I need help with buying a tractor!!

NO idea really what i am doing we own a 580 acre farm with over 240 tillable acres (i do not farm this and most likely never will it is all rented) Our farm is in hilly area of Ohio and i roam farm since my mom inheritated it. She sold off all my grandpas farming stuff when i was more or less unintrested now all we have is one 45hp ford left with a loader. I Cut firewood and drag trees out into fields all the time the ford just dont cut it for pulling virgen timber trees out. I am looking to buy a 2nd tractor to pull logs and maybe do about 35 acres of hay fields we also own. The problum is that the hay fields are on very steep hills many people have done before but it takes a tractor with some power to pull up hills.

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I have been looking at tractors and i have found one i think i want its a Case 1370 with 6500 hours was overhalued at 6000 and has had the Updates put in it for the rear end its a 1976

I am a collage kid trying to make money on side not a farmer or anyhting like that might do some side work for some local farmers as this large a tractor is somewhat uncommen in my neck of the woods. I am not too experinced at reapiring these beasts but am farily good at running them. dont have a huge ammut of money to repair and want to buy something in to 4000 to 8000 dollar range.

Would this tractor be good choice? i have looked into them and hear that powershift is very bad news also heard later models had updates in them to make them really good, is 76 a late model?

Just trying to find some good infermations on it and dont want to buy something that blows up and i cant fix but dont want to be underpowerd and stuck in a rut

Thanks for help in advanve!!!

What hilly area of OH are you talking about?

A 1370 is a bit large for 35 acres of hay. Also decent haying equipment will cost at least as much as the tractor. If you have any implements for that Ford (540pto) it will not work on that Case (1000pto). If the local farmers do not have a tractor that big it probably means there is no use for a tractor that big, as these tractors are cheap. I suggest you stay in college and learn more about speciality and production agriculture. Agriculture as a business is competative and unforgiving. All I would ask from you is that you know what you want to achieve before you get into it.

i will be staying in school haha but i am a workaholic and i hate mowing down my fields that were seeded for hay just because i have to mow them and i dont have gear to do it. i do not have any impliments at all i only have one tractor so what PTO i have is a non issue. I am about 45mins north of c bus. just where it starts to get hilly.

Wheeling-WBGV --LOL

Several things come to mind and will address them 1 at a time. You will need about a 100 hp tractor, don't get to wrapped up on the brand but find a GOOD local repair shop that can fix it and go with what they recommend. Case in point; I have a Massey, Dealer closed many years ago and have an excellent local shop that has a waiting list a mile long. He is getting ready to retire and am a bit worried. Have several IH and JD shops local so will be buying one of those brands. Next; When you get a tractor set the wheels out a minimum of 8' out side edge to out side edge, the wider the better. Add plenty of add on weight on the rear end and front. I prefer cast wheel weights on the rear as opposed to fluid in the tires (easier to fix a flat). Make sure the brakes work good and are in tip top shape. It is no fun to have a run away tractor on a steep hill side with no brakes. Been there, done that, and won't wish that ride on anyone. Lot of folks don't live to tell about it I did and am telling you. One more thing; whatever tractor you buy make sure the brakes work with the engine turned off. Some models are hydrolic and when you loose pressure you lose brakes. Two models that come to mind are Massey 1100/1130. Good Luck and hope this has helped a bit.
Merle

Case 1370 is known to be a pretty good tractor, but keep in mind I believe as mentioned it has a 1000 pto...most hay equipment is 540 pto. I made a similar mistake when I bought my 1st tractor. Better to have to much power vs too little, but it has to fit the implements...1000 pto only will cause you lots of frustration trying to do hay.
Reaver

So a 1000 PTO is bad and thats what is on the case 1370? and no i am not caught up in brands reason i picked this case was one i found one that was in good shape in the HP range i wanted and had alot of weights on it to keep my level on the hills. I kinda shy away from JD just cause the ones that are in my price range and HP range all seem to be wore out. I really dont like my ford for pulling logs and fire wood whitch is what i would be doign mainly with this tractor so i did not want to go with a ford agien. Anyone have an ideas on what makes and models would be in the 100 to 174 hp range and that would have a 540 PTO and enough weight to keep me from loseing control on hills (and ya i have had the ford now run away on me went though fence onto road missed a car by about 10 feet and crashed into a pile of sand luckaly so i know what thats all about)

nothing wrong with 1000 pto.
need to decide what equip you will be using and what pto is needed for the equip. you have the Ford with 540 so get a drum mower to go with it, a tedder and then get a round baler set up for 1000 pto. 540 is not heavy enough for 100hp+
sounds like you might be in the Mt Veron, Danville area
Ron

lol i live in gambier so yes i am in the Mt. Vernon Area well what i am being told is most bailers and mowers are 1000 pto anyway so thats not a big deal then while rakes are not but i have a smaller tractor to rake with anyway to conserve fuel. Was trying to find out the reliability of the power shift on this tractor? and does anyone know if the 1976 cases had the update for powershift already in them?