old said: (quoted from post at 23:52:53 06/21/11) NO and I do mean NO one model of tractor if the best. Be it a Farmall ot a JD or a ford no one does it all. That said you need more then one with that much land. Shoot I only have 44 acres and have around 30 tractors so it all depends on what you plan to do and what you need. Me I could not get by with out at least 7 tractors but I do hay so I need one for each job and then a couple as back ups
:lol: Little overkill there, ya' think old?
I agree with more than one tractor (maybe 2) also, but a lot depends on the crops you plan to raise as to what size they should be. If you plan on a few, maybe up to 40, acres of row crop, a small 30 hp or so tractor would be good. You don't need 6 or 8 row equipment for that few acres, so don't need a lot of HP. 2 or 4 row is big enough and cheaper. That small tractor with a 3 point will be handy if you plan to use equipment like a whirlcut (Bush Hog type) mower. Then a tractor of maybe 40-50 HP would help if you run a tiller or plow and disk or pull a baler. It may be more cost effective to hire your baling done and not have the expense and time consuming issue of maintaining the equipment. Same for harvesting any row crops you may grow. Maybe you plan to "truck farm" and that would be a whole new set of problems to deal with.
Another BIG consideration, is how deep are your pockets (what can you afford)?
This post was edited by IH fan at 04:28:57 06/22/11.
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