Post by JD_4630 on Feb 15, 2015 19:23:11 GMT -5
Hi everyone,
my last journal left off where the couple of Fernwood Farms were cleaning out their old barn to make room to house some beef cattle and they discovered some old photographs of the past farm owner and some of his equipment.
Currently the husband and wife have been working a lot of over time at their full time jobs in town to save money for the farm improvements and machinery being added to it. The couple also got their tax refund back which really helped because the old Farmall 706 was having some major issues. The couple were demoing some Kubota equipment earlier this year to plan on replacing the 706.
Even though the Kubotas were excellent machines and the service at the John Deere dealer was outstanding. The couple wasn't quit sure if they wanted to spend that kind of money on one piece of farm equipment. There were many debates about spending extra on a new machine vs buying something old again like the 706 and losing money on down time and parts with continuous break downs. The 706 was bought at an auction and had issues from day 1. It was only used for brush mowing and plowing the driveway in winter time. It did those tasks well......when it wasn't in the shop. Well last week the transmission seized up on the 706 and it was time to make a decession, the couple wanted to get rid of the 706 either way and didn't even want to bother to try to fix it. The couple decided to buy used. The local John Deere dealer had a John Deere 4020 that recently came onto the lot off from a local dairy farm. It was used to spread manure from a calf barn, run the silo blower, and manure pump. It's not the cleanest tractor, or newest, but wasn't high houred, had all the documents, and what it would cost, the couple would have enough extra money to get it repainted. The 4020 would be small enough for brush mowing, and snow plowing, but also large enough for tillage, and planting, not to mention a piece of history. The husband grew up on a 4320 so he is familiar with running and repairing these series tractors. Later on during the week. The dealership came to deliver the tractor and take the 706.
During the weekend the couple went to a near by auction and ended up picking up a tandem axel New Holland manure spreader. When they brought it home they quickly checked it over in the shop, hooked it up to the 4020 and loaded it some old moldy hay bales that were left in barn.
The tractor and spreader seemed to be working great and hopefully will stay that way. Both items will have their winter home in the nicely heated shop until spring time comes.
That's it for now. As usual any comments, questions or smart remarks are more than welcome. Thanks for reading.
my last journal left off where the couple of Fernwood Farms were cleaning out their old barn to make room to house some beef cattle and they discovered some old photographs of the past farm owner and some of his equipment.
Currently the husband and wife have been working a lot of over time at their full time jobs in town to save money for the farm improvements and machinery being added to it. The couple also got their tax refund back which really helped because the old Farmall 706 was having some major issues. The couple were demoing some Kubota equipment earlier this year to plan on replacing the 706.
Even though the Kubotas were excellent machines and the service at the John Deere dealer was outstanding. The couple wasn't quit sure if they wanted to spend that kind of money on one piece of farm equipment. There were many debates about spending extra on a new machine vs buying something old again like the 706 and losing money on down time and parts with continuous break downs. The 706 was bought at an auction and had issues from day 1. It was only used for brush mowing and plowing the driveway in winter time. It did those tasks well......when it wasn't in the shop. Well last week the transmission seized up on the 706 and it was time to make a decession, the couple wanted to get rid of the 706 either way and didn't even want to bother to try to fix it. The couple decided to buy used. The local John Deere dealer had a John Deere 4020 that recently came onto the lot off from a local dairy farm. It was used to spread manure from a calf barn, run the silo blower, and manure pump. It's not the cleanest tractor, or newest, but wasn't high houred, had all the documents, and what it would cost, the couple would have enough extra money to get it repainted. The 4020 would be small enough for brush mowing, and snow plowing, but also large enough for tillage, and planting, not to mention a piece of history. The husband grew up on a 4320 so he is familiar with running and repairing these series tractors. Later on during the week. The dealership came to deliver the tractor and take the 706.
During the weekend the couple went to a near by auction and ended up picking up a tandem axel New Holland manure spreader. When they brought it home they quickly checked it over in the shop, hooked it up to the 4020 and loaded it some old moldy hay bales that were left in barn.
The tractor and spreader seemed to be working great and hopefully will stay that way. Both items will have their winter home in the nicely heated shop until spring time comes.
That's it for now. As usual any comments, questions or smart remarks are more than welcome. Thanks for reading.