Re: Weekend Farming

Posted by Paul in Mich on June 04, 2004 at 20:58:37 from (68.188.227.110):

In Reply to: Weekend Farming posted by Bill Pa on June 04, 2004 at 07:11:05:

Bill, While it is entirely possible to farm 150 acres with one tractor, I think you'll find that just for convenience sake you will eventually want 2 or 3. If, however, I were to start up and could only mnake due with one tractor, I would look for a good IH 966 or 1066. An IH 856 is also a very good tractor, as is the 1456. Do yourself a favor and dont even consider anything but diesel, as they are so much more economical than gassers. Once you have your core tractor, then you might add a smaller tractor for pulling fertilizer boxes, grain carts, seed wagons, hay wagons etc. A good second tractor is a IH 656, although there are a lot of 60-80 hp tractors that would fill the bill. actually the John Deere 3010 or 3020 is a good tractor if you dont mind paying for the John Deere name. The 656 is also a good tractor to bale hay with, or run a swather. 150 acres is a good one man operation, but if you need more than one thing at a time done such as cultivating or spraying while you are trying to finish working ground or planting, then one tractor will spread you quite thin if you have s small window to get crops in. This year with all the may rain is such a year that the window is very narrow. Wives come in quite handy when it comes to periferal tasks, and that extra tractor earns its keep in a multitude of ways.

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