[AT] Continuing "What to do"

[Joe Hazewinkel]

Sadly, I just buy another tractor.  I'm a big fan of older 1960's-1970's tractors with live hydraulics and loaders on them.  You can get a decent case 430-530 around here for $3,500 with front end loader and 3-pt hitch.  They can take a lot of abuse and parts are still available.

Enjoy, Joe

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On Jan 9, 2016, at 2:27 PM, ATIS <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:

Sorry for the two part message, but that send button is entirely too close to the text box :-)

Anyways the quandary I am in is do I sell my Ford 861 and get a more modern tractor with a  FEL in upper 30s or low 40s HP (my minimum requirement)?  Or keep the 861D and go with a smaller tractor just for its front loader?   The price differential between a little 22 hp tractor with a FEL and 40 hp tractor, all other things being equal in terms of wear, years, etc is not that great. I really feel like it would be foolish to own two tractors when the little one cost 10K or more  But then again the extra money for that larger single replacement tractor is extra money. And it doesn't grow on trees.

Has anyone else been in this circumstance? What did you do to resolve it?. Would you do it the same way again?

Thanks in advance

Spencer Yost
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