Posted by ericlb on March 09, 2016 at 16:07:25 from (67.142.173.21):
In Reply to: Tractor or not... posted by skipstein on March 08, 2016 at 11:06:13:
there are hundreds , at least, on here who have "city tractors" that is they really dont need a tractor , but they want one, many reasons for it, a few are a fun and relaxing, most of the time, hobby, that keeps you out of the bars and pool halls, some people grew up on a particular brand of tractor and just want a tractor to remind them of younger days, there are many more reasons, some of these are driven in parades ect, some just sit, doesnt really mater, what maters is that it makes you happy, that being said, you do have an acre, now you can buy a big box store Chinese made lawn tractor that will mow, the larger ones can pull a small blade ect, but my personal experience with ones made in the last 15 years is there not long lived when they are used that way, your better off to buy a real tractor, some consideration here as you wont stop at just the tractor, your going to want to use it some, probably a minimum of implements would be a rotary cutter [ brush hog] to mow the place, a box blade to maintain the driveway and any ditches ect and a back blade for snow removal if you need to, so get either a package deal, ie a small farmall or deere which comes with all that, from somebody selling out, or a ford or ferguson ect that can run the modern 3 point implements made today, a few items of interest you can buy a 8n ford which will do all this, but if you add a grand or less to the price of a good 8n, you can step up to the hundred series or even the early thousand series, the difference especially to a beginner is dramatic, you get live hydraulics as you move into the thousand series you get that plus live pto, and power steering, so look around before you buy, same with farmall and deeres, you can buy in the 40's but if you step into the 50's and 60's you can get much more tractor for not much more money . these tractors are a little more complicated but not so much so that you cant figure it out if you buy the manuals for it, most are available right there on this sight, as you look around at tractors , if one sparks your intrest snap a photo of it and post it, and folks here will tell you about it and weather its suitable for what you want, once your set up with it you wont believe how many friends and cousins you have never met that will suddenly drop by and need tractor work, when that happens, do not loan or rent your tractor to them, go, and do the work yourself and they pay you for it, a loaned tractor is a broken tractor
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