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<blockquote data-quote="Phil in Tupelo" data-source="post: 1103441" data-attributes="member: 1425"><p>You didn't really give much help on size of farm. Just some pasture work and pine timber. How much? Pasture implies you may need a frontend loader for hay as well as work in the timber. 30 hp could be too small and 70 hp could be too big.</p><p></p><p>I had a 1975 255 Massey Ferguson diesel row crop, 50 hp, purchased in 1976. Moved a lot of hay and worked a lot of pasture with 7 foot disk and 6 foot bushhog. I thought it was built to bush hog. And moved hay really well. Then about 2004 I installed a new Bush Hog frontend loader with extra hydralics... and it wasn't the same tractor. MHO, a tractor without a loader is like a shirt without a pocket. Also the tractor you choose, may need servicing so knowing good dealers in your area with aid in your choice. Wish you luck.</p><p>I just sold that tractor and all the equipment collected in 40 years to a neighbor's grown son. He had logged about as many hours on the tractor as I had, so he in fact grew up on that tractor as well a few others. I believe he will give it a good home and get many hours of good service from it. If I had to buy another tractor, Massey Ferguson would be high on my list.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phil in Tupelo, post: 1103441, member: 1425"] You didn't really give much help on size of farm. Just some pasture work and pine timber. How much? Pasture implies you may need a frontend loader for hay as well as work in the timber. 30 hp could be too small and 70 hp could be too big. I had a 1975 255 Massey Ferguson diesel row crop, 50 hp, purchased in 1976. Moved a lot of hay and worked a lot of pasture with 7 foot disk and 6 foot bushhog. I thought it was built to bush hog. And moved hay really well. Then about 2004 I installed a new Bush Hog frontend loader with extra hydralics... and it wasn't the same tractor. MHO, a tractor without a loader is like a shirt without a pocket. Also the tractor you choose, may need servicing so knowing good dealers in your area with aid in your choice. Wish you luck. I just sold that tractor and all the equipment collected in 40 years to a neighbor's grown son. He had logged about as many hours on the tractor as I had, so he in fact grew up on that tractor as well a few others. I believe he will give it a good home and get many hours of good service from it. If I had to buy another tractor, Massey Ferguson would be high on my list. [/QUOTE]
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