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<blockquote data-quote="Davy Crockett" data-source="post: 405017" data-attributes="member: 367"><p>It all boils down to your needs and wants and if you are mechanically inclined.&nbsp;&nbsp; New is nice and expensive but old is cheap and they both do the same job.&nbsp; &nbsp; All new stuff is a pain in the ass to work on but almost all old school stuff is easy and parts are cheap.&nbsp; &nbsp; If I had to start from scratch for a hobby farm with future plans to build I'd probably start with an old school small tractor with 3 point hitch and a mower that would fit my garden and mowing needs and then shop for a heavy duty backhoe loader for moving snow and trenching/digging what ever you need in the future.&nbsp; &nbsp; I have a 94 JD 510 4x4 backhoe that works great for moving snow and the heater will roast you out on the coldest day.&nbsp; If we get a heavy snow&nbsp; I chain a 30' utility pole to the front bucket and in a couple passes I can wing out the driveway just as good as a road grader .&nbsp; &nbsp; I haven't found snow too deep I couldn't push through it and the hoe is handy to have around.&nbsp; It's a pure animal.&nbsp; &nbsp; For tillage my main tractor is a super C farmall with 3 point cultivator and&nbsp; row crop rotor tiller.&nbsp; plus a few more A and B farmalls for mowing and some row crop stuff&nbsp;&nbsp; In all , I have less than $ 18,000 tied up in everything,&nbsp; plus enough extra parts to last a lifetime.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I like to tinker and I have the time so that's what works for me.&nbsp;&nbsp; Theres no such thing as a tractor that will do everything so sometimes more than one makes sense .&nbsp;&nbsp; One of my summer projects is to build a weed badger .</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Davy Crockett, post: 405017, member: 367"] It all boils down to your needs and wants and if you are mechanically inclined. New is nice and expensive but old is cheap and they both do the same job. All new stuff is a pain in the ass to work on but almost all old school stuff is easy and parts are cheap. If I had to start from scratch for a hobby farm with future plans to build I'd probably start with an old school small tractor with 3 point hitch and a mower that would fit my garden and mowing needs and then shop for a heavy duty backhoe loader for moving snow and trenching/digging what ever you need in the future. I have a 94 JD 510 4x4 backhoe that works great for moving snow and the heater will roast you out on the coldest day. If we get a heavy snow I chain a 30' utility pole to the front bucket and in a couple passes I can wing out the driveway just as good as a road grader . I haven't found snow too deep I couldn't push through it and the hoe is handy to have around. It's a pure animal. For tillage my main tractor is a super C farmall with 3 point cultivator and row crop rotor tiller. plus a few more A and B farmalls for mowing and some row crop stuff In all , I have less than $ 18,000 tied up in everything, plus enough extra parts to last a lifetime. I like to tinker and I have the time so that's what works for me. Theres no such thing as a tractor that will do everything so sometimes more than one makes sense . One of my summer projects is to build a weed badger . [/QUOTE]

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