All I can say at this point is WOW! Never really thought anyone would give my question this much attention, but since y'all did I went ahead and registered here at the forums, haha!
Pardon me for not giving more information...maybe this will shed more light.
Antiquity of a tractor has always been appealing to me, however when "Tractor Time" becomes more of a job, functionality is key. I prefer the old look of a late 40's early 50's Farmall.
Most of the 133 acres can be used for something or another. Currently 70% of it is used for cattle (sectioned off into 3 areas) One of the sections is used for hay, roughly 70 round bails came out of it last season and only 55 this year...give or take. Livestock is rotated through two of the sections until hay is put up and then all three areas become pasture. The other two sections get bush hogged and the rotation begins. We have a hay lot in which we store hay year round and the terrain is hilly. (Tennessee)
I have a full time job and have always said if I could farm full time and have what I needed in life then so be it, I would quit and farming is all I would do. I know, false hopes and dreams (read my signature).
We are entertaining the idea of starting a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture, for those who might not know and please pardon my ignorance...here is the link http://www.localharvest.org/csa ) Not quite sure of the size of operation we might start and being a virgin at best, I wanted to combine antiquity of the old Farmall tractor with functionality of a working farm to make the business more appealing. This would be a farm my clients would be visiting on a daily/weekly basis. Some CSA's have been started with less than 5 acres. So with the obvious option of growing from that, here I stand. Not afraid of work, my love of the outdoors, and getting my hands dirty here we go...
Tiller, cultivator, plow and/or disc are of obvious need. The belly mower would be kewl for around the property, but could use the riding mower. Manure spreader or to haul fertilizer, front end loader would be useful and of course I will be needing to use a hay fork, baler, tedder, rake and blade of some sort. Transporting square bails and using it in a parade or two would be fancy. And my 13 year old daughter ( who already drives) would be using it at some point to help the old man. I prefer diesel...better I guess, someone tell me I am wrong, always open to new ideas.
What I thought was really funny and my wife just sat there and chuckled too and said "yeah right", was the fact that almost everyone one of you said I needed AT LEAST 2 TRACTORS. I though it was great and appreciated your help in my quest from the start.
My pockets aren't deep but I'll have what it takes to get started and hopefully be able to expand and grow.
Glad to see my 1st post on here produced so much conversion, now with more info I can only hope it will continue.
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