|
Tractor Talk Discussion Board |
City Boy buying first tractor needs advice
[ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ]
Posted by Bob Wilbur on January 11, 2003 at 14:08:06 from (66.30.160.47):
Yep finally bought the farm....well... woods lot that was a farm about 80 yrs ago. Its kind of a hilly lot in Maine, some mature hardwoods with a sea of small (1" to 3") trees in and brush in between.
I cleared and burned about a 1.5 acre spot for the house by hand. Now I'm not the worlds smartest fella but when I finished I figured out that there was probably an easier way to get the job done.
I still have to build the house. A local contractor with the dozer and excavator and backhoe will take care of the big stuff.
I've been looking into used tractors to do some of the other things like snow removal, landscape some, clear some walking trails, build a small bridge, haul firewood, cut the grass and any other jobs that will wear on the 50+yr old back and legs of my wife and I.
I think I need about a 20 - 25hp machine with a loader and bush hog. It looks like a 4wd machine at $7000 to $9000 is outside my budget ....do you think 4wd is absolutly necessary?...
Any other advice will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for any/all advice.
Follow Ups:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
Usin Your Implements: Bucket Loader - by Curtis Von Fange. Introduction: Dad was raised during the depression years of the thirties. As a kid he worked part time on a farm in Kansas doing many of the manual chores. Some of the more successful farmers of that day had a new time saving device called a tractor. It increased the farm productivity and, in general, made life easier because more work could be done with this 'mechanical beast'. My dad dreamed that some day he would have his own tractor with every implement he could get. When he rea
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
2022 John Deere 5045E, 4wd, front end loader and 3rd function with grapple. 120 hrs, 55k new, must sell
[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 |
|
