How Many Have More Than One Tractor?

[ssgp2]

Only two

 

[LHF2019]

I need a lot more tractors !

Maybe we should start a new thread ? How many implements do you own?

Holy crap. That would take awhile

 

[rockinbbar]

Couldn’t possibly get by with one. Had 4, currently have 3, would like a 4th again.
The 4th would just have my CX-15 attached to it and be used only for mowing/snowplowing.
The other 3 for hay farming.
One is always hooked to the big square baler-wouldn’t want it any other way. Another hooked to hay mower. These attachments are not much fun to attach/detatch.

Also have (2) 72” zero turns.

A tracked skid loader/teleskid would be great, too.

Would have to hit it big with $$ to afford the 4th and the tele-skid

I hear ya!

Yeah, sometimes I keep one tractor hooked up with a cutter, and another with bale spears just to use them that way and keep from hooking up again.

I DO have a tracked skid steer, and it's unbelievably useful around here.

If I have both of my tractors engaged elsewhere, I even use it to move or put out round bales.

 

[rockinbbar]

Hay Dude made a great point about having a skid steer as a compliment to multiple tractors as well!

A good tracked skid steer can take a load off of wear and tear tractors shouldn't get anyway.

Like digging a pond...

Or clearing thick brush from an old oil well for plugging operations to start.

Keeps my tractors from doing things they shouldn't, and keeps them in better condition.

 

[Torvy]

I would imagine most people who farm (contract or personal) for a living would tend to have more than one. (Though as many mentioned, similar equipment may make more sense depending on chores).

We have a small farming and forestry business, but it is a labor of love, not a way to survive. We have one. If we felt the need for another (and to part with more cash) it would likely be a Bobcat (or what people call skid loaders nowadays).

 

[Duds13]

Two:

Have a new Kioti CK2610 that I wish I bought 6 years ago when I bought the property I live on now.

Kubota BX2200 that I bought from the previous owner of the property. No bucket but has mower deck, bagger and front end snowblower. It's main use now is taking care of snow and keeping the road around the property clear for maple syrup season. It also tows the sap collection tank. I no longer need it for mowing after purchasing a Ferris ZT.

 

[Alan W.]

My old Kubota L3650, Bobcat 763G and my Craftsman DGS6500. Yes I could use more but maybe next year.

 

[Smokeydog]

Whittle my herd of tractors and construction equipment down to two multi-use machines. Sometimes miss the old iron but maintenance cost have soared. Down sizing, trying to retire and smell more roses. Tractors are necessary for our farm maintenance and lifestyle.

 

[Xfaxman]

No tractors, now we have something better. The Bobcat V417 compact telehandler:

And the Bobcat G Series Toolcat:

And this that I put together:

 

[rockinbbar]

No tractors, now we have something better. The Bobcat V417 compact telehandler:

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And the Bobcat G Series Toolcat:

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And this that I put together:


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You have some neat stuff there!

What kind of business are you in with your equipment?

I have a 6 foot cutter for my CTL, but honestly, I only use the cutter for certain things like cutting along fence lines and in between trees and such. You put 90hp at 2500 plus rpm's behind 6 foot of cutter, and it'll take some growth down, but to say it's not fuel efficient is an understatement.

 

[dusty3030]

I'm spread out between 2 states. Multiple machines make sense versus hauling all the time.

 

[Williy]

I have one no need for another one. I believe that I have all
the attachments that I will ever need unless I get a finish mower

willy

 

[Xfaxman]

You have some neat stuff there!

Thank you. The brush hog is 7 feet wide, weighs around 1800 pounds. Usable on either machine:

What kind of business are you in with your equipment?

Retired. Got it when we lived on 80 acres with several horses, now down to 33 acres with one horse.

 

[workinonit]

It's not possible to have only one tractor. I have 4.

 

[Hay Dude]

I'm spread out between 2 states. Multiple machines make sense versus hauling all the time.

Me, too. Delaware & PA.

 

[Hay Dude]

I hear ya!

Yeah, sometimes I keep one tractor hooked up with a cutter, and another with bale spears just to use them that way and keep from hooking up again.

I DO have a tracked skid steer, and it's unbelievably useful around here.

If I have both of my tractors engaged elsewhere, I even use it to move or put out round bales.

This is the one I want. I could put 500 hours a year on something like this. JCB. Love the side entry and the tele-boom.

 

[rockinbbar]

This is the one I want. I could put 500 hours a year on something like this. JCB. Love the side entry and the tele-boom.

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I've looked at those, and see where you'd really put one to good use in the hay business!

I've got a tifton85 field now that yields really well, but until I get some more dedicated hay fields leased or established, I just make do with round balers.

Mostly what I use my CTL for is clearing brush down here, but have moved hay with it.

The hay guys are in high cotton here this year. Horse quality coastal and tifton is upwards of $150 a bale now.

 

[japody]

I have 4. Each one excels at a specific purpose.

 

[Yander]

I have my own SA425 and access to the MF 1750M Cab that is owned by the LLC that my wife & her sister own (the farm). I'm the only one that uses the MF for the most part. Her sister and husband live two hours away. My MIL is 77 and has no desire to learn a tractor. My wife runs my small tractor and loves it.

She also inherited her dads JD 3010 that only gets started and ran occasionally to keep it runnning ok. It runs like a top.

In the next couple years I plan to add another 50hp open station tractor that will be my own bush hogging tractor for when I semi-retire. It will most likely be the Yanmar with the i-HMT transmission. I won't be trading or selling my 425 though, that's a keeper.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

You counting lawn tractors? I got 4 regular tractors and a couple lawn tractors plus the ZT.