[AT] OT Lawn Tractor Mfg.

[George Willer]

I need more tractors!  But where will I put them?  I only have 22 tractors
on 67 acres.  :-(  Fortunately, most of them are small.

George Willer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Greer" <greerfam at raex.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 4:49 PM
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> I'm just short of 1/acre. 4 tractors, 4.26 acres.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
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> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 3:15 PM
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>
> > One horsepower per acre?!  I thought there was some discussion on this
> > forum a few years ago about the number of TRACTORS per acre.  If I
> > remember right, there were some who claimed to have somewhere between
> > three and four!  I'm running at just under two right now.  :-)
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Goff
> > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:29 AM
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> > 34 acres? I have hay fields smaller than that and I wouldn't think of
> > taking
> > them on with a riding lawn tractor , mower . An old tractor with a 6
> > foot
> > rotary would even be small for that acreage I would think. Unless its a
> > dry
> > summer with grasshoppers of course.
> > One horsepower per acre sounds about right in this case.
> >
> > Ralph in Sask.
> > http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/lgoff/latestpage.html
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: D. Day <ddss at scppd.net>
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> > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 7:21 AM
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> >
> > > Back in 1988, we had a small acreage (8 acres), I bought an Duetz
> > Allis
> > > (Simplicity) 1916 garden tractor.  I paid about $6000 for it with all
> > > implements.  My neighbor, who is also my dentist, went the MTD route.
> > > Today, I still have the 1916 and it handles everything my M doesn't
> > do.
> > > After THREE MTDs, my dentist eventually bought a JD and seems happy
> > with
> > it.
> > >
> > > I cannot imagine taking care of more than a few acres with my 1916,
> > much
> > > less 34 acres! He'll probably need a small garden tractor in addition
> > to
> > > something larger as you suggested, so buying a garden tractor won't be
> > a
> > > waste of money, it just won't be enough of a tractor to handle what
> > he's
> > > got.
> > >
> > > Dick
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > > [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of
> > > HaliganBar at aol.com
> > > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 6:53 AM
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> > >
> > >
> > > One of the guys I work with is purchsing a new riding mower. Actually
> > he's
> > > looking for a Garden tractor which technically makes it a little more
> > > versatile.
> > > So far he's narrowed his search to a Husquvarna and a Sears. He's been
> > told
> > > that these 2 are mfg. by the same company. Does anyone know if this is
> > true?
> > > My
> > > first thought is that MTD must build them both but he claims that, in
> > his
> > > research, the MTD name has never come up.
> > >
> > > I tried to talk him into a small antique tractor (a Super A or CA with
> > a
> > > mid-mount mower perhaps) that would be more versatile around his 34
> > acres
> > > but I
> > > haven't convinced him...yet.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Karl
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