Any tractor owners?

[BC-Axeman]

I am getting tired of doing all the property work by hand and looking at getting something like this:
http://fracstar.com/pics/tractor1.jpg


This one is a Massey Ferguson but Kubota and Yanmar make about the same thing, along with a bunch of off brand ones. The Yanmar is a little bigger.

Anyone want to show off their tractor?

[Biglizard1]

Mine is not near perrty nough!!

[Col. Kurtz]

Proud owner of a 1952 Super-A here. I'll try to dig up a photo....

I'd probably suggest 4WD if you get one with a bucket on the front. Helps make you go when the back wheels are bouncing off the ground :tu

[wrench turner 85]

Proud owner of a 1952 Super-A here. I'll try to dig up a photo....

I'd probably suggest 4WD if you get one with a bucket on the front. Helps make you go when the back wheels are bouncing off the ground :tu

a 52 super A, NICE:tu. I do agre with col. Kurtz on the 4WD. It does come in handy

[BC-Axeman]

All these sub-compacts are 4WD hydro trans (except maybe the cheap chinese and korean ones). Our Home Depot has a rental backhoe-loader that doesn't have a detachable hoe and three point hitch. The thing is made so cheaply that they didn't clean welds or cuts or deburr or worry about what they were painting. You get what you pay for, it seems.

[wrench turner 85]

All these sub-compacts are 4WD hydro trans (except maybe the cheap chinese and korean ones). Our Home Depot has a rental backhoe-loader that doesn't have a detachable hoe and three point hitch. The thing is made so cheaply that they didn't clean welds or cuts or deburr or worry about what they were painting. You get what you pay for, it seems.

yep you do

[smokeyandthebandit05]

How big do you want to go? I would personally go larger, no offense but that just looks like a regular lawn mover with a bucket and different tires.


I would get something along the lines of this

http://www.deere.com/en_US/ProductCatalog/HO/product/productlargerview/HO_1450LV_LargerView.html


As for tractors I personally dont own one but would love to

Here is an Oliver 66 I help restore

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i244/smokeyandthebandit05/Picture123.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i244/smokeyandthebandit05/Picture121.jpg

and it is action
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i244/smokeyandthebandit05/n762484674_255792_6315.jpg

see not so much resto. More of a trans and engine work

[BC-Axeman]

Small is good for me, as long as it has power. No mower would hold a backhoe. These things weigh around 3000 lbs. I live on a mountaintop with a meadow and forest. These little subs are good landscape and maintainance tools.

Someone here on craigslist had an Oliver like that one almost finished restoring.

[Scothew]

I grew up on nothing but fords. We have a very old 8n and a mid 70's 6000 between my dad and myself. I've told myself if i ever got something newer it would be about the size of the 8n and 4wd with a bucket on the front. Or if i could find a bucket system for teh 6000, id just start a mini excavatin crew. For small property with woods or small tracts of fields, you cant beat the smaller 3-4cyl diesel tractors.

edit: apperently New Holland has reintroduced the old 8n!!

http://www.8n.com/

[BC-Axeman]

http://fracstar.com/pics/tractor2.jpg
This is the Yanmar compact. About 4500 lbs. It costs half again as much as the sub-compacts. 28.7HP vs 23hp. It looks wicked.

[Prefy]

Got a lot of experience operating tractors but don't own one myself. Most of my experience comes from working on farms and my summer jobs.

As per my bias I'm really a John Deere fan for bigger stuff but at work we have a Kubota BX24. The thing has over 1500 hours of hard labour(working in very hard terrain where our bigger stuff cant go) done on it and for the most part has only needed general maintenance.

http://files.kooybros.com/Kubota%20BX%2024%20(2006).jpg

But my baby at work is a Kubota MX 5000(thats not mine pictured)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3664/3344101587_117f7031ef.jpg?v=0

[smokeyandthebandit05]

The Kubota on the trailer and the Yanmar look better than the Massey

I know a guy who has a New Holland and he loves the thing. Little 3 cylinder with a bucket and hoe. The only complaint is he should have gotten the larger hydraulic pump cause when he uses the hoe it tends to slow down when hes moving left and right while scooping and dumping (like scoop, pick up, swing, and dump all in one motion).

and on a side note I saw the new 8n at the fair this summer. I really like the looks of it. I love the looks of old tractors

[Smokin Gator]

I grew up on a fairly good sized farm and we had lots of tractors. Plus my uncle owned first the Massey dealership and then the Ford dealership.

