Re: How do you know when a tractor is toooo much tractor?

Posted by Paul on March 16, 2014 at 14:00:23 from (66.60.223.232):

In Reply to: How do you know when a tractor is toooo much tractor? posted by Brutalfly on March 16, 2014 at 13:39:06:

-Garden

-Pumpkin Patch

-Horse Arena

Don't need a lot of power for these, nimble and maneuverable
little thing seems better.

-I also want to possibly use:

-A loader

Those are so handy! You won't know how you got along
without. Again, nimble maneuverable tractor..... The compact
front wheel assist tractors are really nice with a loader. You
want live hydraulics for using a loader, some tractors older
than the 1960s don't have that.

Older loaders are one way acting, trip bucket. Means the
loader comes down by gravity, and you pull a rope to dump
the loader no real control of slowly dumping it - more work.
The newer loaders the hydraulics power the loader up, power
the loader down, and also tilt the bucket for dumping slowly.

-Hay spike (pretty rarely)

That takes a little bigger tractor. Bales come in different sizes,
a little 27 hp can handle some bales on the 3pt, need about
50hp to handle the biggest round bales. If you want to use the
loader to lift round bales high, that takes a heavier, more
powerful tractor. You don't want the tail wagging the dog!

-Blade/Use a loader for snow on the driveway

Heavier tractor with good ag tires can do more hard pulling,
always a balance with other uses. If you ever want to use a
snow blower, you need a real slow reverse gear and a live or
independent pto is pretty well necessary.

-Pull things

Bigger tractors can pull bigger things, smaller tractors fit in
smaller spots.

-Possibly Rototill

Now this needs a tractor with real slow forward gears, and a
live pto is a whole lot better to have.

Paul

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