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Post by sean on Oct 15, 2009 20:47:34 GMT -5
I have been wanting to do this for awhile, but working on my big display right now, was wondering what you guys think about a modern western PA farm........that farms bout 300-400 acres of crops.......  been wanting to do this for awhile now.......just never got to it, any thoughts??? Sean |
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Post by Tomas D. on Oct 15, 2009 22:45:08 GMT -5
sounds good man what would there be for equipment and such? i would say 100 wheat 100 corn 100 soybeans.
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Post by sean on Oct 16, 2009 6:03:51 GMT -5
Smaller equipment, nothing bigger than 175 HP probably. Mostly older Agco. IDK on a combine yet though. The JD Titans were popular round here, but yet I think the MF 860's were more popular till this year when all the farmers traded em in...... (every new MF combine that went into the dealer had a trade in on either a 860 or something like it, they have 6 of em right now, lol) All depends on what I feel like building and such I guess, lol.
Sean
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Post by mikes on Oct 16, 2009 7:12:13 GMT -5
The one thing I suggest, and that I've noticed people comment on in the past, is vary your acreage, dont have "rounded off numbers" such as 50, 75, 100 etc, have something like 113 wheat, 259 corn, and ___ beans. Sounds like a good plan, I'd like to see some AGCO stuff running! Maybe a White would be good for this farm?
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Post by sean on Oct 16, 2009 15:52:27 GMT -5
White is not popular round here, but I would consider it.
Sean
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Post by baker2 on Oct 16, 2009 19:39:38 GMT -5
get some 70s AGCO tractors olivers cockshurts and mini moes and if its a dairy farm you need some hay yo feed
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Post by shawntelaak on Oct 17, 2009 18:43:23 GMT -5
Here, i'll give you some ideas. I know your building a MF tractor, so we will use that.
So here is a line up i think you might like,
AC 7580 - 4wd (main tillage and grain cart)
2255 Oliver - MFWD, cab, removable duals (tillage)
MF ? - the one your building (planting, gravity wagons)
MF 3070 or something of that size - 2wd or FWA (auger, bush hog)
White 2-155 - MFWD, cab, removable duals (tillage, planting)
Hows that for a line up?
if it was a dairy i would make the 7580 with removable duals, as you can run a pull type chopper during the fall in corn ground. The 2255 would be on the blower all the time. The 2-155 would be on the chopper in the summer and part of the spring. and the MF would run wagons. Hows that sound for a dairy?
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Post by sean on Oct 17, 2009 19:34:23 GMT -5
I do like it! But I will revise it alittle bit.
-MF 2775 (since Im working on one right now)- main tillage, gravity wagons (its what my uncle uses on his wagons, lol) and most famrs dont use grain carts here......lol.
-Ford 9600-ROPs, removable duals-tillage
-MF 1080-ROPs, singles, planting, also will move grain carts around the farm, brush hog
-Ford 9n-auger (augers are not big, my uncle uses a MF 25hp), mowing the lawn
-Allis Chalmers D-19, cab, planting, dryer.
I will make the 2775 on chopper duty also, it will have removable duals. The D19 could run wagons or whatever we feel should run wagons, lol.
Sean
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Post by shawntelaak on Oct 17, 2009 23:49:17 GMT -5
Sounds good. i think it needs a Oliver in there. a 1950T or a 2255 would really set the farm off. Western NY is full of, Whites, Olivers, MM and some AC tractors. JD, CIH and IH are also around here a lot. Western PA i know has a lot of the smaller HP IH, CIH, JD, AC, MM, Olivers and Whites. So i thougth i would see what you thought about it. But i like your line up. its good. Will you have silos for your hay and corn, you will need a blower and a tractor to run that. The 9600 Ford should do the trick or the D-19 AC will work just as well.
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Post by sean on Oct 18, 2009 0:15:58 GMT -5
I forgot about the blower, lol.....we will probably do the normal fo rthis area of PA, corn, soybeans, and winter wheat. Where Im at in western PA (Mercer, County) There was really only 4 dealers really. A MF dealer (still there), A AC dealer (still there) A IH dealer (closed last year due to owner's death) And a Deutz Allis dealership (Really was never a huge dealership for selling tractors.....still around, but mainly mechanic's for Detroit Diesel and Deutx Diesel) JD has never hit it "big" here..........
Also, tonight I spent 2 hours cleaning up the old display to get ready for the new.........it will be awhile, I still need to get foam board from HD yet....
Sean
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been wanting to do this for awhile now.......just never got to it, any thoughts???
