What size tractor?

[JimBinMI]

MarkC,

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That ought to do you, a 21 smile salute!

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

 

[Bird]

Mark, for a lot of what I do now, yep, my B2710 is sufficient (if it were just air-conditioned), but having driven a neighbor's 150hp air-conditioned, stereo equipped, wrong colored tractor pulling a hay baler, and having watched him load a truck with sideboards higher than I can reach, set the steel top on my brother's incinerator, and load 5' round bales of hay 2 deep on a flat bed 18-wheeler, I wouldn't mind having an M120./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Bird

 

[MChalkley]

Now you're waffling, JimBinMI! First, you accuse me of being a politician (nothing the least bit funny about that), then you give me a 21-smile salute! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

This isn't another alergic reaction, is it? I mean, you didn't just do the beer test thing, did you?

Mark

 

[JimBinMI]

MarkC,

No, not yet! But I think Von was right, I should try Labatt's BLUE when I try it! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

 

[MChalkley]

JimBinMI - Did anyone ever tell you that you have a one track mind? /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Mark

 

[JimBinMI]

MarkC,

I refuse to answer that on the grounds that I may incriminate myself! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

 

[MChalkley]

JimBinMI - So, in other words, "No comment", huh? You're beginning to sound like a, well, never mind... /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Mark

 

[JimBinMI]

MarkC,

Yes and No! I just couldn't think of any printable examples of when someone told me I had a one-track mind! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Oh, those were the days! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

 

[MChalkley]

JimBinMI - That definitely did not sound like a politician's answer! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

One thing, though (and back to tractors): I hope your dealer doesn't read this forum, because, if he does, he's going to charge you a hefty premium if you ever trade up in tractors. He knows for sure you're not shopping the competition...

Mark

 

[JimBinMI]

MarkC,

Hey now, I shopped the rest and bought the best! /w3tcompact/icons/cool.gif For me anyway. But if I ever did find a need for a new tractor, I would reshop from almost ground zero except that I'm sure I would only look at about 3 brands, maybe 4.

Seriously, I was looking really hard at Orange but the dealers around here don't deal and I wanted to buy local. When I started looking at the different specs, that's when I realized that I could get more tractor for less money by going BLUE (at least at the size tractor that I was looking for), and the dealer is really good - though 35 miles away in my home town. The only dealer in my town is Green and there's a Cub Cadet dealer 6 miles away.

In addition, I'm hoping that New Holland exec's are reading this and award me whatever I want for my positive presence for New Holland on this board! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

JimBinMI

We boys and our toys!

 

[jyoutz]

Getting back to your question. Seriously, any tractor will do what you want -how fast, well that's another thing. What you should really do is to size up the implements you need to do the job(s) according to your timeframe. Then buy the tractor size that will handle the implements you need. Either over or under buying will not make you very happy. Personally, I don't subscribe to the biggest is best philosophy, but if your job calls for it, then go for it. Probably your decision will be made based on what size cutter you want to use. Also, I very much agree with the advice on the moldboard plow. My 2 cents.

 

[raptor]

My two cents - Save your money and get a good used 8N or better yet an MF35 for $2.5k-$4k. These are time tested and true tractors. Not may bells or whistles but big enough to do any job you are likely to encounter on a 5 acre vegetable farm. You're likely to have quite a few start up costs, no need to make a tractor payment a burden on your new operation. Believe it or not, real farmers are still making a living with 50 year old iron.

Happy and SAFE tractoring

Raptor

 

[W5FL]

Buying used has it's pitfalls, too. I did to start with, but wish I had just bought new and gone on. I sure had a lot of problems since the old Massey's were not made for front end loaders and this caused a lot of problems that I really did not need.

The little Kubota's are really nice tractors and everything works the way it should. There are no surprises in the hydraulics (which there were in the Massey). They are reliable and have good resale if (and when) you decide to upgrade.