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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1308537" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>I guess I got you all beat... for my 25 cow setup, I have a 1972 Leyland 154 gasser (25-30hp), a 1975 MF 165 that does 90% of the work (100-150hrs/yr), rowcrop and haying (baler has it's own engine), a 1980 IH 684 for things that need a little more grunt (~100hrs/yr), hauling bale wagon, plowing, discing.. then there's the 1966 Ford County 'Super 6', that does the REAL grunt work.. nothing else compares when you gotta scrape manure and it's wet.. it's got the weight (about 7 ton) and traction that goes along with it.. it pulls the 9ft blade with manure uphill and doesn't spin.. it also does the subsoiling with the 3 shank ripper.. it probably sees about 40 hrs/year. For loader work, we have the 1978 JD350B crawler.. works good in slick manure once again, but it's slow.. Also has backhoe attachement... Lastly, for the earthmoving, we have a 1956 Allis HD6 dozer.. needs a couple final drive bearings I think.. sure pushes though</p><p>We're looking at ANOTHER tractor, but with a loader... a 50-70hp IH would be perfect.. big enough to load a manure spreader with, and a little faster turn around time than the crawler.</p><p></p><p>The benefit to having MANY tractors, other than not needing to hitch and unhitch all the time (goes without saying), is you can use the right size tractor for the job... To pull a little trailer, the Leyland does just fine, but it's too light and would get beat up doing fieldwork, while it would be ridiculous to pull my 7.5ft swather with the 70hp IH 684 that only needs 35hp.. besides the IH684 has nowhere NEAR as tight a turning radius as the Massey. So while I do have a lot of things to keep maintained, if something breaks, I've always got something else close enough to the right size to do the job, and I don't accumulate any hours on any one machine... We bought the Massey in about 1998 or so with 1800 hours (really low!), it has 3200 on it now, and when I see what comes along at auctions, it's about the lowest hour machine I've ever seen.</p><p></p><p>Lastly, since everything is old, nothing has any electronics and is pretty darned reliable, and if it breaks, I can fix it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1308537, member: 9096"] I guess I got you all beat... for my 25 cow setup, I have a 1972 Leyland 154 gasser (25-30hp), a 1975 MF 165 that does 90% of the work (100-150hrs/yr), rowcrop and haying (baler has it's own engine), a 1980 IH 684 for things that need a little more grunt (~100hrs/yr), hauling bale wagon, plowing, discing.. then there's the 1966 Ford County 'Super 6', that does the REAL grunt work.. nothing else compares when you gotta scrape manure and it's wet.. it's got the weight (about 7 ton) and traction that goes along with it.. it pulls the 9ft blade with manure uphill and doesn't spin.. it also does the subsoiling with the 3 shank ripper.. it probably sees about 40 hrs/year. For loader work, we have the 1978 JD350B crawler.. works good in slick manure once again, but it's slow.. Also has backhoe attachement... Lastly, for the earthmoving, we have a 1956 Allis HD6 dozer.. needs a couple final drive bearings I think.. sure pushes though We're looking at ANOTHER tractor, but with a loader... a 50-70hp IH would be perfect.. big enough to load a manure spreader with, and a little faster turn around time than the crawler. The benefit to having MANY tractors, other than not needing to hitch and unhitch all the time (goes without saying), is you can use the right size tractor for the job... To pull a little trailer, the Leyland does just fine, but it's too light and would get beat up doing fieldwork, while it would be ridiculous to pull my 7.5ft swather with the 70hp IH 684 that only needs 35hp.. besides the IH684 has nowhere NEAR as tight a turning radius as the Massey. So while I do have a lot of things to keep maintained, if something breaks, I've always got something else close enough to the right size to do the job, and I don't accumulate any hours on any one machine... We bought the Massey in about 1998 or so with 1800 hours (really low!), it has 3200 on it now, and when I see what comes along at auctions, it's about the lowest hour machine I've ever seen. Lastly, since everything is old, nothing has any electronics and is pretty darned reliable, and if it breaks, I can fix it. [/QUOTE]
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