searcyfarms
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Sep 1, 2017
- Messages
- 1,135
- Location
- kingsville, mo
- Tractor
- Farmall 560D - 706D German w/Cab - Volvo MC110 - 1944JD A - Deere 2038R - IH 5088
from 50 + yrs of farming experience and land maint here is what i would recommend
provided you are going to have some steep 25 acres on your new land we can pretty much eliminate the flat one, nothing special required for it. A ravine/timber will be more demanding.
I would get a skidsteer for the maneuverability and plethora of attachments for them, WHY - go ahead, argue with me and fire away nay sayers here is my perspective - getting older stinks - you will be trying to turn around behind or look around the front of your long nosed tractor with a crook in your neck digging holes, planting trees, maneuvering, etc........when you can dig holes, plant, put in posts, blade, get up to some deadfall, scoot under a log, process firewood, take your pick and its all right at the end of your nose close up and personal and when your wife or neighbor is there helping you, you can hear them, guide them, and its SOoooooooooooooo much easier and no crook in neck. Did i mention maneuverable and no crook in my neck and i can see what i am doing?
For the rest get a mid sized tractor and use it for all the other stuff. I would get 4WD/FWA, cab, SSQA on the tractor so you can share implements as needed. My kids and wife love using my SS and help me when i can be in front of it doing things guiding them. Tractors can be a little more intimidating and precarious.
I would get a shuttle shift/power shift as you wont find a mid sized tractor large enough just yet for the PTO HP you would want processing things ( hay, mowing ) if you are letting things grow and not keeping things constantly groomed, it takes some ponies to run a larger mower in tall thick wet pasture, that is what we have here.
Weight will be your friend with the hay and for comfort mowing.
you can also move hay with a SS - its my go to unless im transporting for a long way
after having a SS i will never be w/out one, they are priceless on acreage and what you will be doing.
the only thing i use my 2038R for is mowing my yard, spreading yard maintenance items a scoop of something when the yard is softer in spring when i dont want to leave depressions in my yard from my SS due to its weight and being a wheeled machine with heavy no flat tires on it if i dont have my pneumatics on it.
Depending on how large of a yard you might have you might want to consider a zero turn for that. You can spread your yard stuff with one of those.
provided you are going to have some steep 25 acres on your new land we can pretty much eliminate the flat one, nothing special required for it. A ravine/timber will be more demanding.
I would get a skidsteer for the maneuverability and plethora of attachments for them, WHY - go ahead, argue with me and fire away nay sayers here is my perspective - getting older stinks - you will be trying to turn around behind or look around the front of your long nosed tractor with a crook in your neck digging holes, planting trees, maneuvering, etc........when you can dig holes, plant, put in posts, blade, get up to some deadfall, scoot under a log, process firewood, take your pick and its all right at the end of your nose close up and personal and when your wife or neighbor is there helping you, you can hear them, guide them, and its SOoooooooooooooo much easier and no crook in neck. Did i mention maneuverable and no crook in my neck and i can see what i am doing?
For the rest get a mid sized tractor and use it for all the other stuff. I would get 4WD/FWA, cab, SSQA on the tractor so you can share implements as needed. My kids and wife love using my SS and help me when i can be in front of it doing things guiding them. Tractors can be a little more intimidating and precarious.
I would get a shuttle shift/power shift as you wont find a mid sized tractor large enough just yet for the PTO HP you would want processing things ( hay, mowing ) if you are letting things grow and not keeping things constantly groomed, it takes some ponies to run a larger mower in tall thick wet pasture, that is what we have here.
Weight will be your friend with the hay and for comfort mowing.
you can also move hay with a SS - its my go to unless im transporting for a long way
after having a SS i will never be w/out one, they are priceless on acreage and what you will be doing.
the only thing i use my 2038R for is mowing my yard, spreading yard maintenance items a scoop of something when the yard is softer in spring when i dont want to leave depressions in my yard from my SS due to its weight and being a wheeled machine with heavy no flat tires on it if i dont have my pneumatics on it.
Depending on how large of a yard you might have you might want to consider a zero turn for that. You can spread your yard stuff with one of those.