When we moved back here I bought a Kubota BX 24 (I think) with a bush hog, a box blade, and a small disc. I wish it where bigger just because... but it has done everything I have wanted it to do.

It is a little light in the arse though!!! I have had it up on three wheels a couple of times with a full bucket of dirt.

[BC-Axeman]

If anyone has any REALLY old tractors like these, there is someone on craigslist wanting to buy them or the parts.
http://fracstar.com/pics/tracold1.jpghttp://fracstar.com/pics/tracold2.jpghttp://fracstar.com/pics/tracold3.jpg

[bobarian]

Lance, Drop Kriss a PM. He might be able to point you in the right direction locally.

[Silound]

Some advice along the lines of compacts...

Look for a compact tractor, which means it has a three point hitch and a PTO linkage on the rear. This will allow you to rent, buy, borrow, or otherwise utilize rear graders and brush movers, as well as a variety of other small pieces of useful equipment.

For light tractor and excavation work, I recommend a Farmall Series compact, which comes with a font end loader, 3pt hitch, and a GHP rating of 30-60 depending on the model. These are ideal for all-around light tillage, moving, and small excavating, and they have quite a bit of power. The only downside would be the size of the trailer needed to move them around in comparison to the small Kubotas.

New prices, depending on options such as optional cab, accessories, etc, price one around $25-30K, however you can pick up a lightly used one for probably $20-25K.

[BC-Axeman]

Ford 9n steel wheel, only 900 bucks!
http://fracstar.com/pics/tracold4.jpg

[Scothew]

Wow, we had an old 9n along time ago, but wasnt a steel wheel like that.

[Col. Kurtz]

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc267/jdubx2/2farmalls.jpg

That's the only pic I could find. Forgot I used to have two of them. I sold the mower and kept the one on the right. :tu

I have since closed in the garage and made it part of the house, built a 30x80' 4 bay garage in the back yard, and had a little girl.

I just called the wife and told her "thank you" for dragging me this far. :)

[Scothew]

My grandfather had one almost identical to the one on the right in teh pic. Loved the underbelly attachment system, always thought it was soo cool.

[Col. Kurtz]

And the lady who makes it all possible!

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc267/jdubx2/jennifer.jpg

[Scothew]

:tu

Yup, spent many a summer days on one just like that!

[SvilleKid]

I grew up using a Farmall Cub on a small hobby farm of my father, purchased more for a place for my Grandmother to live than for farming. Several decades old when Dad purchased it. Served us well for a decade, then he sold it for more than he paid for it when he sold the farm.

I currently have a Kubota model L275 (1982 or 3?)I use for my small patch and for hunting club duties. 27.5 horsepower is plenty strong, especially coming from the three cylinder diesel! If you go with a diesel, spring for one with a pre-heater. Sure makes it easier to crank (I've never had to use the compression release with the pre-heater!). The one drawback to my particular tractor is that the previous owner used it mainly for yard duty, so it has turf tires that don't "bite" too well when I'm trying to disc or plow.

Wish it had a front loader bucket, but I really don't have the true need necessary to justify the added cost. 4WD is a definite positive if the tractor has a front loader. I've used a buddy's large John Deere with a bucket, field tires and 2WD; difficult to scoop up compacted dirt without spinning, even with field tires!

A good tractor is one that can take years of heavy use, and still keep running that's why there are still tons of old Ford 8N's still working out there. Don't get sucked into one of the cheap import knock-offs; they don't have proven staying power.

[BC-Axeman]

Whatever I get, if I buy it from a dealer, it won't be in California. The sales tax is close to 10% here. For $1000-2000 I will drive for a day or two, or take delivery.

[BC-Axeman]

Hmmm. Kioti is Korean but it seems to be a more respectable brand. This just showed up on CL.
http://fracstar.com/pics/kioti1.jpghttp://fracstar.com/pics/kioti2.jpg
CK20, only 22HP but way stronger FEL, BH and 3pt than the subcompacts with the same HP.

[RichardW]

Not my tractor, but surely you guys might appreciate this --

not much response in the entertainment section :rolleyes:

This is absolutely hysterical! I especially liked the solos the tractor took during the breaks. What wild abandon!

http://fschnell.net/WordPress/?p=1094

[BC-Axeman]

I seem to be going bigger already. If I can get them close to 20k I may just get this one.
http://fracstar.com/pics/Kub1.jpghttp://fracstar.com/pics/Kub2.jpg
It's a Kubota B7800. It comes with the trailer, box scraper, blade, mower and auger. 30 HP.