my advice ,for what its worth,decide EXACTLY what you CAN do first.decide if your going till,no till,or min till.start off right with the very best equipment you can buy.I think,again my opinion,that you will quickly find that 30-40 acres isnt much when it comes to farming with $4 deisel.I would never myself,consider buying a smaller tractor to actually farm with than what you have.simply because hp=time=money in the farming buisness.add to that the fact the three four and five bottom equipment used can be bought at auction these days for nearly scrap prices and its a no brainer to me.IF of course you dont have some reason for not using a larger tractor ,such as access etc,i would at least try to stay in the 40-50 hp range.if you are going to have to transport equipment back and forth I would HIGHLY recommend spending the money you have for another tractor,on a front loader for your 4020.you will be surprised at how often they come in handy.i sold all my big tractors and loaders this last year and i miss a loader more than anything.front wheel assist if you really need another tractor is one of the best investments you can make in my opinion.heres another tip i will give you just starting out,have three times the amount of money needed to put in a crop,safely tucked away in the bank!!!four times would be better.trust me on this,most folks fail simply because they have to spend money needed elsewhere on their buisness.you cant really scrimp on a crop,it has to be done right ,and on time ,and theres a hundred things that can go wrong over the course of one season to make or break you that has to be dealt with today ,not tomorrow.army worms for instance,they literally can eat a crop to the ground overnight.If your tractors you now have are in good shape ,i would strongly suggest (again my opinion) folding your money over ,putting it in your pocket and fighting fires with it.LOL as far as equipment goes ,there are so many variables from one section of the country to the other,and maybe from one end of your feild to the other that anything we would recommend would be pure speculation quite honestly.there are literally hundreds of combinations of equipment in use accross this great country.some folks swear by a disc,some use the plow,some a cultivator,some nothing.you HAVE to take your piece of property,the one you have to work and nobody elses,and make a REALISTIC decision based on what you have.the ONLY REAL UNIVERSAL piece of equipment is a shovel and a post hole digger and thats the thing to start with,nothing else.go to that feild and start digging holes about three foot deep, the more the better.that will tell you more than we ever could what you need to get YOUR piece of ground ready mechanical wise .TAKE a chair! sit and watch how the sun works across the place,different slopes,different sun angles all makes a difference in how or many times what crops whould be planted.a bottom will hold the cold ,while a upland slope will warm faster,all this truly makes a difference.those extra 10 or 15 days growing season,those 10-20 degree temperature differnce can make a difference between making a good crop,and making a lose your rear crop.especially until you get everthing figured out.again my opinion,,,
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