super55
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- Oliver Super55, John Deere 4310, John Deere 4400, Kubota L2500 (had),
Welcome to the forum birdo.
The farmall 350 is a great tractor. Independent PTO and roughly 45 hp. If you are running a smaller baler like a JD 14/24T or New holland Hayliner 68 it can easily handle it. 6' bush hog would be no problem nor running a sickle or drum mower for your hay cutting.
As for wrenching on the tractor I don't want to make sound over simplistic but they are not too difficult to work on especially basic maintenance you got fuel, compression and points thats it. None of these electrical dead man switches, sensors, or emission garbage like these new tractors that can go wrong. If its not running right 90% it's fuel related on old gassers. The other is spark but even that is few and far between. Major parts are still readily available and in a lot of cases I've come to find out cheaper because they don't have to come from OEM.
As for the bucket, I would look putting it on your smaller tractor and keep it off the old iron. The one weak point on these tractors is usually the front spindle because they were never originally designed for loaders and if one broke you would probably have to find a good used one or someone that is a **** good welder.
The 2030 is a considerably larger tractor than the farmall 350 and I would just ballpark it but probably double in cost. I would definitely go diesel with that if you decide to go that route. With that tractor you could run a mower/conditioner and a round baler. JD's are good tractors but I am always amazed at what people are asking for them. The one plus about JD I will admit is their parts inventory. Go to JDparts.com and you can still find certain parts for tractors and implements they made back in the early 50's. The 2030 could handle a loader without an issue I would guess. It's an early 70's tractor and by than loaders were pretty common if not a factory option by than.
The farmall 350 is a great tractor. Independent PTO and roughly 45 hp. If you are running a smaller baler like a JD 14/24T or New holland Hayliner 68 it can easily handle it. 6' bush hog would be no problem nor running a sickle or drum mower for your hay cutting.
As for wrenching on the tractor I don't want to make sound over simplistic but they are not too difficult to work on especially basic maintenance you got fuel, compression and points thats it. None of these electrical dead man switches, sensors, or emission garbage like these new tractors that can go wrong. If its not running right 90% it's fuel related on old gassers. The other is spark but even that is few and far between. Major parts are still readily available and in a lot of cases I've come to find out cheaper because they don't have to come from OEM.
As for the bucket, I would look putting it on your smaller tractor and keep it off the old iron. The one weak point on these tractors is usually the front spindle because they were never originally designed for loaders and if one broke you would probably have to find a good used one or someone that is a **** good welder.
The 2030 is a considerably larger tractor than the farmall 350 and I would just ballpark it but probably double in cost. I would definitely go diesel with that if you decide to go that route. With that tractor you could run a mower/conditioner and a round baler. JD's are good tractors but I am always amazed at what people are asking for them. The one plus about JD I will admit is their parts inventory. Go to JDparts.com and you can still find certain parts for tractors and implements they made back in the early 50's. The 2030 could handle a loader without an issue I would guess. It's an early 70's tractor and by than loaders were pretty common if not a factory option by than.
