My farm is out in the country 8 miles from town where I live. In town I have 14 acres.it was a real pain to move equipment back and forth. In 87 I got grandpas steel wheeled drill out of the pasture and brought it to town.
It worked real good for 14 acres. Did not have to mess with flat tires, hydraulic hoses etc just grease it and I was ready.I pulled it with my SC Case. At the farm I had a JD 8200 drill. Every fall I would spend $200 replacing rubber seed tubes, press wheels and other plastic parts.I rented the farm in 06 but kept the 14 acres in town. I took the 8200 drill to town for my 14 acres. That was a mistake. I was still buying a hundred dollars or more of parts for it each fall. Had to move the hydraulic cylinder back and forth from my disk. With grandpa's old van brunt my 14 acres was yielding 32-35 an acre. With the 8200 drill it was the same. My expense went up maintaining the 8200. I sold the 8200 and went back to the steel wheeled Van Brunt. Since 87 I have only spend $7.00 on the Van Brunt for a new spring.
I also sold my 18ft crust buster spring tooth and bought a 12ft 3pt hitch dearborn spring tooth for $25. By getting rid of the 8200 drill and the crust buster I have six less tires to buy and less hydraulic hoses. That saves me more money.
This spring someone offered me $80 an acre so I now have my 14 acres rented. But I will kept the old equipment. it is all paid for and with steel wheels or 3pt hitches I won't have many flat/rotten tires.
For smaller acres, the OLDER equipment you can find the better off you will be.
I had a neighbor across the street that had five acres. he planted it to oats every year and baled it for hay. He told me he made enough money off his oats to pay is property taxes. his equipment was all most all Ford. 8n tractor,3pt dearborn mower,rake,plow,spring tooth,and disc. 6ft McCormick drill, and NH baler. other than the tractor he only had four tires. two on the baler and two on the drill. I'm sure if he had newer equipment he would have lost money on his 5 acres.
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