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["Rob Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

I am finding that I am uniquely qualified for a lot of what I need to do on 
my homestead. Also, the areas that I am weak on are becoming glaringly 
apparant!

I learned to drive on a tractor and have many hours of plowing, disking, 
planting, mowing, etc. under my belt. However, I never learned much about the 
mechanics of it. I am learning that I'm not too bad a troubleshooter and can 
do a lot of my own mechanic work.

What I don't know is how to match a tractor to my needs. I know that I need 
one, I need to be able to chisel plow (at least at first), bush hog and do 
work with the front loader among other things. I don't think that I need a 
lot of tractor. Can any of you help me or direct me to a decent resource? I 
leave all of the websites I find confused.

I'd like to trust my local John Deere (or other, dealer), but that might be 
unwise.

Thanks for any direction,

Rob
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At  10/22/2005 05:46 PM, you wrote:


>What I don't know is how to match a tractor to my needs. I know that
>I need one, I need to be able to chisel plow (at least at first),
>bush hog and do work with the front loader among other things. I
>don't think that I need a lot of tractor. Can any of you help me or
>direct me to a decent resource? I leave all of the websites I find confused.

Lot's of times when someone has asked about a tractor or what they
need to know about tractors in general someone refers them to the
antique tractor list. The word is that the folks there know about tractors.
I on the other hand know zip about tractors... but maybe I saved a
good post on them. I'll look.
Good luck!



Rob

becida AT comcast.net
Western Washington State, USA