Re: Buying my first tractor. Questions and advice needed.

Posted by Hogleg on December 30, 2015 at 05:00:47 from (38.104.162.74):

In Reply to: Buying my first tractor. Questions and advice needed. posted by mikestilly on December 28, 2015 at 09:16:01:

I have a 2wd ford 2000 gas and run a horse farm. That 3000 setup will do most of what you want it to do. No single tractor will do everything well. There is not a lot of difference between my 2000 and a 3000. Mine has the 8 speed, power steering, hydraulics and the diff lock rear end. This one looks like it is similar. If I were in the market, I would buy it in a heartbeat. I have a larger tractor with a loader that we use for haying but the 2000 is the go-to tractor for manure work. Much more maneuverable. (Manure-able??? :roll: )

Specific comments -

The tractor will run that finish mower just fine and will work very well for larger open areas. Lots of guys use them for basic mowing. It will become a pain if you have to do a lot of tree dodging. If you are a patient person it will work with a push mower for final trim. Just depends on how much open vs. tree'd area you have.

This tractor will run a 5 foot bushhog just fine in all but the heaviest field cutting. Make sure you have a functioning slip clutch in the driveline and if it gets heavy slow down and/or raise the cutting level. I ran mine for 5 years and it worked very well. I made a bad decision and let my brother talk me out of it and wish I still had it.

You WILL NEED ag tractor tires. I had those turfs first on mine and they were way too easy to get stuck. Fill them with mud/poop and you have slicks. I looked for and ran worn used tires for 2-3 years, initially bought some AGs that I installed that lasted a year and split open. Finally got tired of not being able to find good used so bought new Akuret four ply tires. Was around $700-$800 mounted at the local farm tire store. Whoa, what a difference. This tractor really digs into the manure and muck and never gets stuck. If you can find the bottom of the mud, you will move. They will not fill up and the new cleats really dig. The 4 plys are a lot cheaper and for your defined uses, more expensive tires are overkill.

The back blade will be handy. A box blade will be even better. I find that using the box blade, with rippers installed, works much better than the loader for moving manure out of stalls and buildings. We move it out of there with the box blade and pile it up and later move it with the loader.

You should NOT get a bigger bucket. Manure is HEAVY. That bucket is the right size for the job as it is. More capacity than that will completely tear up the front end. You may even find that in the really bad stuff, you will need to make smaller loads. Best idea is to find a older manure slinger, and load it from the pile and move the manure out to the field in the trailer in larger batches and spread it.

John (7 horses of my own, and a horse rescue that daughter runs with anywhere from 5-15 additional horses - we KNOW poop)

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