Grassfarmer
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Just thinking if I trade up to a $70,000 tractor, say borrow $50k at 6% that would be $3k a year in interest alone - $6/an hour before I turn the key. I'm not using a tractor enough to justify that kind of investment.
Not what we needed
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gcreekrch
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Grassfarmer said:
Not sure how much HP you want but an 80 to 100 horse tractor in decent shape and reasonable hrs. shouldn't cost you over 45 to 50,000. A little smaller and they get cheaper.
gcreekrch said:
We recently aquired our 7700 loader tractor for about 35k with 9500 hrs on it.... time will tell if that was a good deal or not. It has obviously been loved if that means anything :wink: The NH 8670s with reasonable hrs and loaders can be got in the 45k range. They're just nicely broke in at 9000 hrs.
Seems like those 90-110 hp tractors are the most expensive, probably because they are the handiest :?
gcreekrch
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Silver said:
How our demands have changed.
I still have not so fond memories of baling with an open station Case 1210. The PTO clutch was so stiff that my right arm was like Charles Atlas. The hand crank tie on the NH 847 baler was a gem too. In 1987 we had a wet August and put up most of our feed in Sept. Can't remember all the totals but I do know I baled 1867 of those raggy little bales in 12 days at one meadow we were leasing then. Couldn't straighten my head for a month after we finished. 
The west wind was great if you were headed west. When I turned east at the end of the meadow I would don a face mask and ski goggles.
Oh them were the days. :wink:
flyingS
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If you need cheap power and fair reliablility buy and Allis Chalmers or a Ford. Try searching TractorHouse.com. I found several tractors around 100-120hp for under 35,000.
leanin' H
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I haven't spent much time aboard a tractor probably because of the horrible memories it stirs up! As a kid out'a high school i spent a summer on an open cab old yellow case pulling a 12 foot brush beater while working for Utah State University. The sage & rabbit brush was 3 feet high and taller in washes or low spots. Ya'll have saw from my fencing pictures we have a fair share of rocks in this country right? I had to build me a steel rock gaurd to protect my back and neck and wore a motorcycle helmet. I still remember having that split second when my ears heard the WAM of the blades striking rock and the BANG of the projectile pelting my body armor. How I miss the good old days! Pretty much cured me from a career as a farmer! Nowadays if somebody or something chucks a rock at me i figure i had it coming! Good luck with the clutches! Just remember, never ever turn your back to a tractor. Ya just can't trust them! On the bright side, I did get quite handy at swapping brush beater blades on a by weekly basis.
John SD
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Denny, there is a 1996 model 825 "Red Russian" for sale on the local radio want ads. 1100+ hours with a Farmhand loader. Asking $16500 which seems kinda high to me considering the wrenching the owners seem to have to do on these tractors. PM me if you're interested and I'll give you the phone number.
cowsense
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Silver said:
We had to replace a tractor last summer & did a lot of looking.....have heard very little negative about the Genesis tractors....ended up with a Buhler 2145. Best deal we could find for a low hour MFD loader tractor by far and we are quite satisfied to date.......of course time will tell!
John SD said:
I may be interested. I have had more trouble with my John Deere Skidloader than my Russian's the nice thing about russian tractors is you only need about 3 sizes of wrenches. They are crude but once you figure them out there not so bad.The best part is the fuel economy. I put 43 hours on it one time on 34 gallons of fuel. It holds 34 gallons and it took 1 hour per day to feed and 43 days after a fill up I ran out in the middle of the field.
I'm thinking that tractor could be had for $10,000 around here.
