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From: Monroe VA
You can get all different kinds of attachments for a skidsteer. Everything from post drivers to jackhammers, to mowing decks. They are pretty neat little things to have. Kubota does make tractors up to 70hp. I dont know how big you guys were talking though. As far as John Deere, that green paint is mighty expensive!! I personally dont think JD makes there equipment with the quality that they used to. Seen a the wind catch a door on a 4'x5' JD bailer one time while it was being pulled down the road. That door was $1200. Glad I had nothing to do with it and didnt have to pay for it.
Snowboard season cometh..
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From: Gulf Coast of Florida
Not too bad. Pretty uneventful race, but Carl did win which I was glad to see. I'm pulling for him to win the championship though, and with Jimmy finishing second, Carl wasn't able to gain much ground on him. There's 4 races left in the season though, and a lot can happen over the next four weeks.
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From: Blairsville,Ga
Kubota does make tractors up to 70hp. I dont know how big you guys were talking though. As far as John Deere, that green paint is mighty expensive!! I personally dont think JD makes there equipment with the quality that they used to. Seen a the wind catch a door on a 4'x5' JD bailer one time while it was being pulled down the road. That door was $1200. Glad I had nothing to do with it and didnt have to pay for it.
I now have a kabota L-35 backhoe loader,I don't think anyone builds one as versital,I can drop the hoe in about 5 min and use 3 pt to mow or what ever
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I got a bad taste in my mouth for JD back in the late '60s and never bought another,either bought Ford or MF wheel tractors and IH dozers and loaders and later kamatsu
I now have a kabota L-35 backhoe loader,I don't think anyone builds one as versital,I can drop the hoe in about 5 min and use 3 pt to mow or what ever
I now have a kabota L-35 backhoe loader,I don't think anyone builds one as versital,I can drop the hoe in about 5 min and use 3 pt to mow or what ever
Guys realistically, I'd be buying something very used and/or very old. I can't justify spending 10k in a hoe/loader or brand new tractor.
Saw a Ford tractor on the site Jacob listed, looked like a cool machine.
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From: Blairsville,Ga
going back a little old the Jubilee (1953) and newer were good preferably diesel in the later years of those models
after '68 i always prefered the yellow fords (industrial)
MFs were very similar to Ford
Smokin
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I'd prefer a diesel, I'm a bit partial to them.
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From: Iowa
Yeah JD's are sort of like luxury cars. Its just a Toyota underneath but what you pay for is the emblem.
Guys realistically, I'd be buying something very used and/or very old. I can't justify spending 10k in a hoe/loader or brand new tractor.
Saw a Ford tractor on the site Jacob listed, looked like a cool machine.
Guys realistically, I'd be buying something very used and/or very old. I can't justify spending 10k in a hoe/loader or brand new tractor.
Saw a Ford tractor on the site Jacob listed, looked like a cool machine.
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From: Blairsville,Ga
Ford 8N's are popular for what you are looking to do, as are IH 300 series utility tractors. My dad has an Allis Chalmers D17 series 3 with a loader that he did not pay much more than $5k for. Its a decent sized machine with a nice loader, but a manual trans, so its slow for snow removal. smaller25-30HP skid loaders can be had below $8k, but for a 60HP workhorse figure $12k and up for a skid loader.
the 8n had a model A engine
actually should concentrate on a '68 or newer
All the tractors in the price range she is talking will most likely be manual shift a shuttle is best
I always look at what a repair will cost and ford has always been cheapest
Don't take this wrong but this has been my experience in the 45 yrs I have worked on them
Smokin
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What about a ford like this?
Antique Tractors - 1974 Ford 3000 Diesel
Lots of parts for these 3000's on ebay.
On edit. the Allis Chalmers seem to run around the same price, if not a bit cheaper than Fords of around the same HP/year range.
I guess it will all come down to what I can find! Watch now Leo is going to have his eyes peeled for tractors with for sale signs..
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From: Gulf Coast of Florida
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From: SpringHill,Fl
1948 Farmall Model H Tractor
FORD TRACTOR
9N Ford Tractor (PRICE REDUCED)
Not sure how far you want to travel to get a tractor... middle one is a Ford diesel
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/grd/879343537.html
FORD TRACTOR
9N Ford Tractor (PRICE REDUCED)
Not sure how far you want to travel to get a tractor... middle one is a Ford diesel
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/grd/879343537.html
Last edited by AzBlueWolf; Oct 27, 2008 at 09:50 AM. Reason: add 8n
Cargo Master
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From: Vilonia Arkansas
8Ns are still popular but parts a getting scarce and they were pretty slow
the 8n had a model A engine
actually should concentrate on a '68 or newer
All the tractors in the price range she is talking will most likely be manual shift a shuttle is best
I always look at what a repair will cost and ford has always been cheapest
Don't take this wrong but this has been my experience in the 45 yrs I have worked on them
the 8n had a model A engine
actually should concentrate on a '68 or newer
All the tractors in the price range she is talking will most likely be manual shift a shuttle is best
I always look at what a repair will cost and ford has always been cheapest
Don't take this wrong but this has been my experience in the 45 yrs I have worked on them
Smokin
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1948 Farmall Model H Tractor
FORD TRACTOR
9N Ford Tractor (PRICE REDUCED)
Not sure how far you want to travel to get a tractor... middle one is a Ford diesel
9N Ford Tractor (PRICE REDUCED)
FORD TRACTOR
9N Ford Tractor (PRICE REDUCED)
Not sure how far you want to travel to get a tractor... middle one is a Ford diesel
9N Ford Tractor (PRICE REDUCED)
Those 8N's even look like Model t's a bit.
That 2500 is pretty cool.
Cargo Master
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From: Vilonia Arkansas
This was a unmolested 1946 2N in perfect shape dad sold it for $2000.00 its painted like a 8N( 2N's were dark gray only no red at all ) but other than that it could have been entered in a tractor show.[IMG]
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