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Re: Purchasing my first antique tractor
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Posted by Hugh MacKay on November 24, 2004 at 17:03:00 from (209.226.106.168):
In Reply to: Purchasing my first antique tractor posted by Tom in PA on November 24, 2004 at 07:32:07:
Tom: You sound to me as though you will be into shaping, grading and landscaping, for that you are going to need a loader. Farmalls, large and small are just not loader tractors. Farmalls are just about the finest drawbar animal going. That is precisely what they were designed for. If I were starting out on 5 acres of lot with no buildings and no landscaping, the very first item I would buy is a new or near new 45 hp skid steer loader. If your doing much of the work yourself, it will pay for itself. If you happen to have the bonus of being around neighbors, who don't have one, you will find yourself draging in good pocket money on the side. When you get this project well on the way then buy your mower tractor, SA, 8N, etc. Either one will also do good on a snow blade. Then heck you wont even need a snow blade, as you will not be willing to part with the skid loader. I had a Farmall 560 wf with IH 2000 loader on farm. I needed a second loader for small confined areas. I bought a new 45 hp skid loader, two years later I bought a 2nd skid loader to replace 560. Yes the 2000 loader was taken off the 560 forever and 560 went back to doing what it does best, drawbar work.
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