Recent content by campbellrw

This what I mean by spears. It still has hydraulics, and when lifting wrapped bales doesn't actually puncture the pale (or plastic). And this is the type of unit I'm referring to when I talk about the grab attachment:

I was wondering if someone could offer advice on the best loader attachment for handling wrapped round bale silage. Do the grab attachments work very well? I'm referring to the ones that squeeze the bale on the rounded side and stack them on their ends usually. Or would the other kind with two...

Hi all, I'm just getting started in my own farming venture and recently while looking at new and used equipment I noticed that I don't think I saw any large tractors that were relatively new that were 2wd. Are large 2wd tractors not as cost effective anymore or something? I see older tractors...

Hey guys, I've been looking at buying a Massey 3525 tractor that I intend to use for making hay and some other farm stuff in the summer. I've recently been looking for a snowblower for it. The width of the rear end, to the outside of the tires is about 94". I assume it doesn't make sense to have...

Hi all, I'm looking at buying a Massey 3525 2WD tractor. It has a cab and is in really good overall condition. Minimal rust, paint is decent, starts easily with barely a puff a black smoke (no white or blue smoke whatsoever). It has 4300 hrs on it, and runs great. The owner told me the 3pt arms...

Hi all. Currently I live on a rural property, only about 1 acre in size. In the next 2 or 3 years, I plan on starting a hobby farm and getting more land. I also help my brother, father in law etc cut and block firewood and stuff like that. I'm currently looking at older 70's farm utility...

Hey everyone, I've lately been dreaming about doing less of my corporate job and more hobby farm type work. Hoping to get some more land in the next two or three years and recently starting acquiring things which would be useless on a hobby farm that would also be practical in my day-to-day use...