[AT] 4020's coming back?

[John Hall]

Guess it depends a lot on your location. Seeing a lot of guys here going 
with bigger equipment but buying used as opposed to new.

John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Brians" <gbrians at hollinet.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] 4020's coming back?


> Here in California, there are many new 70-110HP wheel tractors being sold. 
> My New Holland is a 95HP unit and is perfect for many of the field tasks I 
> use tractors for. I bought it new and now am using it a lot. The issue is 
> that not every type of farming has the same requirements. Vegetables have 
> different needs than pulling a 50 foot chisel plow in the plains or a no 
> till planter in the midwest. If I had the money I would probably buy 
> another tractor in the same general horsepower range new for my 
> vegetables.
>    I farm about 150 acres here....\
>        Grant Brians
>        Hollister, California
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> Subject: Re: [AT] 4020's coming back?
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>
>> Here in NY many of us still farm plots small enough to make a tractor
>> of this size just about right.
>>
>> Not that I'd be too interested in a brand new tractor of any brand.  My
>> used ones seem to work just fine for me.
>>
>> Richard
>> In Central NY
>> Allis  d-14 (2)
>> Massey  165
>> Belarus 611
>> Belarus 825
>>
>> -- "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>
>> Really, I can't see why anyone would want a new tractor of this size. 
>> They
>> are too small for fieldwork on a large scale and too big for use as a
>> utility tractor. Maybe hay farmers could use something like this.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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