4000 Ford, Mid 60's

Some will be concerned that it is a gas burner. Depends on what you are going to do with it. If you are going to give it a daily diet of hard pulling, your operating cost with a diesel would be lower. But, I expect you can buy this tractor for a lot less than a comparable diesel as there is low demand for gas tractors that size. You will be able to buy years of gas with the money you save if it is only moderatly used on the weekends as many of us now do.

Finally, the 4000 (45 - 52hp depending on where measured and who you ask) is big enough to do a lot of work. It will nicely handle a 3-16 bottom plow, 6 ft harrow or 6 ft bushhog in most places. Yet the tractor (if it has power steering) is small enough to be "handy". I also use a cub, a 601, and a JD720D. If I could only keep one to get work done on a weekend size farm it might just be the 4000 (sentimental and nostalgic value excluded).