Hi friends,
Am pondering downsizing on my tractor, implements. Am building the final resting spot after moving every 2 years for the last 18. whew, buying fixer uppers, living in them while doing so, building is much easier!! the last two places were farms with lots of open acreage to cut, tend. now i have 32 acres all wooded. will open 7-10 acres for a few animals, and to asuage my passion to grow stuff, orchard and vegies, sell a bit at the local farmers market, nothing huge. right now i have a TN65, a very heavy duty maschio tiller (cost about 4500) a chisel plow, 7' box blade and a 6' woods bush bull. the tractor is virtually new, only have 40 hours on it, i bought it 2 years ago to replace my problem child (a '68 JD 2020). i didn't need a tractor this big for my land, but already had the implements and sized it accordingly. i owe about 8k on the TN65, it's very nice with 4 radials, 4wd, fel, and it's way to much fun. have been aching to play on it since i got it, but been to busy finishing the last renovation. well, the new place is being built, and i'm done. is this tractor overkill? would i be better served to downsize, lose the dept and still have something that would work well for me? my set up is worth at least 30k, so could probably get something with all the toys that would work and still lose the dept and maybe come out on top. is this stupid? i'm not suffering with the payments, and its nice being able to move the occasional tree or tip cars. y'all with the CUTs what do you think? thanks
paul
Am pondering downsizing on my tractor, implements. Am building the final resting spot after moving every 2 years for the last 18. whew, buying fixer uppers, living in them while doing so, building is much easier!! the last two places were farms with lots of open acreage to cut, tend. now i have 32 acres all wooded. will open 7-10 acres for a few animals, and to asuage my passion to grow stuff, orchard and vegies, sell a bit at the local farmers market, nothing huge. right now i have a TN65, a very heavy duty maschio tiller (cost about 4500) a chisel plow, 7' box blade and a 6' woods bush bull. the tractor is virtually new, only have 40 hours on it, i bought it 2 years ago to replace my problem child (a '68 JD 2020). i didn't need a tractor this big for my land, but already had the implements and sized it accordingly. i owe about 8k on the TN65, it's very nice with 4 radials, 4wd, fel, and it's way to much fun. have been aching to play on it since i got it, but been to busy finishing the last renovation. well, the new place is being built, and i'm done. is this tractor overkill? would i be better served to downsize, lose the dept and still have something that would work well for me? my set up is worth at least 30k, so could probably get something with all the toys that would work and still lose the dept and maybe come out on top. is this stupid? i'm not suffering with the payments, and its nice being able to move the occasional tree or tip cars. y'all with the CUTs what do you think? thanks
paul
