Posted by ChrisinMO on December 20, 2009 at 15:37:07 from (69.29.103.207):
In Reply to: ain't it amazing.... posted by rrlund on December 20, 2009 at 14:16:16:
We've got probably more tractor than we need. Mainly use a D19 and a D17. We operate a large market garden. We don't plow, just disc, till and every few years subsoil the beds. In summer we make hay for our grazing animals, but we make small squares. The D19 I use because it has a loader and in the hay can really work. The D17 is more than adequate for the hay, but if I haul it to where we're making hay, it won't be available here. The D17 is the one we use the most for the market gardening as it is smaller.
We could easily get by on one MUCH smaller tractor than either of these. The thing is that these machines have proven themselves over the last half century and are still in good condition and ready to work. They've got a lot of useful features (they aren't antiques) and are heavy enough and powerful enough to do anything we ask and more so. PLUS, they are very cheap to buy compared with newer, smaller machines. I would have to say that that last argument is the one that carries the most weight with us.
Now, we (or should I say "I") have a few other tractors that I'm working on, but that has nothing whatsoever to do with commercial farming. Mostly they are an opportunity to work on engines and machines and have something to do in the wintertime.
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