc the heavy clay soil I"ll be dealing with.
Thanks. julian