Posted 1/23/2024 18:30 (#10589953 - in reply to #10589718) Subject: Mt Dad Must Have Been a Good Horse trader
Schlegel Farms, Hagerstown Indiana
Steiger Man - 1/23/2024 16:07
We bought a new 4020 diesel powershift in 1964 and total cost was over $9,000. I doubt a 806 was more expensive. If you want to talk cheap tractors of the 60s, I can’t see how anybody beat a 6 speed Case 930. Those were nothing more than glorified diesel powered LAs from the 40s. If they cost more then half a 4020, i’d almost be surprised. If MF 1100s were so superior to the 4020 there should have been a lot more of them sold. MF combines were number one on the market sales wise. There were alot of farms that ran IH or JD but had a Massey combine us included. Yet their big tractor sales never seemed to match the combines.
My dad bought a new 4020 diesel ($6450), a 5 bottom plow ($1200), and a number 50 cycle mower ($550) in November 1966 .... total cost was $8200.
1100 MF vs. 4020 from below, what was the cheapest at the time?
