Advice from tractor gurus

[dynasim]

Bigsky,

If I were you, I would look at something like this:

2001 NEW HOLLAND TC35D For Sale at TractorHouse.com

It is in OK, but is likely that something like it will show up in your area for the same price.

This has a good loader, good hst design, and is a debugged system. It also has the supersteer(the front axle moves, so turn radius is small w/o brakes). I have a TC45(same size, more hp), and I like it.

Otherwise, I would buy a new "basic" model from one of the big 3 with HST, such as the New Holland TC30(there is a bigger one, but I don't know the name), the kubota's talked about above. I don't know the equivelant JD.

The large physical size of the TC35, along with its outstanding turn radius, is a good combination. Note that the supersteer is an option(it can be detected because it goes with the 17LA loader vs the 16LA).

Chris

 

[Spiveyman]

It is a fact that married men live longer than unmarried men, however, more married men wish that they would have died sooner.....

Reminds me of a story told by the late Jerry Clower:

This man wakes up the morning of his 50th wedding anniversary. His wife looks over at him and he looks like he's in distress, so she asks him what is wrong. He begins to tell her a story about how her dad caught them "messing around" in the barn when they were dating and told him that he either had to marry his daughter or he'd be going to jail for 50 years. Then he looked over at her and said, "I'd have been getting out TODAY."

 

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

BigSky I've a comment.

Your posts say your growing sagebrush and cactus and your near Billings - you got any water? If so then a big tractor (50+ hp) makes some sense. If not then why even consider mowing any of it other than to knock down the sagebrush? Are there juniper as well? Are there native species of grass? What do you expect to produce? It is what it is - maybe you want to try to get it into grass like crested wheat and then maybe you can mow it - at least for fun and a bit of hay. Maybe it's just better to graze it or just enjoy it.

I'm not trying to discourage you but 18ac of dryland sagebrush, cactus and cheatgrass with or without noxious weeds (like spotted knapweed and cheatgrass) is pretty hard to do much with. It would be helpful if we knew more about what your dealing with.

Just so you know I can relate...

I grew up on dryland wheat near Cooney Reservoir and registered cattle outside Red Lodge. I'ved lived in Boyd, Red Lodge, and Belfry among other Montana towns like Roundup. My brother and cousin have 320 ac of dryland on the Musselshell near Lavina north of Laurel. They been farming the US Gov subsidies for dryland cereals until they get it all converted to grass. I know the country and the tremendous variety of environments that you may be in. Let us know some more and maybe we can help more.

-Ed-

 

[Farmwithjunk]

It is a fact that married men live longer than unmarried men, however, more married men wish that they would have died sooner.....

Perception is greater than reality. Do we LIVE longer or does it just SEEM longer?

 

[3RRL]

It is a fact that married men live longer than unmarried men, however, more married men wish that they would have died sooner.....

Hahaha, what a hoot!

 

[daTeacha]

If you guys will pardon the oxymoron, it's beginning to look like we have a pair of parallel threads going in different directions here. Could someone please tie spending excessive personal time with your tractor back into BigSky's need to cut or not cut his vegetation?

 

[Farmwithjunk]

If you guys will pardon the oxymoron, it's beginning to look like we have a pair of parallel threads going in different directions here. Could someone please tie spending excessive personal time with your tractor back into BigSky's need to cut or not cut his vegetation?

Some of us are married.

Either spend time with wife or spend time on tractor.

Therefor, everything needing mowed stays mowed and/or Roy sleeps with his tractor.

 

[Soundguy]

I'd always heard that you really didn't live any longer.. but that it just -felt- that way.. (wink)

( if you guys don't see me for a while.. it means that my wife read it.. and I'm probably in PT.. )

Soundguy

It is a fact that married men live longer than unmarried men, however, more married men wish that they would have died sooner.....

 

[Soundguy]

Hey.. support is support.

I support anyone wanting to get more tractors (wink)

Yep.. the tractor to ac ratio is approaching 1:1 very quickly.. Proabbly at .84:1 or so now.. soon to hit .92:1.. and then.. straight up..

Soundguy

I'm not sure you can call us a support group, 'cause we're more likely to tell you to go buy another tractor than anything! Isn't that right Soundguy? What's your tractor to acre ratio? Now that would be a braggin' point!

 

[bigsky355]

Hi Ed,
Sorry I haven't checked the thread in a few days. I wont be growing anything out here, the mowing will be for fire reasons and to keep the neighbors happy.
Chris