[AT] Misc tractor recommendations?

Grant Brians sales at heirloom-organic.com
Fri Nov 8 07:22:22 PST 2013


Charlie Hill's comment about where you are helping dictate what is available
is so true. His comment about 100hp tractors being too small for real
farming anymore is so much not true here in the vegetable areas of
California. 80-120hp is the size of the largest number of tractors sold and
there are LOTS of them needed. I have 2 JD6430's (105hp more of less) that I
bout this year and in 2010. I also have an MF390T (rated 80hp), New Holland
6610S (rated 80hp, but dyno 93hp before I bought it new), White 6090 (Same
tractor rated 80hp). All of these except the White are excellent tractors
and even that would be decent if it were treated properly when younger
before I got it!
     Cabs are a luxury around here unless the tractor is new and BIG -
basically only the heavy ground working tractors get cabs because our
climate is very moderate compared to where many of you on the list live.
     Now if I can just find the time to get all of those things fixed that
need it on my old and not so old machinery.
          Grant Brians
          Hollister,California vegetable, nuts and fruit farmer

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of charlie hill
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Steven makes a good point.  There are a lot of good used modern farm
tractors
out there for sale.  The ones that are too big to haul on a normal 2 axle
utility trailer
behind a normal size pickup don't sell as well as the smaller ones.  You can
often
pick up a 45 to 60 hp rig with all the bells and whistles and still in good
shape fairly
cheap if you look long enough.  I doubt you would need it but I've seen 100
hp tractors
that are 10 or 15 years old (still modern) sell dirt cheap.  They are too
small for real farming
anymore and too big for general utility work around the barn.  Just depends
on what you need
and to a degree, where you are located.

Charlie


-----Original Message-----
From: Sewell, Steven
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 10:20 PM
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Steve Sewell
Albany, Ohio USA
sewell at ohio.edu
sewell at atis.net
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[at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Gene Dotson
[gdotsly at watchtv.net]
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 8:47 PM
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    Dean;

    Congrats on your prospected new home.

    My relocating experience was was as you are describing. Bought the
property in November 2002 and finished moving in in July, 2003. Spent 9
months commuting to make improvements and clean up the property. My drive
also tends to drift and one of the evening trips would have me stranded at
the road if not for the little Case dozer already in the barn to clear the
snow to be able to finally get the car to the house. Had heat in the house
and an air mattress and sleeping bag to spend nights here. Be sure to take
the keys with you!!!!

    I recommend a dedicated mower for the grass. My front deck Gravely is
great for mowing around the trees and with a 5 foot cut makes reasonably
short time of mowing about 4 acres. A compact tractor with a loader and back
blade will do a very nice job with the snow and moving any material around
the place. Of course the Super M will do all the farming that needs being
done. Get a good reliable chain saw to keep the trees and brush under
control. Start attending farm sales to get hand tools you need, rakes,
shovels axes etc.

    Can you reveal the location? Hope it is toward my direction.

                        Gene

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Gene pretty much sums up what I would have recommended. However Don't limit
yourself just looking for a "compact" tractor. I have a John Deere 855 4X4
with a loader and a Massey Ferguson 243 4x4 with a loader. Both are good
units for your needs. The Massey is a full size , but small tractor. Loader
will lift 2000 lbs+ (rear tires are loaded) and has a farm tractor 3pt for
plows and such. The 855 will not lift that much and the 3pt isn't wide
enough for some implements. When I bought the Massey last year it cost less
than most last model used compact tractors - 25+ HP range.

Congrats on getting out of town!!!
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