Subject: FARM TRACTORS

From: [email-masked] (Gerry Toledo)
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1993 18:02:27 GMT

I posted this to rec.equestrian and thought I would give
	this group a try.
	Thanks for any help in advance.

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From: [email-masked] (Gerry Toledo)
Subject: TRACTORS
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	I will be in the market for a tractor in the very near future and
	am hoping that the net can offer me some wisdom as to what type 
	to buy or stay away from. What implements would be most useful up
	front for a 17 horse boarding facility? I haven't decided whether
	to buy new or used. Alot of the used ones that I've looked at
	are in the 2 to 4k range. Some of these are up to 35 years old.
	I just don't think I can bring myself to pay $4000 for a 35 year
	old tractor.
	   I am leaning towards the Kubota 3450 which is 34 horsepower
	with 30 horsepower at the pto.
	   I will be moving manure and shavings, leveling the arena,
	making 50 acres worth of trails, and clearing some land. I also
	will be doing some landscaping, trenching, etc, etc. The land
	clearing will obviously give it the most abuse. Will I be
	underpowered? Am I buying too much tractor?

				Thanks in advance,
						Gerardo Toledo
						Winding Brook Farm
						Derry, N.H.

 	In reply to Tony's post about renting a tractor before you buy,
        it's a great idea. I have already rented the only one that I
        know of in the area. It was a 20 horsepower Kubota with a
        frontloader and a post hole digger. I thought I was a bit under-
        powered. The front loader was O.K. and I busted through some
        brush and made a clearing in which to dry my firewood fairly easily.
        The only problem I had was trying to move a couple of stumps
        that I had laying around. The front loader couldn't budge them
        and even in 4WD the tractor was too light to push them. These
        stumps weren't that huge. The tractor I buy had better be able
        to perform these absolutely essential tasks.
	At $150 a day I can't afford too many test drives.

                                        Gerardo Toledo
                                        Winding Brook Farm
                                        Derry, N.H.

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From: [email-masked] (Troy R. Heavrin)
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1993 23:01:48 GMT

On the family farm we bought a Ford 3000 several years ago and repainted it and did some minor repairs to it and it has been a great tractor. The only thing different I would do is find a diesel instead of gas probably. It has a lot of heart for a tractor its size. $4k for a used tractor is not really unreasonable if it is in good shape. I believe a JD 2220 and an IH 644 are about the same size as a 3000. A 3600 is a latter model. I have found a 5 foot bushhog, a six foot grader blade, and a boom pole to b

e the most important pieces of equipment a person could have. I could probably find good use for a front end loader too, but I really haven't ever needed one.