Who owns the most tractors?

[Pharm]

One question I have. Why own several tractors if your just a normal owner and not a collector or enthusiast?

I have - Farmall M (relic)
Massey Ferguson 1080 (operational)
Kubota mx5100 (less than 1 year old)
various lawn tractors of which only 1 currently works.

The Farmall M stays in the barn unless I have another member of our family that wants to restore it. Too much family history to sell. MF 1080 took a lot of my time keeping it going and didn't have a FEL so I bought the Kubota - but it's still nice having a big tractor around when you need it.

Reason I ask is I'm currently trying to decide whether to keep the MF1080 or sell it. It's kind of nice to have another tractor if one has problems - but with 4 vehicles and 2 running tractors I'm starting to feel like I'm spread fairly thin. Then again when I see how many some of you have I think maybe I'm just getting started on my collection.

 

[aczlan]

One question I have. Why own several tractors if your just a normal owner and not a collector or enthusiast?

We have 3:
BX2660: Mowing/Snowplowing tractor.
B7500: Loader tractor, also used for raking hay, clearing snow, shuttling haywagons, tilling, plowing (in the garden) and backup mowing tractor.
L3830: Baling, bush-hogging, raking hay, backblading, etc

Aaron Z

 

[Edward. S]

As of this morning (and subject to change)

Some collectables, some used on farm, some used in commercial mowing business. ALL used from time to time.

Kubota 7610
Ferguson F40
Massey Harris 50
Massey Ferguson 50
MF 150
MF 150 nf
MF 165
MF 573 (X2)
Ford 3000
Ford 3600
Ford 4000
Ford 4600
Ford 5600
JD 4020
JD 2440
JD 2640
JD 4440
JD 4840
JD 4450
JD 4650
JD 6430 (X3)
JD 6140r (X5)
IH 1466
IH 1086
Oliver 1750
Allis Chalmers 190XT
Case 530
Case 580 Super M
and a Cub Cadet lawn mower!

Holy FWJ you got more machines than me :shocked: Enjoy your 6R's I like my 7R so far.


List of machines at the farm - all of them run

JD 4700
JD 5200
JD 5225
JD 5310
JD 5420
JD 5085M
JD 6430 Premium (x2) One loader, One without
JD 6715
JD 7230R
Massey Ferguson 245
International 274 (x2) 6000 hours / 800 hours

 

[fieldman12]

In my opinion these days it's not a totally bad idea to have some money wrapped up in tractors. Some are worth as much or more than when they sold new thirty or forty years ago. I sold my MF 255 last year. I had it 15 years and I got $1500 less than I paid for it. If I had bought a used car and kept it that long it would be in the scrap pile and worth hardly anything.

 

[sparc]

And as emissions get tighter they might hold their value for a few more years.

 

[DavesTractor]

652 new Mahindra tractors in stock as of this afternoon, but I doubt you meant this for dealers/distributors!

One thing for sure, everyone should have multiple tractors!

 

[MBTRAC]

Ok guy's I'll chime in here - consider our gear is spread across farms my brother & I run as a commercial "enterprise" including farm contracting & earthmoving operations - currently our gear includes :-

1. Working Fam Tractors:-
McCormick TMax 110HP
Landini 2x Powerfarm 110 FEL
Daedong (Kioti) DK1002 100hp FEL 4/1
Phillips 3x Acremasters 330hp
Phoenix Acremaster 330hp
Steiger CP1400 400hp
Steiger 425hp
JD6030 212hp
Versatile 835 230hp
MF1805 x2 200hp
Mercedes MB1500 FEL & Blade 150hp
Mercedes MB1500 FEL 150hp
Mercedes MB1300 FEL $ Blade 130hp
Mercedes MB1300 Blade 130hp
Mercedes MB800x2 80hp
Austrak RT45 x2 4x4 Fel/BH c.65hp
Case Agriking 1370 165hp
Deutz DX230FWA 230hp
Deutz DX140FWA 140hp
New Holland T8050 325hp
New Holland TJ450HD 450hp
IH1486FWA 150hp
White 2-135 150hp
White 2-155 160hp
White 4-150 150hp
White 4-225 230hp
Allis 7580 4WD 220hp
Allis 7045 2WD 170hp
Belarus 1770 165hp
Belarus 1500 150hp
Fiat 780DT FEL 75hp
Case 4890 300hp
Case STX535 535hp
Case STX530AC 530hp
& our newest "brand new" secondhand Fiat 180/90 (pictured)
+ Self propelled Harvesters, Sprayers, Telehandlers ..etc

