Seems like if a guy has a 1000 acres tillable, he has money for newer equipment.
Our farm was originally a 1/4 section, up to about a half section now, maybe a little more, 400 acres or so. Half tillable, half pasture. Newest tractor is an IH 826 that does all of the tillage work and baling. 706 for loader work. The M and H are still in the machine shed, but don't get worked much. I think I was the last one to use the M to bale small squares with 2 years ago just for fun. The H does some cultivating and cycle mowing occasionally. The H and the M get basically no maintenance anymore, but never refuse to start right up and work. Probabaly haven't had the oil changed in well over a decade, maybe two, with just a quart added here and there we they need it.
I forget the model our JD combine is, but it's old, I think maybe the first of the closed cabs. Just a 10ft. head I think? Only brand new piece of equipment Granddad ever bought, and he went in halves with his friend. The swather is an old Hesston open cab. Small baler was a 14t forever up until a couple years ago, got a used JD 334(?) to replace it. Got an old Hesston big round baler.
It seems the problem with using the older stuff today on large acreage is the efficiency, or lack thereof. When those tractors were popular and in use, a farmer had 2 or 3 sons working with him. These days it's mostly one guy working by himself so he needs to get the work done a lot quicker, requiring bigger equipment for less passes, etc.
We're running cow/calves at about 60-80 head, and sell some beans. But that doesn't really support the farm on it's own. Gotta work in town too.
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