Posted by jd4520d on December 27, 2015 at 07:49:03 from (45.47.116.149):
I'm new to this forum and have no knowledge of tractors. I can change the oil. And fuel filters. I've been on a farm with my dad ever since I could walk, I'm now 22 and my father is getting older. I'm making some investments to better the future not only for him but me. We have some equipment that has been around for 15+years and are newest tractor is from the late 80s we have all John Deere except the front end loader spear tractor, it's a construction Massey Ferguson. Not concerned with that. My concern is our equipment. I have no idea where to start. We pull a 14foot 210 disc with a 4520 I believe a 71 Our 8430 (recently purchased) pulls a 214 11 shank chisel. Depending on what goes wrong we either use a 2510 or a 2640 to pull our 6 row corn planter or the 450 grain drill with a 60 year old cultipacker. Now you're all reading this and thinking I'm crazy but I have no one to show me anything my dad just doesn't wanna teach me how to do the crop end of it. Engine work let alone working on anything mechanical for my dad is not easy. He never grew up with equipment like we have now. It's a hard transition. Might I add we have a 2840 and 2940. Over 10,000 hours on the 2940 and over 10,000 on the 2840 that has given us many problem NEED INFORMATION PERTAINING THE 2840. I would like to see the 2510 swapped out for a 4020 narrow front and the 4520 I would like to replace with another Row Crop possibly 4640. But if anyone has any better recommendation I also thought another articulated would serve its purpose. I've heard some things about the 8440 and 8640 that show they are a better working reliable tractor as opposed to the 8430. My main concern is to cut back the use on the 4520. Before the 8430 was bought three years ago the 4520 pulled the same chisel (with 9 shanks-2 removed) and the 14 foot disc from 1998-2012. The 4520 has over 4500 hours *on overhauled motor* I just wanna know what should be watched over carefully. What could or couldn't use upgrading. And if I'm going in the right direction.
P.S. We want to buy a rolling basket in the future, if the 14 foot disc gets swapped for an 18 foot. How much bigger of a tractor will I need with the basket. Also. We have 350 tillable acres and we use about 80-100 for hay. So we do about 250 acres of tillage a year. That's a lot for 2 guys taking care of 100+ cows and milking 50 of them.
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