canucklehead
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- Joined
- Nov 29, 2006
- Messages
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- Location
- frozen Canada
- Tractor
- 1979 Ford 1500, Toro 455D 10' mower w/ Renault diesel,
I see about 5 tractors for sale in my travel area, in my budget ($4,000, maybe 5K tops).I have 5 acres, mini horses. need to plow manure piles, move hog fuel with bucket, some fencing. would like to scrape sand ring and plant grass seed in areas. Maybe some finishing mowing. My land is mostly flat, with wet muck in winter. I'm not sure 4x4 is 100% required. A large bucket would be nice because hog fuel isn't heavy, but it's bulky and gets delivered in a big truck load, like 30 yards or more. These are what I've narrowed my choices down to, in my budget, in my area....
1)Ford 1801 industrial tractor with a backhoe and FEL. says it works, but it's older & slow (does that mean tired??). This one seems biggest and heaviest duty. 4 cycl diesel, selectomatic shifter (whatever that is). No hours indicated, & I assume 2wd.
2)Bolens Iseki,4x4, 20hp, diesel, FEL & a new 5' brush cutter (or mower). I've read on these forums that they are hard to find parts for. Again, no hours specified.
3)89 John Deere 670 4x4, new tires, 3800 hrs, brush hog, and 2-size post hole augger. Good condition, runs strong.** NO FEL. How much to get a FEL to fit this??
4)Mitsubishi Beaver 372, 2 cyl, 15 Hp diesel front loader and three point rear hitch
5)434 International tractor. Diesel ,Runs good,FEL, no idea of hours.
Part of my problem is that all of these require me to spend about a full day of travel to/from, to go check them out.So I really need to focus on one of them. I think any one of these would be good enough. Pretty sure they all have 3PT hitches (except that Ford 1801 with the backhoe). Altho I don't need backhoe, there are a few areas where I could use some trenching.
So which one would you focus on? WHich seems most intriguing? Any of them to totally avoid? I'm leaning to the Bolens or Mitsubishi.
1)Ford 1801 industrial tractor with a backhoe and FEL. says it works, but it's older & slow (does that mean tired??). This one seems biggest and heaviest duty. 4 cycl diesel, selectomatic shifter (whatever that is). No hours indicated, & I assume 2wd.
2)Bolens Iseki,4x4, 20hp, diesel, FEL & a new 5' brush cutter (or mower). I've read on these forums that they are hard to find parts for. Again, no hours specified.
3)89 John Deere 670 4x4, new tires, 3800 hrs, brush hog, and 2-size post hole augger. Good condition, runs strong.** NO FEL. How much to get a FEL to fit this??
4)Mitsubishi Beaver 372, 2 cyl, 15 Hp diesel front loader and three point rear hitch
5)434 International tractor. Diesel ,Runs good,FEL, no idea of hours.
Part of my problem is that all of these require me to spend about a full day of travel to/from, to go check them out.So I really need to focus on one of them. I think any one of these would be good enough. Pretty sure they all have 3PT hitches (except that Ford 1801 with the backhoe). Altho I don't need backhoe, there are a few areas where I could use some trenching.
So which one would you focus on? WHich seems most intriguing? Any of them to totally avoid? I'm leaning to the Bolens or Mitsubishi.