Norwegian farmer wannabee and snow plow driver in the spare time

[frkristiansen]

Hello everybody in this awsome tractor net:thumbsup: !

I do not own my own tractor yet:ashamed:, but administer quite a lot of land that needs attending in both summer and winter time:confused2:, so to get me a tractor is an absolute priority:cool2: !
But what tractor to get, differenet answers deppending on who you ask, what size, waight and horsepower do I need, and what is good value ?

To get enswers I turned to this site, and I am learning by the minute.
Thank you all !

 

[Threepoint]

Glad you've joined us! :welcome:

 

[Agvg]

How much do you want to spend? What type of work do you need it for?

Velkommen skal du være, det er noen nordmenn her

 

[TBN Support]

Welcome to the forum. :welcome:

:tractor: I'm going to move your thread on over to the buying, pricing and comparisons section to see if some of us can help figure things out for you.

 

[Wagtail]

G'day Mate and welcome to TBN from Downunder.

Enjoy the site.

 

[Baby Grand]

Welcome aboard, frkristiansen!

Yes, a tractor will greatly reduce the burden on your time & body that comes with managing your land.
If possible, find someone that you know and trust; someone who has an interest & experience with managing land similar to yours. That person will be your best guide in your new adventure. I could find no such person when we moved into our present home. The crew, here at TBN, was my next best choice. Also, I was very lucky to buy my first tractor from a very knowledgeable dealer, who spent a lot of time listening to what I was going to do with the tractor.

One way to approach your choice is to make a list of all the tasks that you need to do, and a sub-list of all the tasks that you want to do. With this list, you will be able to determine what implements best suit your needs & wants. Once you know which implements you need, then you can determine how much weight & power your tractor will need to drive those implements, safely.

Seek advice, but always consider it in the context of your land, your resources and your time. What works well for someone with flat land may be completely useless on a hillside. Consider your weather and soil carefully before buying.

TBN has been a big help when I was trying to do exactly what you are doing, and it still is.
Happy hunting,

Jim

 

[Streetcar]

Welcome
Baby grand is giving some great advice

 

[frkristiansen]

Wow thanks for this fast responses. I guess the list of duties my tracktor will have to pull of for me is:
- Snow plowing, both with a Snowblower and a plow, big area heavy snow, and a long way to move it to be out of the way
- handeling round balls ( is that what it is called in english?:ashamed well heavy stuff for feedeing animals...
- Handelign tuff terrain, hilly roads and steep slopes
- low ground pressure ( okay i guess it is difficult to have something heavy anough to move alott of snow, and at the same time be gentle to soft ground )
- transport heavy loads of food for animals on a trailer.
- make wood for fire
I do not harvest enything yet, as I only have horses,the horses graze in the summer time, after my neighbour have harvested the first time.

Prize range in NOK - 100.000,- up to 200.000,- inkl taxes (MVA) from what I have learned from finn.no ( a norwgian web store for all kinds of things, inkluding tractors)
i could get somehing that i would like for about 185.000,- NOK it is a Massey Ferguson 6190 from 1998 with a loader, good tires and seems nice, that seems to be good value for money.
at least so far this is my best find. However there is a serious gamble with it, as it is sold as is, with an electrical error, It might suddenly just stop for now apperent reason.
Also after it has been stopped, either by malfunction or manually by normal stopping procedures, it might start again but, moving backwards when you try to go forward. This event occurs usually in wet conditions, and rearly in cold dry conditions.

Could this be the right tractor for me ? I am quite handy with reparing cars, and I have a good educations when it comes to electronics, so I am thinking that I could be able to fix it for a low cost.
But it depends on what is really wrong with it, if it is a sensor, or the wiring harness, then not a to big issue, but if it is something with the brain, or hardware in the clutch/gearbox, then expencive and difficult to handle in the garrage.

Well, thanks so far for the good advices, and I am glad to tell you that I am truly blessed with good neighbours that have been given me a lot of advice, forinstance they say I should not consider Jhon Deere, unless I really enjoy
reparing gearboxes.... and to my surprise, at finn.no I have found that a lot of the John Deers for sale, either has, or have had major gearbox issues... I hope I dont affend ayone bye this last statement, but this beeing the main reason
for my focus on Massey Fergusson.... next Ford / New Hollands ?

 

[Agvg]

Not good idea to buy a project, things get very expensive very fast.

 

[Agvg]

I don't think you should hear to much on the talk, try to find a tractor whitch has been used on light farmwork, many are used for road maintenance and transport with heavy use and often young drivers that used the equipment quite hard. Do you need a 50km/h tractor?