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Posted by dhermesc on June 04, 2004 at 11:22:36 from (68.110.220.22):
In Reply to: Weekend Farming posted by Bill Pa on June 04, 2004 at 07:11:05:
I'd say you'd be fine with any 70-80 hp tractor as long as it was in good running condition. Last thing you want is to take a day off work to finish planting and spend it on the turnrow trying to get it to run. I'm partial to 856 -866 - 886 IHs. My brother in law was farming about 600 acres with a pair of old Case 970s up until a year ago. He added almost 500 acres to that and bought a "new" 7120. As he put it the farm has never contributed a dime to his income - anything its ever made has been rolled back into it.
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