Re: Farmall M - Which One?

Posted by Clarkbug on November 09, 2006 at 16:25:03 from (72.66.60.12):

In Reply to: Re: Farmall M - Which One? posted by LenRahilly on November 09, 2006 at 07:08:10:

Hi Len.

I hear exactly what you mean. I worked for years at the local veggie farm down the road from me, and the biggest tractor there was a JD 2940, and that was only for plowing in the spring and the rest of the time it sat on the irrigation pump. The smaller tractors were definitely more handy, and the farm my grandfather owned never needed a tractor with more than 50 hp.

I always have enjoyed driving a tractor around, but I think that you are right, its so much cheaper to buy old iron and get it running right than to go brand new. Maybe if I was a huge crop farmer I would feel different.

The newer tractors defintiely are more like a car, I just feel too disconnected from the equipment and what Im doing. Besides, the older ones are easy to fix, and parts are easy to find and cheap.

So, to conclude my long and pointless message, I just like old iron because its cheap, easy to fix, and just reminds me of an actual tractor.

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