awimberley
New member
Greetings,
I'm a new member and don't even own a tractor yet. My wife and I moved to northwest Arkansas from Dallas (I assigned myself here for two years to focus on some work projects I'm doing). The longer we live here, though, the more we feel we may want to invest, find our acreage and start developing our retirement homestead.
So, found the acreage (5 acres). Working on purchasing it now. In the mountains. The location is slightly sloped but is fully cleared and perfectly clean. Owner used it only for growing, baling hay. Has a beautiful mountaintop view of the University of Arkansas, the Ozarks and Fayetteville.
So, I need a tractor. Five acres with mostly light work involved.
I know nothing. Grew up on a farm but have been a lifelong educator so my knowledge of tractors isn't just limited.....it's nonexistent.
I plan to use it to grade a long driveway, cut 4 acres of hay annually, store it. Maybe even do some terrace work and build a small tank (pond)? Build a fence around the property. Basically, light work. So, attachments for cutting, grading, maybe a trailer, shovel(?), hydraulic.
So, I'm going to be researching and trying to gain whatever I can from the advice I find here. I'll post but not even sure what to post since I'm starting at zero.
My first and most important question is - what size, what models, what attachments, etc? Sorry for my ignorance but I'm a fast learner, hard worker and good researcher. So, I appreciate being able to interact and look forward to learning all I need to know on here. Believe me, I'll take any advice I can get.
I'm a new member and don't even own a tractor yet. My wife and I moved to northwest Arkansas from Dallas (I assigned myself here for two years to focus on some work projects I'm doing). The longer we live here, though, the more we feel we may want to invest, find our acreage and start developing our retirement homestead.
So, found the acreage (5 acres). Working on purchasing it now. In the mountains. The location is slightly sloped but is fully cleared and perfectly clean. Owner used it only for growing, baling hay. Has a beautiful mountaintop view of the University of Arkansas, the Ozarks and Fayetteville.
So, I need a tractor. Five acres with mostly light work involved.
I know nothing. Grew up on a farm but have been a lifelong educator so my knowledge of tractors isn't just limited.....it's nonexistent.
I plan to use it to grade a long driveway, cut 4 acres of hay annually, store it. Maybe even do some terrace work and build a small tank (pond)? Build a fence around the property. Basically, light work. So, attachments for cutting, grading, maybe a trailer, shovel(?), hydraulic.
So, I'm going to be researching and trying to gain whatever I can from the advice I find here. I'll post but not even sure what to post since I'm starting at zero.
My first and most important question is - what size, what models, what attachments, etc? Sorry for my ignorance but I'm a fast learner, hard worker and good researcher. So, I appreciate being able to interact and look forward to learning all I need to know on here. Believe me, I'll take any advice I can get.