2. Non Mobile Tractors/Earthmoving Gear (i.e. Complete in various states of Rebuild/Restoration or immobile & used as stationary Engines, Pumpsets...etc):-
IH 866x3 Ag tractor
JD 8440 Ag tractor
IH 4568 Ag tractor
IH 6388 Ag tractor
White 2-180 Ag tractor
MF178
Fiat 1300 Ag tractor
Fiat 411R Ag tractor
Cat D7 17A Dozer
Cat D8H x2 Dozer
Fiat 31 Dozer
Fiat 451C Dozer
Oliver DDH Dozer
JD450C Traxcavator
Timberjack 8x8 Log Forwarder
Osa 6x6 Log Forwarder
Leyland 4x4 Loader
MF50 FEL/BH
+assorted incomplete wrecks

3. Farm Earthmoving Gear:-
Toyota 2SD7 Skidsteer
Hydrapower Skidsteer
Bobcat 751 Skidsteer
Bobcat 753x2 Skidsteer
JCB 3C FEL/BH
JCB 3CX FEL/BH
Case 580CK FEL/BH
MF40 FEL
Bobcat 4x4 Loader
Case W7 4x4 Loader
Case W9 4x4 Loader
Hough 30C 4x4 Loader
Scoopmobile LD9 4x4 Loader
Fiat 70CI Dozer
Fiat 505 Dozer
Komatsu D75 Traxcavator
Case 855C Traxcavator
Kato 1220Se Excavator
Mitsubishi MS230 Excavator
Clark 667 Skidder
Timberjack 230D Skidder
+ Sundry gear

4. Commercial Earthmoving Gear:-
Gehl 4640 x2 Skid Steer
Case SV185 Skid Steer
Takeuchi TL150 x2 CTL
Cat D7G x2 Dozer
Cat D4D Dozer
Case 450C Dozer
Komatsu D75 Traxcavator
Case 1455B Traxcavator
Cat 935 Traxcavator
Cat 941 Traxcavator
Kubota 161 Excavator
Komatsu PC220 x2 Excavator
Hitachi EX120 Excavator
+ Self propelled Trenchers & Mulchers

CUT's/Lawn Ride ons:-
JD415 CUT 200hrs 15hp
JD LT155x2 to1070hrs 15hp
JD X748 700hrs 24hp
Deutscher x2 12hp
Iseki TX2160 2600hrs 18hp
Kubota B7100HST FEL/BH 18hp
Kubota B7100HST FEL/BH 18hp

 

[daugen]

let there be a moment of silent reverence...
MBTrac, that's really quite amazing.
Now if you lived in the US, you'd have to have a gigantic ranch in Texas. Everything is large in Texas...
You must have a full time parts guy to back up your repair techs.

C'mon SoundGuy, wake up, the competition is, well, awesome, but we know you can do it. :thumbsup:

thanks MBTrac for listing all that. Your fleet of earthmoving equipment is quite remarkable.

 

[MBTRAC]

let there be a moment of silent reverence...
MBTrac, that's really quite amazing.
Now if you lived in the US, you'd have to have a gigantic ranch in Texas. Everything is large in Texas...
You must have a full time parts guy to back up your repair techs.

C'mon SoundGuy, wake up, the competition is, well, awesome, but we know you can do it. :thumbsup:

thanks MBTrac for listing all that. Your fleet of earthmoving equipment is quite remarkable.

Thanks - a little unsure if this many tractors is a something everyone should aspire to or be certified (insane) for having - but it sure keeps us occupied

Unfortunately we don't have the vast "Texas" style single ranch - our farms are spread across two states (NSW & Victoria) & c.1200kms/750miles so travelling is part & parcle of the our lifestle choice - we regularly crop upwards of 13,000acres+ (during the last 12months it was 23,000+) dryland across the farms + more share cropping/contracts, though there's been a few years where it's been close to zero because of drought- we also farm lesser areas of irrigated crops @ c.3000acres+, dryland/irrigated silage/hay @c.2400acres & a cattle feedlot/paddock cattle/a few thousand sheep.

We run 1 main workshop for major rebuilds/repairs + two mobile field repair tech's & yes there's a full time parts/service scheduling & planning guy.

Consider also a lot of our non-essential (though nice to have) gear is aged , so for example the combined worth of our listed "3. Farm Earthmoving Gear " is less than the cost of a single new 250hp ag tractor.....a simlar story on some of our listed "Commercial Earthmoving Gear" where for the price of a single new D8 I can own a reliable fleet of 2xD7G's + a D4D + Case 450C + Case 1455B + Cat935 + the old Cat941 & still have change....

And in ag tractors it strikes me as extraordinary value I could recently buy our 300hp Case 4890 in sound condition for c.$13K & yet I also payed not long ago c.$6K for our 15hp JD415 to mow lawns - still can't figure the logic & value of the small tractor market (unfortunately logic goes out the window here as my wife wouldn't take too kindly to the Case 4890's 28,000lb wheel tracks in the lawn...... hence the JD415)

Anyways who owns the most tractors is irrelevant as an average day in any sized tractor seat IMO sure beats a great day sitting in an office.....:thumbsup:

 

[D7E]

I see you bought the 180/90 then MB ....I do like those