Hello, I'm Micah and recently purchased a small (5.5 acre) property for my family to grow on. My wife and I have a 7yo daughter and really wanted to get her out of the "bad" side of town we've lived in for the past 10+ years. So here we are, even further west from Atlanta and loving it.
We've never farmed, never raised farm animals, etc etc. However we're extremely outdoors orientated, extremely hard workers, and extremely self reliant as much as we can be. The property came with 3 horses, although they are/were fairly malnourished. Good news is they're on the mend and looking better every day it seems. Planning on some chickens and maybe a couple hogs as well.
In the process of all this, I managed to break my C2 vertebrae, right thumb, and left leg at the knee joint in a motorcycle accident. Great timing right?!?
Well God provides! Come to find out our new neighbors are a older retired couple and just as nice as can be. Low and behold the day before I was supposed to go haggle at the JD dealership, the husband makes me a ridiculous good deal to buy his 9N (later discovered it's a 2N #151,+++). So anyhow, researching it has brought me to y'all.
I've been lurking and reading for a few weeks now and decided to go ahead and join up. You guys are a wealth of knowledge, and have already helped me avoid potential disaster (rear towing turnover risk I would have never considered).
The tractor will mainly be used for scraping manure and leveling the paddock. Also toting round bales on a sled. Possibly some rotary cutting if I find a deal on one, even included a overrunning PTO shaft with the tractor. Its in surprisingly good condition to be as old as it is. Also has a Sherman unit, however I'm still putting around in standard gear for now. Typical wet brakes on the right side still need to be addressed. 6v system that's working great so I'm going to leave well enough alone until it changes my mind for me. 4ft box blade and a three point draw bar were included too.
I guess I'm rambling at this point, but thank y'all for the info that's already out there, and I look forward to learning more as we go!
We've never farmed, never raised farm animals, etc etc. However we're extremely outdoors orientated, extremely hard workers, and extremely self reliant as much as we can be. The property came with 3 horses, although they are/were fairly malnourished. Good news is they're on the mend and looking better every day it seems. Planning on some chickens and maybe a couple hogs as well.
In the process of all this, I managed to break my C2 vertebrae, right thumb, and left leg at the knee joint in a motorcycle accident. Great timing right?!?
Well God provides! Come to find out our new neighbors are a older retired couple and just as nice as can be. Low and behold the day before I was supposed to go haggle at the JD dealership, the husband makes me a ridiculous good deal to buy his 9N (later discovered it's a 2N #151,+++). So anyhow, researching it has brought me to y'all.
I've been lurking and reading for a few weeks now and decided to go ahead and join up. You guys are a wealth of knowledge, and have already helped me avoid potential disaster (rear towing turnover risk I would have never considered).
The tractor will mainly be used for scraping manure and leveling the paddock. Also toting round bales on a sled. Possibly some rotary cutting if I find a deal on one, even included a overrunning PTO shaft with the tractor. Its in surprisingly good condition to be as old as it is. Also has a Sherman unit, however I'm still putting around in standard gear for now. Typical wet brakes on the right side still need to be addressed. 6v system that's working great so I'm going to leave well enough alone until it changes my mind for me. 4ft box blade and a three point draw bar were included too.
I guess I'm rambling at this point, but thank y'all for the info that's already out there, and I look forward to learning more as we go!