nskiff1

hello everyone, as you see im very new to your site and would like to pick your brains for a bit. i am a tractor virgin, just starting to learn as i go and doing reserch before i go. i just bought a 40 acre farm that has had no land managment for the past 10 years and im very new to farming and working land. besides setting up a few deer food plots in the past this is all still new to me.

and here is the question i have a lead on a oliver 1750 gas tractor with front loader at a very resonable price that fits my range (or at least what the wife says i can spend before i have to buy her some kinda new car).

i would like to know what your alls opinion of this tractor is, what problems you might know of that are common or what things i should look for before i buy so that i can make a informed decison.

any imput would be greatly appreciated thank you for your time... nate

ps. sorry for the spelling of a few words, god bless a good o'l southern education, lol no child left behind my ass..

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Evanedward

The oliver 1750 is one fine tractor.My dads friend had one and farmed with it for years. Back then gasoline was less than one dollar a gallon and that large of a tractor will use quite a few of them. Maybe try to find something with a diesel engine. I had a 80hp tractor that could use four to four and a half gallons of gas an hour. That could be expensive at four dollars a gallon. When I traded it in for one about the same size with a diesel engine that even had a turbo my fuel expenses where cut in half. Good luck

nskiff1

thank you for the respone ive done some checking and tractor data says 7g/ph when running the pto or drawbar. thats why ive been hinking of converting it to LP after i buy it( if i still do, that is)so far everyone ive talked with have said the say thing about the gas 1750, currently i have a 1949 TO-20 its pperfect conditions and is an all around great little tractor, but thats the problem its little and very light weight tipping in around 22-2400 lbs with no live anything. and i dont want to destroy it trying to do with it what only a big tractor should be doing.....nate

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dont shot yourself in the foot despite the enemy in front of you,, and never complain about a farmer when your mouth is full..

GFC Firefighter

Gasoline tractors are ok but they will have to have maintance alot.

Get a diesel. You won't regret.

Get you a big mower, harrows, land level, frontend loader, bulldozer, excavator (rent if you want since you might have to dig you canals).