JimBinMI
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Apr 6, 2000
- Messages
- 1,008
- Location
- Coldwater, Michigan
- Tractor
- 2015 Kubota BX25D-1, New Holland TZ18DA
Hey all,
After reading this and other boards for over two years, it is my opinion that many compact buyers have "Tim the Toolman Taylor Syndrome". Don't get me wrong, it's your money and in our economy it is your right to spend it the way you want. I just believe that a lot of guys buy way more tractor than they need.
Example: my neighbor who I don't believe reads this board owns a 27 hp diesel, he mows the same amount of lawn as I do, moves less snow that I do, rototills and disks/cultivates a garden - which I don't do but I could. I only have 18.5 hp!
Just for the heck of it, and to see if I'm anywhere close to right will you respond with: Horsepower divided by Acres Maintained (if you work commercially like MarkC, you'll have to decide if you'd have the same tractor for your acreage for personal use or not)
For me it's: 18.5 hp divided by 8 acres = 2.3 hp/acre
I know this doesn't consider a lot of things but it is also NOT A COLOR ISSUE! If you want to leave comments about how you use your tractor to justify hp you don't need my permission! Thanks in advance! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
JimBinMI
We boys and our toys!
After reading this and other boards for over two years, it is my opinion that many compact buyers have "Tim the Toolman Taylor Syndrome". Don't get me wrong, it's your money and in our economy it is your right to spend it the way you want. I just believe that a lot of guys buy way more tractor than they need.
Example: my neighbor who I don't believe reads this board owns a 27 hp diesel, he mows the same amount of lawn as I do, moves less snow that I do, rototills and disks/cultivates a garden - which I don't do but I could. I only have 18.5 hp!
Just for the heck of it, and to see if I'm anywhere close to right will you respond with: Horsepower divided by Acres Maintained (if you work commercially like MarkC, you'll have to decide if you'd have the same tractor for your acreage for personal use or not)
For me it's: 18.5 hp divided by 8 acres = 2.3 hp/acre
I know this doesn't consider a lot of things but it is also NOT A COLOR ISSUE! If you want to leave comments about how you use your tractor to justify hp you don't need my permission! Thanks in advance! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
JimBinMI
We boys and our toys!