I am getting tired of doing all the property work by hand and looking at getting something like this:
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This one is a Massey Ferguson but Kubota and Yanmar make about the same thing, along with a bunch of off brand ones. The Yanmar is a little bigger.

Anyone want to show off their tractor?
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Mine is not near perrty nough!!
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Proud owner of a 1952 Super-A here. I'll try to dig up a photo....

I'd probably suggest 4WD if you get one with a bucket on the front. Helps make you go when the back wheels are bouncing off the ground :-)
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a 52 super A, NICE:-). I do agre with col. Kurtz on the 4WD. It does come in handy
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All these sub-compacts are 4WD hydro trans (except maybe the cheap chinese and korean ones). Our Home Depot has a rental backhoe-loader that doesn't have a detachable hoe and three point hitch. The thing is made so cheaply that they didn't clean welds or cuts or deburr or worry about what they were painting. You get what you pay for, it seems.
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yep you do
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How big do you want to go? I would personally go larger, no offense but that just looks like a regular lawn mover with a bucket and different tires.


I would get something along the lines of this

http://www.deere.com/en_US/ProductCa...argerView.html


As for tractors I personally dont own one but would love to

Here is an Oliver 66 I help restore

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and it is action
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see not so much resto. More of a trans and engine work
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Small is good for me, as long as it has power. No mower would hold a backhoe. These things weigh around 3000 lbs. I live on a mountaintop with a meadow and forest. These little subs are good landscape and maintainance tools.

Someone here on craigslist had an Oliver like that one almost finished restoring.
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I grew up on nothing but fords. We have a very old 8n and a mid 70's 6000 between my dad and myself. I've told myself if i ever got something newer it would be about the size of the 8n and 4wd with a bucket on the front. Or if i could find a bucket system for teh 6000, id just start a mini excavatin crew. For small property with woods or small tracts of fields, you cant beat the smaller 3-4cyl diesel tractors.

edit: apperently New Holland has reintroduced the old 8n!!

http://www.8n.com/
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This is the Yanmar compact. About 4500 lbs. It costs half again as much as the sub-compacts. 28.7HP vs 23hp. It looks wicked.
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Got a lot of experience operating tractors but don't own one myself. Most of my experience comes from working on farms and my summer jobs.

As per my bias I'm really a John Deere fan for bigger stuff but at work we have a Kubota BX24. The thing has over 1500 hours of hard labour(working in very hard terrain where our bigger stuff cant go) done on it and for the most part has only needed general maintenance.

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But my baby at work is a Kubota MX 5000(thats not mine pictured)
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The Kubota on the trailer and the Yanmar look better than the Massey

I know a guy who has a New Holland and he loves the thing. Little 3 cylinder with a bucket and hoe. The only complaint is he should have gotten the larger hydraulic pump cause when he uses the hoe it tends to slow down when hes moving left and right while scooping and dumping (like scoop, pick up, swing, and dump all in one motion).

and on a side note I saw the new 8n at the fair this summer. I really like the looks of it. I love the looks of old tractors
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I grew up on a fairly good sized farm and we had lots of tractors. Plus my uncle owned first the Massey dealership and then the Ford dealership.

When we moved back here I bought a Kubota BX 24 (I think) with a bush hog, a box blade, and a small disc. I wish it where bigger just because... but it has done everything I have wanted it to do.

It is a little light in the arse though!!! I have had it up on three wheels a couple of times with a full bucket of dirt.
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If anyone has any REALLY old tractors like these, there is someone on craigslist wanting to buy them or the parts.
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Lance, Drop Kriss a PM. He might be able to point you in the right direction locally.
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Some advice along the lines of compacts...

Look for a compact tractor, which means it has a three point hitch and a PTO linkage on the rear. This will allow you to rent, buy, borrow, or otherwise utilize rear graders and brush movers, as well as a variety of other small pieces of useful equipment.

For light tractor and excavation work, I recommend a Farmall Series compact, which comes with a font end loader, 3pt hitch, and a GHP rating of 30-60 depending on the model. These are ideal for all-around light tillage, moving, and small excavating, and they have quite a bit of power. The only downside would be the size of the trailer needed to move them around in comparison to the small Kubotas.

New prices, depending on options such as optional cab, accessories, etc, price one around $25-30K, however you can pick up a lightly used one for probably $20-25K.
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Ford 9n steel wheel, only 900 bucks!
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Wow, we had an old 9n along time ago, but wasnt a steel wheel like that.
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That's the only pic I could find. Forgot I used to have two of them. I sold the mower and kept the one on the right. :-)

I have since closed in the garage and made it part of the house, built a 30x80' 4 bay garage in the back yard, and had a little girl.

I just called the wife and told her "thank you" for dragging me this far. :-)
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My grandfather had one almost identical to the one on the right in teh pic. Loved the underbelly attachment system, always thought it was soo cool.
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