At some point you will probably want to buy one. I grew up on a farm and did do farming myself as a secondary job.
As cool as a new tractor looks, try to avoid buying one. Tractors do not make money, but they do cost money to own. Tractors can last bloody near for ever if you want them to and they can still do the work.
My very first tractor was a 1941 Farmall H. I got it from a great uncle who had taken it all apart. I mean, the head, pistons, and con rods were all laying in his junk pile for a couple years. The exposed block was was open to the elements. I scrounged up all the parts from the pile and loaded everything up and hauled it home. A new set of sleeves and bearings, gaskets, and a valve job later, I had a tractor that I used as a utility tractor around the farm for 30 more years. I added a $150 worth of Stanhoist loader that needed some heat and beat plus welding at an auction and it was the most used tractor I ever owned. I sold it to a nephew a couple of years ago. He gave it a new paint job and decals and the old girl is still the belle of the ball.
As someone that just bought an acreage, very jealous!
At some point you will probably want to buy one. I grew up on a farm and did do farming myself as a secondary job.
As cool as a new tractor looks, try to avoid buying one. Tractors do not make money, but they do cost money to own. Tractors can last bloody near for ever if you want them to and they can still do the work.
My very first tractor was a 1941 Farmall H. I got it from a great uncle who had taken it all apart. I mean, the head, pistons, and con rods were all laying in his junk pile for a couple years. The exposed block was was open to the elements. I scrounged up all the parts from the pile and loaded everything up and hauled it home. A new set of sleeves and bearings, gaskets, and a valve job later, I had a tractor that I used as a utility tractor around the farm for 30 more years. I added a $150 worth of Stanhoist loader that needed some heat and beat plus welding at an auction and it was the most used tractor I ever owned. I sold it to a nephew a couple of years ago. He gave it a new paint job and decals and the old girl is still the belle of the ball.