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Blee25
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- Joined
- May 18, 2006
- Messages
- 30
- Location
- Frankfort Ohio
- Tractor
- 2008 John Deere 5203 fwa loader, 1949 Farmall Cub, 1995ish Craftsman riding mower
flusher said:I'm doing the same thing on my 10 acres that you're planning to do. Figured I need at least 40 hp (pto) to handle the square baler. Also need to rip with a subsoiler, plow and disc (my flat pasture hasn't been farmed in decades and has considerable compaction).
My solution: bought a new Mahindra 5525 (55 hp engine, 45 hp pto) from Dave of Dave's Tractor. Dave delivered it yesterday.
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It has 2WD, partial constant mesh transmission (8F/2R), power steering and it's heavy (5370 lb without filled tires, excluding the FEL). These Indian tractors are built really stout and trace their lineage to the IH B414 diesels of the 1960s.
The brush hog is a 6-ft Hawkline with 50 hp gearbox and slip clutch, made in Ohio. It's equivalent to a KK mower.
Traded my 2005 Kubota B7510HST/LA302 FEL as part of the deal
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Dave welded chain hooks onto the bucket
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and installed triple remotes
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Spring tractor sales are in full swing now and Dave made me an offer I couldn't refuse. With the trade-in and 0%/48 month financing, my monthly tractor payment has actually dropped about $100. Too good a deal to pass up.
It's hard to justify the cost of haying just 10 acres but, like you, it's not about the money, it's about the fun of the challenge to do something that you've always wanted to do.
Congrats on a great deal. Looks like a super tractor. I always wanted to be a farmer when I grew up, I my never be a real farmer but I am not to old to pretend. CaseIH is offering 0% for 60 or 1.9% for 72 on the Farmall's I am looking at, hard to turn that down.