thisoldtractor
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Hello TBN! Just bought a home on almost 20 acres and need something to help maintain it and knock out projects. Here's where I need help from the TBN community since I've never owned a tractor. I'm looking for a used tractor for no more than $5,000.
Tasks the tractor will be used for:
brush hogging/mowing mostly flat with a few small rolling hills
box blade and grader blade for maintaining driveway
box blade/grader blader/??? for maintaining horse corral
loader for moving dirt and rocks
post hole digger for planting trees and fence posts
tiller or plow for a garden prep.
*at some point I may try to grow my own hay and would need implements for that but for now I'm hoping to find a neighbor willing to do this for me for a portion of what grows.
These are the tractors I've found semi-locally:
1960 801 Power Master - $6,500
1-Brush Hog
1-Box Blade w/ Teeth
1-Swivel Blade
1-Spring Tooth
1-Two Bottom Plow
1-Almost New Disc
1-Almost New Rototiller
1-Almost New Post Hole Drill w/ Two Auger (6' Auger & 10' Auger)
1-Almost New Round Bale Spear
1-Pond Box
1-Homemade Wench Motor Puller
Ford 2000 - $4,500 ("newer" version with the 36hp 3 cylinder gas engine)
1-5' mower
1-loader (but it looks small)
"Transmission, starter, ignition coil, points and plugs gone through this spring. Tires in like new condition."
2000 Kioti LK2552 - $5,000
Includes Kioti KL254 loader. "Normal leaks, seal leaking a little, seat need recover, 675 hrs, the tach cable went bad last week."
My preference just based on year and hours is the Kioti but I'd need a good manual to walk me through replacing the tach cable. Not sure if it would be too small to tackle all those jobs, though. Should I be looking at the older tractors instead? Help me TBN!
Tasks the tractor will be used for:
brush hogging/mowing mostly flat with a few small rolling hills
box blade and grader blade for maintaining driveway
box blade/grader blader/??? for maintaining horse corral
loader for moving dirt and rocks
post hole digger for planting trees and fence posts
tiller or plow for a garden prep.
*at some point I may try to grow my own hay and would need implements for that but for now I'm hoping to find a neighbor willing to do this for me for a portion of what grows.
These are the tractors I've found semi-locally:
1960 801 Power Master - $6,500
1-Brush Hog
1-Box Blade w/ Teeth
1-Swivel Blade
1-Spring Tooth
1-Two Bottom Plow
1-Almost New Disc
1-Almost New Rototiller
1-Almost New Post Hole Drill w/ Two Auger (6' Auger & 10' Auger)
1-Almost New Round Bale Spear
1-Pond Box
1-Homemade Wench Motor Puller
Ford 2000 - $4,500 ("newer" version with the 36hp 3 cylinder gas engine)
1-5' mower
1-loader (but it looks small)
"Transmission, starter, ignition coil, points and plugs gone through this spring. Tires in like new condition."
2000 Kioti LK2552 - $5,000
Includes Kioti KL254 loader. "Normal leaks, seal leaking a little, seat need recover, 675 hrs, the tach cable went bad last week."
My preference just based on year and hours is the Kioti but I'd need a good manual to walk me through replacing the tach cable. Not sure if it would be too small to tackle all those jobs, though. Should I be looking at the older tractors instead? Help me TBN!
