I saw this thread and immediately thought of Dad's old tractor he bought for mowing the lawn when we built a house in the country. He had a Ford 1510D 4x4 with the little 3cyl diesel. 24 HP and absolutely unstoppable for anything you would ever dream of doing with a 24 horse tractor. We even loaded the weight rack up and moved bluestem roundbales with it a time or two. It was small for its power rating which was nice for moving and blading driveways etc.
He sold it last year and got a newer 30 or so horse New Holland because the original tires were about rotted off his old one and he just felt like getting something newer. It was an 89 model and he sold it for exactly what he paid for it after putting 1800 hours on it. The only thing it ever needed was a new battery every couple years. Would have made a superb snow plow tractor.
Hope the MF treats you right. You'll have lots of fun and find all sorts of new projects you never knew you needed to do now that you have a tractor. Have to turn up a half acre garden with it next spring.
