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North Carolina | Looking at purchasing a tractor to be used in corn, soybean, and flu-cured tobacco production. The tractor will be my main tractor and will be used for tillage, planting, transplanting, spraying, etc.
I will be planting with a JD 8-row, 30 inch planter and transplanting with a 3pt pickup 4-row mechanical transplanter. Tillage with a 16 ft disk and a 4 row tobacco cultivator. Some hay bailing and cutting may be used with it as well.
My budget is set at $60k.
I think a 175 HP tractor is plenty of power for the implements I will be handling but I may be wrong. I would also consider some basic precision-ag technology such as GPS and auto-guidance so I could operate at night to increase the amount of hours I can farm during the week. Would love to plan ahead a little on the precision-ag stuff because we plan to implement that little by little in the years to come.
Right now I am leaning towards a JD 7810 because of its price, size, and positive feedback I have heard from farmers who own one. Do you guys have any advice/experience/feedback on those tractors?
Considering all the information and stipulations presented what other tractors in that size and price range would you guys consider and maybe a few reasons why. Any advice or recommendations on the precision-ag technology would be helpful as well. Also any general advice on purchasing equipment and planning for the future and long term success would be greatly appreciated. If you want to email and talk one-on-one my email can be found in my profile information.
Like always, any advice/comments/constructive criticism are greatly appreciated!!
Edited by young_farmer 11/20/2017 23:38
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Advice/Experience on JD 7810s and similar tractors.
