Posted by Fixerupper on December 21, 2009 at 07:00:09 from (207.177.13.178):
In Reply to: ain't it amazing.... posted by rrlund on December 20, 2009 at 14:16:16:
Fifty years ago the tractor size in the neighborhood I grew up in was about like everyone else's. One neighbor farmed 320 acres with a Deere 60 and a Minnie U. Then in 1959 he traded the U off for a 730. In 69 he traded the 730 for a HUGE 4020. We thought he was way too over-powered. Another neighbor farmed a 320 with a Farmall 450 Diesel, then HE traded it for a HUGE 4020. Dad farmed a 240 with a '51 Deere A as the main tractor and a 35 A for the light stuff. The 630 came in 1960, complete with a three point hitch. The two A's stayed and all three tractors are still on the same farm. For quite a few years I farmed 700 Acres with a 1086.
The neighbor with 320 acres had .17 HP per acre with the 730 and .30 HP per acre with the 4020. Dad had .15 HP per acre with the A on 240 acres and I had .19 HP per acre with the 1086 on 700 acres, so everything is relative. The 1086 was a heck of a lot more comfortable than the A.Jim
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