|
Farmall & IHC Tractors Discussion Board |
Re: Best number series tractor?
[ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ]
Posted by Hugh MacKay on May 16, 2003 at 02:10:25 from (216.208.58.150):
In Reply to: Best number series tractor? posted by Michael on May 15, 2003 at 22:18:23:
Micheal: Of the tractors you listed 56 series is the only way to go. They were and still are the very best IH ever built. The other item you should consider is 2 smaller tractors. Keep that front end loader away from the tractor you plan to do field work with. If I just bought 280 acre farm the first 2 items I would buy are a 656,666 or 686 and a 45 hp skidsteer loader. Fair warning , you will not pull the trailer, wagon or manure spreader very long with same tractor as you load with. Hitching and unhitching will take longer than the actual work. The next item you must consider if your farm is to be a viable farm and not a place for you to bank money with no interest. If you are going to be competitive with other farm operations, you must keep your total tractor hp some where between 1/4 and 1/2 horsepower per acre. If it is cash crop, you must hit the 1/4 hp mark. Livestock operations will require up closer to the 1/2 hp mark. If you don't adhere to this and you don't have deep pockets your farming operation will be toast in 3 years. Don't ever think because a tractor is older it is less expensive, it isn't. Just go to a CaseIH dealer and price out some of the major components of a 1066. In todays climate I wouldn't touch a 1066 unless I were cropping a 1,000 acres.
Follow Ups:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
A Lifetime of David Brown - by Samuel Kennedy. I was born in 1950 and reared on my family’s 100 acre farm. It was a fairly typical Northern Ireland farm where the main enterprise was dairying but some pigs, poultry and sheep were also kept. Potatoes were grown for sale and oats were grown to be used for cattle and horse feeding. Up to about 1958 the dairy cows were fed hay with some turnips and after that grass silage was the main winter feed. That same year was the last in which flax was grown on the farm. Flax provided the fibre which w
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co.
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|
