Re: What tractor do I need?

Posted by John (MO) on March 07, 2005 at 05:52:48 from (198.209.172.95):

In Reply to: What tractor do I need? posted by Michael Compton on March 06, 2005 at 20:10:33:

Michael, I"d suggest you look in the 45 to 70 hp tractor range. As you drive around your area look and see what the popular color tractors. This will usually mean there is good support for those brands in the area. In my area, there were AC dealers in every town, JD and IH dealer in most and Case and Ford pretty popular also. Oliver, White and MM, not so much. Other parts of the country are quite different. A White may be a fine tractor but I"d have a little trouble finding some parts or much local help working on it. So check around in your area. As already mentioned a JD will usually cost you more in a given hp range, but they"ll hold that value well. Dealers aren"t as thick as they use to be but if there was good support for a brand in the past there will still be lots of parts and knowledge around. YES you want a front end loader! Even if you don"t get a tractor/loader heavy enough to handle big bales 8" in the air. A loader is as handy as a pocket on a shirt around a farm. Even a trip bucket loader that isn"t fully hydraulic will do a whole lot of jobs you use to have to do by hand, and be a whole lot cheaper than the fully hydraulic loaders. My biggest suggestion is LOOK around your area and TALK to neighbors about what they have and why. Then LOOK and TALK to dealers. Do not buy anything with out shopping around and asking a lot of questions. Ask to try the tractor out for a few days, most dealers will go along with that and you"ll have a much better idea of what"s going to work for you.

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