Tractorlopnik: Phase 2, The Purchessening

"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2) 07/09/2016 at 20:22 • Filed to: None

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So, It appears that The GF and I will be purchasing a nice, clean, low hours (0ny 1300!) Ford/New Holland 1720 utility tractor. This is a Japanese-made machine from Shibaura, and features such things as a 1.5l OHV 3-cylinder mechanical-injection diesel (reputed to be nearly indestructible) rated at 28 flywheel HP and 24 PTO HP (540 rpm). It has a Ford 7108 loader, 1 hydraulic remote, manual-shifted 4wd, 12-speed shuttle transmission, a soft-side cab with AM/FM/ Stereo casette radio, fan, wiper and front and rear glass (rear glass is optional, most of them have plastic rear windows)

It also comes with some useful, but probably to-be-sold attachments, a 5ft brush-hog (we may keep this one), a rear blade, and a 70" PTO snowblower (waaaaay overkill for our needs). We’re primarily going to be using it for pasture maintenance for the sheep, and mucking the bedded pack from the barn after winter. We are also hoping to find a cheap old square baler and a nice mower so we can actually make hay with it (28HP is enough) and become independent of the wiles of the local hay merchants/cartels. Sadly this means I will NOT be buying a Husqvarna 701 Supermoto in the near future, as this ends up being just about the same price all in... but it’s not ruled out forever! The tractor can theorhetically enhance income as well, which with my skills is NOT something the 701 is ever likely to do. The tractor is also far, far cheaper per pound than the Husky ;P

we also saw this neat little thing while we were out, it’s an old, old row cultivator (Allis-Chalmers G, I beleive) with a modern 2-cyl diesel grafted on to it, I can’t tell if its a Yanmar or a Hatz, but it’s a cool little hack-job none-the-less.

Trunk Impaired 318 > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 07/09/2016 at 20:27

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Drop the 1L Ecoboost engine in that. It would be amazing.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Trunk Impaired 318 07/09/2016 at 20:34

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BRAP!!!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Trunk Impaired 318 07/09/2016 at 20:46

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Drop the 1L ecoboost into everything

TooLazyToNotBurner > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 07/09/2016 at 21:29

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Where I am, there are no GOOD cheap square bailers. That being said, if you can find a retiring farmer you might be able to get your hands on something that will continue produce so long as you get his advice on the required maintenance. Don't forget you need a hay rake and cutter as well. Good hay is an art.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > TooLazyToNotBurner 07/09/2016 at 21:36

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yeah, we looked at compact round balers, but they are still relatively new, so they’re like $10k... As the guys on the low HP tractor forums say: “you can buy a lot of old John Deere 14Ts for $10k”. Rake is easy, finding a mower thats light enough and cuts well (not a sickle-bar) will take more work. Disc mowers have been suggested as a good choice....

TooLazyToNotBurner > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 07/09/2016 at 21:39

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I’d get to know your neighbors. Likely you can make a few deals to get by until you get the equipment you want. Often times the bales here are split into thirds. Landowner/equipment owner/labour. Each of those takes a third of whatever comes off the field. So if you are borrowing the equipment, but do the work on your field, you owe them 1/3 of the bales.
Good luck!

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > TooLazyToNotBurner 07/09/2016 at 21:46

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Vermont’s not very big on “lending” equipment, Land can be pretty free-flowing, but mostly if it ain’t yours you ain’t using it. People don't even rent equipment here, you hire the machine *and* the operator/owner....

TooLazyToNotBurner > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 07/09/2016 at 21:50

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I've known a lot of old farmers in Manitoba to get others in to run their equipment once they can't handle it anymore (older than the dirt). They just sit in the truck and watch the farming happen smug in the knowledge that you are doing it wrong. Lending happens here if you are in a fix but are trustworthy. You'd better be prepared to fix it better than you borrowed it though if it goes south on you.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > TooLazyToNotBurner 07/09/2016 at 21:59

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haha, yeah. That Guy is universal. The hired man is still a thing here, but you gotta be like BFFs to get a machinery lend, and work for crops is pretty much an alien concept except on the hippy farms, and there they don’t make hay because what do vegans need with animal fodder? Your wholesome, trusting Canadianism is showing ;)