[AT] Misc tractor recommendations?

[Mike]

One thing I'll add Dean, please make sure you know your property before 
taking the M for a ride around your new place. People dig holes in the 
strangest places and tall grass covers a lot of hidden objects.
Mike M

On 11/2/2013 6:25 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> One thing about your Farmall M.  It doesn't have the capability to use 3 pt
> hitch implements
> and it's a bit big and cumbersome but when the snow gets high or the mud
> gets deep that old
> girl will go when nothing else will.  With those big, slow turning rear
> wheels and high ground clearance, if
> she'll start, she'll go!  One word of caution in case you've never actually
> run the M or a similar tractor
> in rough terrain,  resist the urge to put a steering wheel spinner knob on
> it or if you have one take it off
> or be prepared to break your thumb or wrist.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Al Jones
> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 10:52 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Misc tractor recommendations?
>
> I haven't read the other comments yet, but IMO you couldn't go wrong with a
> small utility tractor with a three point hitch, and then a Farmall Super A.
> If the PO's won't sell the zero-turn, get you something to mow the yard with
> as well.  Then you'll have the Super M for the heaviest jobs, the utility
> for other jobs such as box-blading, bush hogging, etc. and then the Super A
> (see if you can get a front mounted blade for it) to push snow.  If you
> can't find a Super A, a Farmall Cub would be my second choice.
>
> On the utility, despite what everybody else will say, stay away from the
> @#(*#$)*(&@ redbelly and N series Fords, and the grey Fergies.  Get you
> something in about the 50 hp range, in the same physical size, with live
> hydraulics and PTO, such as a JD 2240. So, so, so more capable than the
> Ford/Fergie.
>
> Al
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
>> Sent: Nov 1, 2013 7:19 PM
>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group' <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: [AT] Misc tractor recommendations?
>>
>> My rural home-hunting plans are proceeding, and it appears we may have a
>> deal on a very nice old 35-acre place.  That's prompted me to consider what
>> types of equipment I'll need, and I'd be happy for any advice you folks on
>> the list can offer.
>>
>> Going in, my lone piece of equipment is a 1953 Super M Farmall, which
>> besides being just cool as heck will no doubt serve nobly on a whole range
>> of general chores--but isn't ideal for some of the things I'm considering.
>>
>> First up is plowing snow.  This place has a moderate-length gravel driveway
>> (couple hundred yards maybe) that according to the current owners tends to
>> get drifted over pretty deep now and then during the winter.  Any
>> recommendations on how to handle it?  I'm thinking 3-point rear blade on a
>> utility tractor, which would be a useful combination anyway.
>>
>> There's also a sizeable amount of lawn to mow, more than I'll want to do
>> with my trusty walk-behind push mower.  The current owners use a Kubota
>> ZD28
>> zero-turn mower which they might sell rather than haul to their new home.
>> I'm tempted, especially if the price is right (don't know yet), but I'd
>> previously envisioned something like a Farmall Super A with a mower deck.
>> Any ideas for an old-tractor option that would let me finish mow in the
>> summer and do some light snowplowing in the winter?
>>
>> (An Oliver OC-3 with a dozer blade and a flail mower, maybe?  Can't blame a
>> guy for trying).
>>
>> Dean Vinson
>> Dayton, Ohio
>> www.vinsonfarm.net
>>
>>
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