jenkinsph
Super Star Member
Buzzard,
About the fancy vs. primitive tractors,most of us who have been using tractors for a long time have or have had both types. My older Deere 820 (forty years old) is 31 pto hp and 4000 lbs without ballasting. The 4520 open station is 50 pto hp and about 3700+ lbs without ballasting. Both are useful tractors and both have enough power for lots of uses but if I need to get something done it is easier and quicker to get on the fancy tractor as you would call it. Most of the tractor features you consider to be fancy are things that make a real improvement while using the tractor.
My 820 pictured below will do everything now that it would ever do and is in as good condition as new but for most things a new 3320 or 3520 will work circles around it. You should consider that an older simple tractor can be had for alot less money than buying a new simple tractor and I doubt you will wear either one out. The 820 pictured is worth around $6000 or so I would not go buy a similar new tractor regardless of 4x4 and hydro for five times as much. I bought the new 4520 because those fancy features help me do a better job with more precision.
About the fancy vs. primitive tractors,most of us who have been using tractors for a long time have or have had both types. My older Deere 820 (forty years old) is 31 pto hp and 4000 lbs without ballasting. The 4520 open station is 50 pto hp and about 3700+ lbs without ballasting. Both are useful tractors and both have enough power for lots of uses but if I need to get something done it is easier and quicker to get on the fancy tractor as you would call it. Most of the tractor features you consider to be fancy are things that make a real improvement while using the tractor.
My 820 pictured below will do everything now that it would ever do and is in as good condition as new but for most things a new 3320 or 3520 will work circles around it. You should consider that an older simple tractor can be had for alot less money than buying a new simple tractor and I doubt you will wear either one out. The 820 pictured is worth around $6000 or so I would not go buy a similar new tractor regardless of 4x4 and hydro for five times as much. I bought the new 4520 because those fancy features help me do a better job with more precision.