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<blockquote data-quote="Longlowdog" data-source="post: 7565836" data-attributes="member: 395"><p>I had the luxury of a JD 6230 Premium when self employed but changed to a Zetor 7341 Super Turbo when I was no longer putting the hours in the seat needed to justify the shiny tractor. The Zetor cost me £13,00 plus vat with a bucket, muck graip, bale spikes and forklift forks and 1,200hrs on it. It pulls a 9 ft Krone mower adequately, powers a haybob easily, lifts hay, straw and silage big bales comfortably and will take a tonne on the forks with care. The JD was complex with a computer and lots of 'make life easier' stuff but to be honest the Zetor has been frugal and reliable and quite pleasant in a simple way, all you can ask for at that price point.</p><p>I too would recommend buying the bigger place if it is at all doable. They are not making any more land and parcels that size will only increase in relative cost as more folk want to adopt the rural lifestyle. If it is too big to utilise rent some out or dig a pond, plant some hedges to break it up, make it your own personal paradise that is as fun to walk around as it is to work. My place was formerly arable and is now broken up with trees, double fenced hedges, a pond, reed bed and no walk has to be the same as yesterday's.</p><p>The joy of owning a developing patch of land that you have designed (helped evolve) and brought to fruition is immense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Longlowdog, post: 7565836, member: 395"] I had the luxury of a JD 6230 Premium when self employed but changed to a Zetor 7341 Super Turbo when I was no longer putting the hours in the seat needed to justify the shiny tractor. The Zetor cost me £13,00 plus vat with a bucket, muck graip, bale spikes and forklift forks and 1,200hrs on it. It pulls a 9 ft Krone mower adequately, powers a haybob easily, lifts hay, straw and silage big bales comfortably and will take a tonne on the forks with care. The JD was complex with a computer and lots of 'make life easier' stuff but to be honest the Zetor has been frugal and reliable and quite pleasant in a simple way, all you can ask for at that price point. I too would recommend buying the bigger place if it is at all doable. They are not making any more land and parcels that size will only increase in relative cost as more folk want to adopt the rural lifestyle. If it is too big to utilise rent some out or dig a pond, plant some hedges to break it up, make it your own personal paradise that is as fun to walk around as it is to work. My place was formerly arable and is now broken up with trees, double fenced hedges, a pond, reed bed and no walk has to be the same as yesterday's. The joy of owning a developing patch of land that you have designed (helped evolve) and brought to fruition is immense. [/QUOTE]
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