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Originally Posted by jbrumberg
Sooner or later JC-Jetro will jump in; Jay
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Here I am
, morning Jay,
Asylum, I'll give you my two cents, I don't live on my property, I don't maintain a road, no snow removal but do the rest of the stuff you mentioned. I find 1700 or 1710 are both capable of doing your intended tasks for the size of your property. I use the example of Bugs Bunny and that tortes, with all the speed Bugsy had he still ended up not finishing the task before the tortes. Now 1710 with a live
pto, loader and FWA is by far more capable of my 1700 without them. All being relative, I'll be tickled pink to have a 1710 rigged up like yours over what I have. I still get my stuff done but like always have to "earn it". Again, "big is not always better", 1710 is a prefect size to get in to really some tight areas to work where a bigger tractor would be totally out of question. All and all, it'll take you a bit longer to do the work but you'll get it done. 2120 is one heck of a machine but @ $14000 I certainly look toward a brand new rig of whatever flavor and color that suits me, and I'd know that it will last me a life time since I'll be maintaining it. By the way, you did not mention if 2120 comes with a loader or not, without it and it ain't a good deal. Finally, if the 1710 is in a good shape as you say it is, low hrs ,loader and FWA, I know you'll be able to sell it in a few years (with learning curve and associated experience under your belt) with no to a little loss because those little Ford tractor do keep their values. You'll have a lot more to do in the first couple of years, but when you got most of the major stuff done you'll hit the " steady state" and that does not take as much work to keep.
JC,