blucoondawg
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- Joined
- Mar 17, 2012
- Messages
- 430
- Location
- Pelican Lake, WI
- Tractor
- Kioti DK50SE w/ loader and Woods 90x backhoe, Allis Chalmers C with front snowplow
I'll throw in my 2 cents, if I were in your situation with money being somewhat of an issue I would look hard at the used market for now, there's plenty of used tractor around, just might take a while to find one in your area. A well kept tractor will hold its value quite well especially if you can find a deal on one of the major brands, then someday if you want trade on a new model.
In respect to which tractor you should get I would make weight a more important criteria than HP. Everyone focuses on the HP but these days more HP comes in increasingly smaller packages and if you don't have enough weight you won't get enough traction to use that HP you will just spin your tires. With 100 acres and potential farming operations I would forget about mowing lawn, any tractor that's that small to me starts to become useless in the bigger tasks. I would look for something absolute minimum of a 30 HP in the newer 4x4 type tractor but that is absolute minimum I would prefer something in the 40-50 horse range simply because it will give you a much heavier and more capable tractor. I have a dk50se kioti and it gets around woods very well and has a very good lift ability and also is a good heavy tractor.
If you go with an older tractor often times they are much heavier at a lower hp. For example my old allis Chalmers c is only around 20hp but weighs 2500lbs and it is a good workhorse as far as pulling logs and they were also able to pull a 2 bottom plow, nowadays if you buy a 20hp tractor it will be scarcely larger than a riding lawn mower and its ability is going to be greatly diminished due to lack of weight.
In respect to which tractor you should get I would make weight a more important criteria than HP. Everyone focuses on the HP but these days more HP comes in increasingly smaller packages and if you don't have enough weight you won't get enough traction to use that HP you will just spin your tires. With 100 acres and potential farming operations I would forget about mowing lawn, any tractor that's that small to me starts to become useless in the bigger tasks. I would look for something absolute minimum of a 30 HP in the newer 4x4 type tractor but that is absolute minimum I would prefer something in the 40-50 horse range simply because it will give you a much heavier and more capable tractor. I have a dk50se kioti and it gets around woods very well and has a very good lift ability and also is a good heavy tractor.
If you go with an older tractor often times they are much heavier at a lower hp. For example my old allis Chalmers c is only around 20hp but weighs 2500lbs and it is a good workhorse as far as pulling logs and they were also able to pull a 2 bottom plow, nowadays if you buy a 20hp tractor it will be scarcely larger than a riding lawn mower and its ability is going to be greatly diminished due to lack of weight.