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To: Mr. Lucky

That’s exactly what I keep telling folks who move to small acreages and want a tractor: find some older US-made piece of antique iron. You’ll get a much better bang:buck out of the old iron than these new oriental diesels.

Sure, the new iron is shiney, it has all manner of nice gauges and dials on it. It also breaks the first time you use it for a job just a little too big.

M-M’s, Allis, the old Deere “poppers,” old Farmalls - they all have substantial iron in them. They all had to be fixed by guys a long way from town. They all were designed back when American manufacturing was the envy of the entire planet.

And you can buy the same HP in an old tractor for less than 40% of the cost of new Oriental paint.


43 posted on 07/28/2008 8:13:46 AM PDT by NVDave
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To: NVDave

The ideal “estate” tractor, IMHO, is a Ford 8N. About 25 hp, 3 point hitch, low center of gravity, sheet metal body, ignition and carburator parts are all available at the NAPA store.


44 posted on 07/28/2008 8:26:09 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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