EarthMother
08-05-2008, 02:25 PM
My DH is a wonderful man. He is more of a poet than farmer. He is mechanically challenged. He tries to use equipment for different work than intended and breaks his toys.
Here is the real issue. We are to the point that a tractor is almost mandatory. We have 27 acres. About 20 of that is hay. The rest is solid granite with thin soil in spots. We need the tractor to brush hog over the rocky areas where weeds spring up. We will want to be able to pull a stuck car from the snow occasionally. Of course move heavy loads, perhaps a 4x5 bale of hay. and anything else a partime farmer would need it to do.
No way can we afford new so what suggestions does anyone have as to the type tractor I might consider here in the Missouri Ozarks?
Here is the real issue. We are to the point that a tractor is almost mandatory. We have 27 acres. About 20 of that is hay. The rest is solid granite with thin soil in spots. We need the tractor to brush hog over the rocky areas where weeds spring up. We will want to be able to pull a stuck car from the snow occasionally. Of course move heavy loads, perhaps a 4x5 bale of hay. and anything else a partime farmer would need it to do.
No way can we afford new so what suggestions does anyone have as to the type tractor I might consider here in the Missouri Ozarks?