Posted by rflegal on March 01, 2010 at 11:58:20 from (206.49.63.163):
Hey folks,
I'm realatively new to this group so please be kind. My wife and I have a small 15 acre farm used mainly for grazing, but we want to revitalize it.
We have 2 old Ford tractors on the farm. a running 9n with an 8n engine with LOTs of hours and could use some work, and a no-op newer 8n with a loader (it was parked in the field, I have no idea of its condition, but it looks good.)
Well, now we need to lay some irrigation pipe and pull some russian olive after getting a irrigation grant out of the USDA. We were looking at buying a used excavator, a backhoe, a backhoe unit for the Ford...etc. Too many options, too little money.
We're starting to lean towards a newer tractor with a 3-pt backhoe attachment, maybe a loader too. While I like the idea of my wife sanctioning a new piece of equipment, being the gearhead I am, I'm all for saving the Fords. Time is always an issue: I have a day job and plenty of projects and I need to get the pipe layed on schedule.
While we have to have the tractor for the field, a backhoe or ex would be cool but limited use. Could our ol' 9n handle one of the smaller backhoe units or would I need to rebuild the hydraulics etc before? (and is it hard, I' have handled engines, trannies and diffs in cars before...tractors?) She works a back blade OK, though it will bleed down after a time once the motor is turned off. Plows OK too.
We don't make a living off the farm at this point, but we have a timeframe for the irrigation grant. Should I just
"farm out" the trench work?
Help, some experienced input needed. Thanks in advance - Bob
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