[AT] JD 620

[Dean Vinson]

Charlie V wrote:

> Sure is handy to have  some dollars in the old checking account when the
time is right.  
> Hope all turn out to be a great investment.

Thanks, Charlie, me too.   Having dollars is sort of a relative thing in
this case.  I moved to this farm at the end of April, but I just sold my
former house last week--so the proceeds from that sale feel like new money
and are sitting right there tempting me.  But it's really just previous
mortgage payment money that I could have rolled right back into the farm
mortgage, paying down the principal and just moving the equity from the old
place to the new place.  Spending it instead on other stuff is in effect
taking out a home-equity loan.   I knowingly made that choice for this
tractor (and for a small Kubota also, for finish mowing and landscaping and
such), but adding all that other equipment on there was unusually impulsive
for me.  I do think it'll be a good investment, though, and I just couldn't
resist all the single-owner, well-cared-for, local-farm-history, etc, stuff.

Charlie Hill wrote:

> I almost feel sorry for your Super M now.
> She must feel like you just moved the other woman in.

Yep, I thought the same kind of thing, Charlie.  I'd intended to find a
pull-behind brush hog for the SM, but despite some modestly diligent
attempts at looking for one I didn't come across any that were big enough,
nice enough, and affordable enough to meet my needs.   For several months
I've been pondering how best to handle finish mowing, road maintenance,
brush hogging, and front-loader chores.  The M would handle a brushhog fine
although not nearly as conveniently (even with an overrunning PTO clutch) as
a tractor with live power, and it's just not well suited to the other
things.   But it'll likely remain my go-to tractor for hauling the two-wheel
wagon for miscellaneous chores and the new four-wheel wagon for hayrides and
such:

http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/hayride_wagon_20140625.jpg.

Chuck Bealke wrote:

> That is the way to buy a tractor and matched equipment
> - sooooo much better than driving to auctions and having
>  to hook pieces from different places together.

Thanks, Chuck!  I'm grateful for a little reassurance... that check was a
lot bigger than I'd intended it to be when I left the house earlier today.
:)

And yes, that corn in the background of the 620 photos looks mighty nice,
doesn't it?   It's all about the drainage--the well-drained parts of the
fields look great, and the low flat spots are short, yellow, or flat-out
dead and brown from week after week of thunderstorms and heavy rain showers.


Dean Vinson
Saint Paris, Ohio