I was only speaking of power steering, you are going way beyond, that in the things you mentioned. Hey we put up 10 acres of hay each year by hand, you know mules and pitchfork. One year we put up the uncles 30 acres also. We grew our own corn, acres of it. We hand milked 15 cows two times a day, plus carried the water and feed to them. I know about hard work, all our plowing was with a team, all our work was, not many people had tractors around there. A friend of ours with a tractor plowed for us one year, and my stepdad, said it wasn't deep enough, so he didn't want a tractor. I think it was like 6 inches deep, and he used the old hillside plow and probably went 10 inches or so deep. I am not against the better ways, I just said driveing a tractor without power steering isn't all that hard. Mine don't have it, and it don't need it. Maybe if it was a big tractor, it might.
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MossRoad
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I think it goes with anything, not just power steering. We may not need something, but it sure is nice to have it. It doesn't make us spoiled, as long as we appreciate and remember how things could be if we were not so fortunate. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Tractors4u
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If we got right down to it, there are probably a lot of here that don't need tractors. Oh blasphemy you say. I don't think you need hydrostatic on a tractor but that is my choice. 99% of the things we have are not out of necessity but out of convienence or just because we want them. A month ago I bought a JD Deere Gator. I get some work out of it but more than anything it is a big toy for the family. I wish I had power steering on my tractor but I don't. I have had it before and I will have it again. Get the tractor you will enjoy the most. If you are on a shoe string tractor budget a tractor without PS isn't going to kill you either.
