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Posted by Gentleman Farmer on April 23, 2005 at 08:26:29 from (172.152.238.156):
In Reply to: Re: tractor recommendations posted by Arizona Bob on April 22, 2005 at 20:51:49:
From the standpoints of capability, useability and maintenance, I'd have to agree with Kubota. I know that folks on this board are die-hard proponents of the big old American-made agricultural giants (I love 'em, too), but for small-scale operations it's pretty hard to beat the Kubotas. Small, powerful, dependable, versatile. Run like a Swiss watch. Very mechanically reliable, low fuel consumption rate, and you can get any number of 3-point implements for whatever your agricultural focus will be (i.e., if you're into *small-scale* woodcutting, you can get winches, log trailers, etc., and if you're doing typical plowing/planting stuff there's a whole range of those implements, too.) I bought one for my dad after he retired, and he loves it. His is just under 30 HP, has four-wheel drive (you'd be surprised how useful that is, especially when dealing with springtime mud season!) and uses very little diesel during a full day's work. The tractor came with a loader and bush hog (which he uses to keep the pastures from growing in), and plows and harrows for the vegetable gardens were the next purchase. I also bought him a box scraper and York rake to maintain the gravel road down through the fields. The tractor's small enough to transport fairly easily: Folks in our community kept calling him and asking him to do small jobs for them (usually gardens or minor landscaping), so we got a trailer and can haul the tractor to these jobs with a full-size pickup truck (just be sure to equip the pickup and trailer with electric brakes). With adequate care and attention, maintenance is next to nothing -- just an oil change once or twice a year, mostly. Do yourself a favor and look at the smaller Kubotas. Just be sure to buy one big enough, but not too big!
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