So as to not Hijack an on going thread, the subject of ATVs/tractors came up.
You do not need a tractor, you do not need a big tractor, (min class 1, 30 hp is about a good starting point),....you do not need a new tractor.........careful on used, and they ARE used....so pay now....or later.
But after fooling around doing a lot of homesteading work by hand, or with a ATV as a tractor...they sure are nice.....worth every penny...kinda like when you finally get one it's a head slap, "What the heck was a matter with me..." should have done this years ago."
People pay SSSS for new phones, tablits, computers, software, apps, media......but they won't haul a load of feed to the hen house.
I used an ATV for 10+ years as a mower, both keeping an ever expanding "yard" and trails open.....and pretty much beat up both the machine and the mower.
Attachments for ATV need their own power so have their own motor, and are more expensive to buy and keep running....Tractor have a PTO (power take off) that powers the attachments if necessary.
We are talking mowing grass, weeds, brush over your head, as well as 'yard' mowing.......(keeping it mowed around your buildings keep help keep bugs and other varmints under control.
Tractor with bucket can mow, plow, disc, drag yard for landscaping (did dragging with a pallet/cement block behind ATV)....bucket for moving dirt, rocks, brush, wood,..... and with forks, whole trees, hay bales, and anything you meed to move around with out having to lift and carry....You will find a new use everyday.
Also useful for snow removal, and drive way grading (back blade)... post holes, (post hole digger)
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Why so expensive?
I wanted an old Ford 2-9n or even better 8 n...$2k to 5K.....they look so cool and a lot of people claim they can do anything with them......Might be true.
BUT as an older guy that I talked to at a antique show related to me....he had several old Fords there on display and a couple for sale, "What are you gonna do with it?....."I want to mow, and maybe get a bucket for moving stuff around...."
So he says, "I use a Kubota for work around the farm, and play with the old tractors.....They always break down when you need to get something done."
So, you can kid your self, use all the goats, hand mowing, do the hand work.....but remember our fore-fathers had 10-15 kids for that labor, kinda hard to do it all your self......and it gets tougher, the older you get....
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