What tractor to buy? 5 acre lot

[AxleHub]

5 acres is not the same.

Having a 5 acre parcel really isn't very defining as a need. One writer needs to do bush hogging and mowing while another has a quantity of larger trees to remove. The variation is enormous with the only similarity being 5 acres.

Tractor needs and sizes are greatly determined by the land and objectives.

 

[bdog]

5 acres is not the same.

Having a 5 acre parcel really isn't very defining as a need. One writer needs to do bush hogging and mowing while another has a quantity of larger trees to remove. The variation is enormous with the only similarity being 5 acres.

Tractor needs and sizes are greatly determined by the land and objectives.

I agree 100%. Are you the type that just needs to mow and maybe clean up the road from time to time or are you going to be doing all kinds of projects, plowing and planting crops, etc?

I have 22 acres and my tractor is 135hp with duals. Overkill? Yes but I pretty much just use it for plowing and planting crops and that takes HP unless you want to cover 3' at a time. I graze cattle on my land and they compact the heck out of the ground. I chisel plow it each year and it is all my big tractor can do to pull a ten foot chisel plow. It takes me two days to chisel plow, disc or run a cultivator over it and plant it. With a tiny tractor I am sure I could do it but it would take a week. My point is you need to look at what you want to do and let that determine what tractor you buy not the amount of acres. I know people with 50 acres and smaller tractors than mine that are happy because all they do is mow.

 

[Clay45]

Why, other than it's what you have and like?

I would love to have one for sure. Still, I have a similar type tractor (much older) and just under 7 acres. I have been impressed with what it will do and cannot imagine needing more of a tractor for what I do with one.

 

[Creamer]

I agree 100%. Are you the type that just needs to mow and maybe clean up the road from time to time or are you going to be doing all kinds of projects, plowing and planting crops, etc?

I have 22 acres and my tractor is 135hp with duals. Overkill? Yes but I pretty much just use it for plowing and planting crops and that takes HP unless you want to cover 3' at a time. I graze cattle on my land and they compact the heck out of the ground. I chisel plow it each year and it is all my big tractor can do to pull a ten foot chisel plow. It takes me two days to chisel plow, disc or run a cultivator over it and plant it. With a tiny tractor I am sure I could do it but it would take a week. My point is you need to look at what you want to do and let that determine what tractor you buy not the amount of acres. I know people with 50 acres and smaller tractors than mine that are happy because all they do is mow.

4440 an 10' chisel plow? that must be a tough little chisel plow. I'm not sure how that 4020 we had ever pulled the 16' I grew up with.

 

[bdog]

With sweeps it pulls a 19' fine but with chisel points about 8" deep the 10' can stop it in its tracks. That's with duals too. Doesn't stall the engine it slips the tires and I have cast weights and loaded tires.

 

[Creamer]

We didn't go 8" deep - more like 6-7" when pulling it with the 4020. Sweeps pull harder than spikes at the same depth as they are working all of the ground not just the 3" wide strips every foot.

I am assuming your duals aren't loaded just the inside tires. They must not be radials either or they should be stopping that engine.

The 16' was a big load for the 4020 but once we switched to a 1466 it seemed like a toy. We could stop the 1466 with it if we put it in 8-9" but that was because that tractor was under-tired. It had 18.4-38 bias with the inners loaded and it just wasn't enough for the engine.

We then traded the 1466 for a 1586 with 20.8-38 radials and then we had to go to a bigger chisel plow. We went to 31' which matched that tractor nicely.

 

[Creamer]

We didn't go 8" deep - more like 6-7" when pulling it with the 4020. Sweeps pull harder than spikes at the same depth as they are working all of the ground not just the 3" wide strips every foot.

I am assuming your duals aren't loaded just the inside tires. They must not be radials either or they should be stopping that engine.

The 16' was a big load for the 4020 but once we switched to a 1466 it seemed like a toy. We could stop the 1466 with it if we put it in 8-9" but that was because that tractor was under-tired. It had 18.4-38 bias with the inners loaded and it just wasn't enough for the engine.

We then traded the 1466 for a 1586 with 20.8-38 radials and then we had to go to a bigger chisel plow. We went to 31' which matched that tractor nicely.

 

[Bungiex88]

Bought a mahindra 1533 for 75 acres and I love it big enough to do what I need to do yet small enough to get through the thick woods. If I had 5 acres to groom I'd look in there max series.