Need tractor for vegetable farm

   / Need tractor for vegetable farm #61  
Best comedy I've seen in a long time, lmao! Yep, love it.!
 
   / Need tractor for vegetable farm #62  
My mistake, pic was not from patrick g, but from Egon. Can't really tell the difference.
 
   / Need tractor for vegetable farm #63  
[Then we have another, who by his own admission, has never owned or operated a commercial farming operation,/QUOTE]

Yep, an honest fellow no doubt about it! And he's got more land under cultivation than some here who claim to be Farmers. The chances are very excellent that there are lots of other fellows here who would also fall into that classification of cultivating land or raising animals but never claiming to be farmers.

As an aside he will claim to be friends with a few fellows who do own and operate SUCCESSFUL FARMS! One of these Fellows farms more sections of land than some of those here claiming to be Farmers own acres of land! Farms on which the Farmer does not have to have an outside job to support his farm.

But he also asks questions, lots of questions that instead of answerers only bring personal attacks!


And yes, he does know what a dead furrow is and why it was necessary. He did not learn this from a book either. He grew up in area where the fields were quite large.:D
 
   / Need tractor for vegetable farm #64  
As far as the question which sent this thread into the gutter: Back when I bought a new tractor (4) years ago, a 43 hp JD with a quick attach loader bucket was slightly less money than a comparably eqquiped, 40 hp NH. If you check into it, you may find that green paint aint always so expensive, at least in new machines. I believe SG was talking about the old ones when he said they must grind money to get the green pigment and there is no doubt that today, old JD's generally fetch better prices than other brands. I think this is mainly a function of the fact that JD is the only US tractor manufacturer that has always remained solvent, and for which a buyer is most assured of continuous parts availability. The only other "new" tractor on my farm was a JD M back in 1950 and I will admit that my experience with JD tractors is based entirely on that one and the 4120 I own now. We also "farmed with junk" for all the years in between. I do have a soft spot for the old Fords, with a 1951 8n being the first tractor which I bought myself. My dad told me when I bought it that grandad looked at them back in '50 when he got the M, but that "gray paint" was just too expensive. I am amused by the fact that the shoe is on the other foot today, and I bet he would be too. Also, I am not sure if my opinions count because we have not made enough money on this farm to support ourselves since my great, great grandad had it back in the late 1800's , and he did all the work with real horsepower. The rest of us have had to take work in town so that we could afford the tractors.
 
   / Need tractor for vegetable farm #65  
[Then we have another, who by his own admission, has never owned or operated a commercial farming operation,/QUOTE]

Yep, an honest fellow no doubt about it! And he's got more land under cultivation than some here who claim to be Farmers. The chances are very excellent that there are lots of other fellows here who would also fall into that classification of cultivating land or raising animals but never claiming to be farmers.

As an aside he will claim to be friends with a few fellows who do own and operate SUCCESSFUL FARMS! One of these Fellows farms more sections of land than some of those here claiming to be Farmers own acres of land! Farms on which the Farmer does not have to have an outside job to support his farm.

But he also asks questions, lots of questions that instead of answerers only bring personal attacks!


And yes, he does know what a dead furrow is and why it was necessary. He did not learn this from a book either. He grew up in area where the fields were quite large.:D

That's probably the most laughable post from you yet! I'm very close friends with a cardiac surgeon. So, by your standards, that makes me an authority on heart transplants! I do believe you're knowledge by association theory is sorta "all wet".

And your insinuation that I had to have an outside job to support the farm is just as ridiculous as the rest of your bogus claims.

And then we get to the simple fact that YOU are trying very hard to shift the focus of OUR difference to farming. That WAS related to the original thread, but our debate stems from YOUR insulting line of questioning directed at Soundguy, and YOUR refusal to answer the simple, straight to the point question, which is why YOUR question wasn't an splendid example of what you accused him of. Now you're trying your best to drag things in another direction.

And "he" also ask's questions that have no real answer.....as it was a veiled attempt to start an arguement that "he" isn't prepared to finish.
 
   / Need tractor for vegetable farm #66  
WHOA... let's end this. Can't we all just get along? :D
 
   / Need tractor for vegetable farm
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#67  
We're still thinking about a Ford 4630 and now have found a Kubota MX5000 DT that we also like. Neither has a loader, neither will go slow enough to transplant (we think). The Ford is older, probably around $11,000; Kubota is a 2002 with less than 1000 hours on it for $12500. We have had a bad experience with a Kubota before, so we're hesitant, but this looks like a nice tractor. Any thoughts?
 
   / Need tractor for vegetable farm #68  
If there is no imminent need for another tractor keep looking till you find one that will work in all your job situations.:D
 
   / Need tractor for vegetable farm #69  
We're still thinking about a Ford 4630 and now have found a Kubota MX5000 DT that we also like. Neither has a loader, neither will go slow enough to transplant (we think). The Ford is older, probably around $11,000; Kubota is a 2002 with less than 1000 hours on it for $12500. We have had a bad experience with a Kubota before, so we're hesitant, but this looks like a nice tractor. Any thoughts?

Well the IRS and USDA calls me a farmer so let me help you: (please no question or comments on that but true) I have a M6800 Kubota with standard manual trans and I use it with transplanter running low rpms in low range and 1 or 2nd gear. I use it with old style tobacco transplanter setting plants at about 18 inch spacing with two people doing the setting in 2nd gear and 1 doing the setting in 1st gear. Do same set up with planting garden seed. Now, will not tell you the ground speed with mine and this tractor are the same.
 
   / Need tractor for vegetable farm #70  
Just as a quick sidenote. Some on here have mentioned the 2605 series Massey's. Local dealer here in Newton just advertised a new 2605 for $9999 in the newspaper. To me, that's a heck of a bargain even if it is cash in lieu of financing. May not have enough HP for your application but that's still a smoking deal.
 

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