tngamecockfan
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Been a member here for some time but never posted before. I have always wanted to live and work on a farm. Well, at 59/12 I just purchased a 109 acre farm in Rutherford County, TN at an absolute auction.
This property includes a small chicken coop/house, work shop with huge chain lift, and 2 metal barns. It also has some pastures, 4 ponds, woods, and had some cattle which also sold at the auction.
The roads through the property are in bad shape with a lot of rock areas. I will need to fill in some of these low areas with rock and fill over with some kind of material (clay, soil, crush-n-run, river rock). I will also need to probably dig up some of the rocks in the fields. So having said this it's evident to me I will need a tractor with a front end loader.
This farm had 2 MF tractors for sale which I didn't bid. 1 had a blown engine and the other had an AC cab and front end loader. It went for 16,300. I was told that the old man who purchased the tractor 10 years ago brand new pay at least $60,000 for it.
Never been on or used a tractor. But I can learn anything. I need to crawl before I walk so I am in no hurry to make a decision. But I can't afford to spend a lot of money and will also need a bushhog for the pastures. Since there are 4 ponds on the property I might need to think about a backhoe attachment to deepen and/or enlarge the ponds which are all spring fed.
I have read here that MF probably makes the best tractor for the money. What would be the best model of MF, or another brand, for me to purchase.
BTW, I am also a beekeeper and have bees on my property in town, 4 farms and 1 rural home with about 8 acres of open land and near farm land. Having a tractor would probably make my life easier on the farm when removing heavy supers of honey. I plan on planting tulip poplars, bee bee trees, and probably some vitex trees. Al have good nectar flows with the latter two being later in the summer when most of the nectar flow has dried up.
Will probably purchase some calves starting next spring, graze them and then sell them off in the fall. This would help bring in some income without the expense of cutting and baleinlg hay and winter.
This property includes a small chicken coop/house, work shop with huge chain lift, and 2 metal barns. It also has some pastures, 4 ponds, woods, and had some cattle which also sold at the auction.
The roads through the property are in bad shape with a lot of rock areas. I will need to fill in some of these low areas with rock and fill over with some kind of material (clay, soil, crush-n-run, river rock). I will also need to probably dig up some of the rocks in the fields. So having said this it's evident to me I will need a tractor with a front end loader.
This farm had 2 MF tractors for sale which I didn't bid. 1 had a blown engine and the other had an AC cab and front end loader. It went for 16,300. I was told that the old man who purchased the tractor 10 years ago brand new pay at least $60,000 for it.
Never been on or used a tractor. But I can learn anything. I need to crawl before I walk so I am in no hurry to make a decision. But I can't afford to spend a lot of money and will also need a bushhog for the pastures. Since there are 4 ponds on the property I might need to think about a backhoe attachment to deepen and/or enlarge the ponds which are all spring fed.
I have read here that MF probably makes the best tractor for the money. What would be the best model of MF, or another brand, for me to purchase.
BTW, I am also a beekeeper and have bees on my property in town, 4 farms and 1 rural home with about 8 acres of open land and near farm land. Having a tractor would probably make my life easier on the farm when removing heavy supers of honey. I plan on planting tulip poplars, bee bee trees, and probably some vitex trees. Al have good nectar flows with the latter two being later in the summer when most of the nectar flow has dried up.
Will probably purchase some calves starting next spring, graze them and then sell them off in the fall. This would help bring in some income without the expense of cutting and baleinlg hay and winter.