Brought my new baby home! JD 5045D

[bglz42]

Brought her home tonite! What a machine! It's not my first tractor, but it's my first NEW tractor...

 

[81husky]

Very nice, congratulations. We didn't have to beg for pictures either.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Nice tractor and nice place fellow Texan!

 

[AKfish]

Congratulations! Good lookin' machine!

Nice place, too. Green leaves, green grass and green machine.. (You should see my front yard right now!)

Best of luck.

AKfish

 

[rcrcomputing]

I don't know anything about that model, but dang! It's pretty!

I don't know about the color.. Gonna lose it in the grass. Or maybe that's what the yellows for..



Just running off at the mouth. I can do that since I was born in Texas as well..

Nice!

 

[RollingsFarms]

congrats on the new tractor! you picked the right color too what kind of work do you have lined up for it?

 

[bglz42]

Thanks for compliments! We're proud of our new toy, and of our place. It's located just off Galveston Bay near Dickinson, Texas. My wife and I just completed the fence you see in the picture, the old one was destroyed by Ike.

As far as the work I have planned for it... we have a small hay operation, and my tractor has to be a jack-of-all-trades. I hire out the baling, but I do a lot of mowing. I also have 1000' of gravel driveway, so I'm always maintaining that. Not to mention fence-stretching and general tractor-stuff!

Jim in Texas

 

[RWolf]

Welcome Jim, As you can see by my byline I've got basically the previous model (before model change) and have found it a very capable machine. Out of curiousity I'm wondering what kind of baling you plan on (square or round)?

[edited]-oops, I reread your last post and saw you hire out your baling. Question still stands though as if your doing squares that model is very capable and I have found a couple of round balers you can use this machine on.

 

[bglz42]

I have couple just down the road that bales my place (squares) for a REALLY low price. They have an ancient JD baler that ties the sweetest bales I've ever handled.

I was hoping to hear from a 5013 owner... Info on the 5045 is pretty scarce. There may be more questions!

Thanks!

Jim

 

[JDthumpsall]

I've been thinking of trading the 3320 in on one myself. Enjoy

If you dont mind. about how much did she run ya with the loader?