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  • From: "Wiediger, Alison" <awiediger AT HART.k12.ky.us>
  • To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] cultivating tractors
  • Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:25:07 -0600

Okay, here are my two pennies on deciding between these two:

 

Get a 140.  If you live in tobacco country, they are common and relatively cheap right now.  The Super A's have become collector's items and can be much more expensive - although they are beautiful restored (and not practical for farm work at that point!)  I have seen 70's 140's for under 2000 lately.  That's less than a riding lawn mower!

 

Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm 

 

 

IH 140, Super A

-lots of power

-harder to turn and steer than cub

-slighly less visiblibility--better used for one row cultivating, or stale bedding w/basket weeder, or with finger weeder

-easy to mount fert sidedressor

-split hydraulics, you can operate front and rear independantly

-geared too high--they go fast!!

-gas engine, but not too bad a guzzler

-$2000-$4000

 

 




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