Posted by MF Poor on December 21, 2009 at 07:33:51 from (72.4.0.230):
In Reply to: ain't it amazing.... posted by rrlund on December 20, 2009 at 14:16:16:
At the peak, I had just over 200 acres. My biggest tractor was 60 hp. It would do anything I needed done. I had a couple 40 hp utility tractors also. A small farm has such limited profit potential, there was no practical reason to own bigger equipment. If I had money galore, which I didn't, I could have rationalized owning more HP. There were times, albiet just a few, where a bigger tractor would have been usefull. All in all, I was able to do 99% of what I needed done with 60 HP. (2wd to boot) Besides being able to buy a new 60HP tractor cheaper than a larger one back then, the implements I used were such that they were more affordable due to being relatively smaller than what would be common on say a 100HP rig.
Nowdays, it's not uncommon to see 100hp (and larger) tractors that are a few years old that can be bought CHEAPER than a good, late model 60HP model. If the bigger tractor is such that it will do the job of a smaller one, and the price is equal (or less) why not? Used implemets that are useable on 60HP while still useable on 100HP are all over the market.
If the prices on used tractors were a sliding scale with HP, then I'd be more inclined to stick with the "just big enough" theory. But when MORE HP is often less expensive, overkill is often better than "underkill".
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