T Dew
Bronze Member
After reading this forum for years and learning as much as I can without posting, I am finally posting a question. I am (this week) planning to purchase a new tractor. My plan is to use this tractor to help get the farm back to its former glory with lots of post hole digging, a fair amount of loader and backhoe work, and a lot of bush-hogging. I will also be using it to work the soil a couple of times a year in a personal garden about 200' x 50', so I do not want anything too big. We are currently using a 6430 Premium to make hay on about 100 acres, but that tractor will soon have to be replaced as well. I just know that everything in the 6 series is too big to use for garden work or any of the landscaping work. I am left needing at least two tractors. The costs of them causes me to lean toward the E series, but my aging back (and everything else) sure love the look and feel of the deluxe cab on that M series. I'm wondering if I were to go with the M series (maybe even a bigger one than the 75) if I could get away with running most of the jobs on a 250 acre farm. If I could pull a baler and such as well as work in the garden with that tractor then I might not need a larger 6 series. I realize this is a lot of question, but I know the minds here will help me out.
Thanks in advance for all the input. This site has taught me more than I could ever convey, and it is part of the reason I have decided to return to farming after many, many years in an office.
Thanks in advance for all the input. This site has taught me more than I could ever convey, and it is part of the reason I have decided to return to farming after many, many years in an office.