jenkinsph
Super Star Member
i'm new here and looking for advice on what sub compact tractor to buy in terms of price, value and reliability. i will be buying used and will be using it to till a 1 acre vegatable garden. Thanks in advance for any insight
First, sorry about the rants disrupting your thread.
Tilling a one acre garden can be done with a wide variety of machines. Which size and power you go with will determine how much time you will spend doing this. I have a 24hp machine with a 60" tiller that will do this and I have a 60hp machine with a 72" tiller that will do this much faster. If this will be your "go to" machine I would look for something around 30hp with higher clearance, position control on the 3ph and hydrostatic transmission.
There should be lots of models and brands that would fit you well, I like Deere and am more familiar with them, something along the lines of a 2720 with a 655 tiller would be my suggestion. Lots of other brands will offer tractors that are very good choices too, I am just not as familiar with all the model numbers.
A one acre garden is a big garden imo, get a machine with more ground clearance that will allow you to use a cultivator to ease some of the labor.