Another factor no one has addressed is how much free time do you have? If you want to play with a tractor as part of your off/recreation time then by all means most of the recommendations given are sound. There is a local "summer" guy with a lakeshore home who bought a 7 thousand dollar commercial duty zero turn. He will not pay to have someone mow for him and doesn't want to spend his weekends mowing lawn. So his mowing time is now about 1/2 hour. With that in mine an older full sized tractor could be in order. Like the 06/66/56 IH series if price is an issue. They can be had pretty cheap, often cheaper than say a 4000 Ford Utility because of demand. Those are too small for the big farmer and too big for most land owners with 10-80 or so acres. And many brands to choose from. JD, MF, Oliver and all the rest made tractors in that size range. Here a good Ford 8N can run over 3K. A good used IH 560 diesel can be purchased for about the same price. The 560 will handle a pretty good sized Bush Hog, 8-10 foot, no problem. About all an 8N will handle is 4-5 foot. The biggest thing to look for in your area is dealer support. Here an AC is about worthless with current dealer support (that includes anything covered by AGCO like MF and Oliver). No parts in stoc. Have to order just about everything or drive 50 miles to get anything. Good JD, CaseIH Ford Newholland support at 25 miles.
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Today's Featured Article - Harvestin Hay: The Early Years (Part 2) - by Pat Browning. The summer of 1950 was the start of a new era in farming for our family. I was thirteen, and Kathy (my oldest sister) was seven. At this age, I believed tractor farming was the only way, hot stuff -- and given a chance I probably would have used the tractor, Dad's first, a 1936 Model "A" John Deere, to go bring in the cows! And I think Dad was ready for some automation too. And so it was that we acquired a good, used J. I. Case, wire tie hay baler. In addition to a person to drive th
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