Neandertaler
Bronze Member
Hi everyone,
i am posting this time in order to help my sister who has a horse stable with about 40 horses, an indoor riding Arena, a quite large outdor riding/jumping Arena and some pasture. She currently has a 50 year old 2wd John Deere with a front end loader which is totally run down and limps to work. She only uses the tractor for moving round bales with a max weight of appr. 1100 Pounds, to drag the arenas and to pile up horse dung on one spot. The area is mostly flat. I am now looking for the cheapest way to teplace that tractor and have several questions:
what general weight class is advised. I guess at least 3000 lbs of tractor will work. Can i go lower (like 2000 lbs) or must i go higher?
how much lift does the FEL must have? Am i right to plan some reserve with going double...which means appr. 2200 lbs lift? Or will a lift capacity of 1500 lbs will be enough?
She does not use the rear PTO at all as the neighbor farmers take care of the pasture when nessessary. So i guess horsepower and speed are not important. She just Needs FEL capacity and a cheap Price. If not buying another worn out Oldtimer, what would be your advise for a cheap and new alternative?
-creature comforts do not matter
-no HST, shuttle shift would be nice
-high FEL capacity
-4WD
-no cab
I am open to "alternative" manufactureres like Kioti, TYM, or Mahindra, but would like to skip lower end chinese stuff like jinma and the like. My sister has no Clou whatsoever with mechanics and just Needs a no thrills workhorse.
i am posting this time in order to help my sister who has a horse stable with about 40 horses, an indoor riding Arena, a quite large outdor riding/jumping Arena and some pasture. She currently has a 50 year old 2wd John Deere with a front end loader which is totally run down and limps to work. She only uses the tractor for moving round bales with a max weight of appr. 1100 Pounds, to drag the arenas and to pile up horse dung on one spot. The area is mostly flat. I am now looking for the cheapest way to teplace that tractor and have several questions:
what general weight class is advised. I guess at least 3000 lbs of tractor will work. Can i go lower (like 2000 lbs) or must i go higher?
how much lift does the FEL must have? Am i right to plan some reserve with going double...which means appr. 2200 lbs lift? Or will a lift capacity of 1500 lbs will be enough?
She does not use the rear PTO at all as the neighbor farmers take care of the pasture when nessessary. So i guess horsepower and speed are not important. She just Needs FEL capacity and a cheap Price. If not buying another worn out Oldtimer, what would be your advise for a cheap and new alternative?
-creature comforts do not matter
-no HST, shuttle shift would be nice
-high FEL capacity
-4WD
-no cab
I am open to "alternative" manufactureres like Kioti, TYM, or Mahindra, but would like to skip lower end chinese stuff like jinma and the like. My sister has no Clou whatsoever with mechanics and just Needs a no thrills workhorse.