mundamanu
Silver Member
Obviously, from the thread title, I am in the market for a 75 hp New Holland (primarily because of dealer support and a good five year experience with a TC-40a) tractor. I just can't decide which one. Whichever one I get will have a FEL, be FWD, and have two rear remotes.
Land base: 75 acres
Uses:
Plowing 40-60 acres
Pulling disc (8' right now, will probably bump up to 10-12')
Seeding with broadcast spreader and two row corn planter
Grading and trenching with a back blade
Bush hogging
Carrying skid tanks of water up hills up to a quarter mile on rough terrain (the TC-40 can carry 150 gallons, but after four years of it it is getting beat up)
Frequent loader work, including turning compost piles, loading manure spreader, cleaning out barns (clearance important)
Plowing snow with loader and/or back blade
Moving/transporting round bales (baleage and dry hay)
Very likely making straw and hay in the next two to three years -- both round bales and small squares
Issues:
Economy important, but willing to pay for real value added (not just ergonomics, for example)
I had an AC160 that had, if I remember correctly, an 8x2 transmission and I remember being occasionally frustrated by not having just the right gear available.
Toting water around the farm to the pigs is done two to three times per day. Loader capacity and front end durability therefore extremely important.
Assuming good maintenance and care, I want to be using this tractor twenty years from now.
Any thoughts, comments, questions would be extremely appreciated. Also, any ballpark figures for what to expect to pay for the various models (again, outfitted with a FEL, FWD, and two rear remotes)?
Thanks,
Bob
Land base: 75 acres
Uses:
Plowing 40-60 acres
Pulling disc (8' right now, will probably bump up to 10-12')
Seeding with broadcast spreader and two row corn planter
Grading and trenching with a back blade
Bush hogging
Carrying skid tanks of water up hills up to a quarter mile on rough terrain (the TC-40 can carry 150 gallons, but after four years of it it is getting beat up)
Frequent loader work, including turning compost piles, loading manure spreader, cleaning out barns (clearance important)
Plowing snow with loader and/or back blade
Moving/transporting round bales (baleage and dry hay)
Very likely making straw and hay in the next two to three years -- both round bales and small squares
Issues:
Economy important, but willing to pay for real value added (not just ergonomics, for example)
I had an AC160 that had, if I remember correctly, an 8x2 transmission and I remember being occasionally frustrated by not having just the right gear available.
Toting water around the farm to the pigs is done two to three times per day. Loader capacity and front end durability therefore extremely important.
Assuming good maintenance and care, I want to be using this tractor twenty years from now.
Any thoughts, comments, questions would be extremely appreciated. Also, any ballpark figures for what to expect to pay for the various models (again, outfitted with a FEL, FWD, and two rear remotes)?
Thanks,
Bob