Re: Re: Re: First Tractor Advice

Posted by Burrhead on December 26, 1999 at 22:19:28 from (12.74.59.47):

In Reply to: Re: Re: First Tractor Advice posted by bo on December 26, 1999 at 19:17:01:

I musta not realized how I said that, a/c and cabs, and power steering don't make you a yuppie. I was talking about the salesman hanging one in you if you don't know what you want.
We got the yuppie version on all the tractors here that are big enough to have it.
What I'm trying to say is that if your only reason for a tractor is to keep 5 acres clean and to auger the post holes for 5 acres of fence you don't need a $10,000 to $15,000 piece of equipment.
That ole tractor of jakee's is older than most of the guys who visit these sites, and he says it aint giving any problems. I have a 196? Dexta Ford, it has to work everyday too, and with no problems.
Yes I am very much still in farming, and we have from 25hp to about 350 or 400hp tractors here. Some with and some without a/c, power steering and cabs.
If he's only gonna keep 5 acres of pasture mowed and fenced, he don't actually need a big money tractor.
And if all he's gonna do is load an occasional anything onto a truck he would be better off to build a ramp and push it onto the truck or build an A frame to hoist it into the truck. With 5 acres I would'nt think he's gonna build a field service truck to go do on spot repairs to the equipment.
If you're talking convenience then yes get a front loader. If you're talking practical then no don't get a loader.
In the years you spoke of the farmers starving out, yes some did. It's a whole different game now tho, the government and insurance companies have in some cases made farming alot more easy on some, and worse on others.
I lost hay last year due to the draught, but at the end of the year I made more clear money for not making hay than I would have made on a bumper crop. God Bless them government checks and the computer that printed and sent them out.
But I'm gonna have to stick with my original opinion, he don't need all the bularkey to keep 5 acres of pasture.
If you're playing and price don't matter then go for it. If you like to be efficient with your money get a older utility tractor, and forget the loader.

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