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<blockquote data-quote="Stretch" data-source="post: 633343" data-attributes="member: 412"><p>Girlfriend's family has roughly 1200 acres on their deeds in about 3 places throughout the county, not all pasture though...long story short it was a full operating dairy farm at one point. They shut down the dairy farm portion in the late 90's and now just do beef cattle, hay, sometimes soybeans and lease other chunks out to people that do tobacco or to hunt clubs. Her dad works a 40+hr a week outside of that and we are regularly back there (2hrs away) on the weekends to help him out. It is a LOT of work for him to do solo even as a part time/after work gig. I'm regularly running hay to the different pastures, bush hogging for hours on end, fixing equipment or one of his trucks. </p><p></p><p>With it being a farm that has been in the family for generations, there is **** all over that place that I cannot even begin to list off, but I can say you could probably farm just about anything you wanted with what he owns. Later this winter, once hunting season is over, I am trying to get him to let me grab the tractor and his big gooseneck and consolidate all of his stuff into one of the regularly unused sections of pasture and create a boneyard for him and scrap whatever is beyond repair. All little things to keep the place straight and the scrap money to go toward fixing other equipment/property taxes, etc. During this fall, he kind of had a SHTF moment when 2 of the three tractors were down with pretty extensive repairs. </p><p></p><p>In regards to overhead and whatnot, its a low buck operation, he only buys fleet trucks from his employer before they go to auction. Most equipment comes from estate sales or other equipment auctions. Usually the stuff that needs a part or two but is sold for pennies on the dollar. He has a 5 bay shop (not fancy at all) with just about everything short of a lift so fixing something is never an issue. </p><p></p><p>Best of luck with whatever you choose to do. But I think if you were smart about it and kept everything within your means and needs, you could find a way to make a few bucks off of whatever property you buy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stretch, post: 633343, member: 412"] Girlfriend's family has roughly 1200 acres on their deeds in about 3 places throughout the county, not all pasture though...long story short it was a full operating dairy farm at one point. They shut down the dairy farm portion in the late 90's and now just do beef cattle, hay, sometimes soybeans and lease other chunks out to people that do tobacco or to hunt clubs. Her dad works a 40+hr a week outside of that and we are regularly back there (2hrs away) on the weekends to help him out. It is a LOT of work for him to do solo even as a part time/after work gig. I'm regularly running hay to the different pastures, bush hogging for hours on end, fixing equipment or one of his trucks. With it being a farm that has been in the family for generations, there is **** all over that place that I cannot even begin to list off, but I can say you could probably farm just about anything you wanted with what he owns. Later this winter, once hunting season is over, I am trying to get him to let me grab the tractor and his big gooseneck and consolidate all of his stuff into one of the regularly unused sections of pasture and create a boneyard for him and scrap whatever is beyond repair. All little things to keep the place straight and the scrap money to go toward fixing other equipment/property taxes, etc. During this fall, he kind of had a SHTF moment when 2 of the three tractors were down with pretty extensive repairs. In regards to overhead and whatnot, its a low buck operation, he only buys fleet trucks from his employer before they go to auction. Most equipment comes from estate sales or other equipment auctions. Usually the stuff that needs a part or two but is sold for pennies on the dollar. He has a 5 bay shop (not fancy at all) with just about everything short of a lift so fixing something is never an issue. Best of luck with whatever you choose to do. But I think if you were smart about it and kept everything within your means and needs, you could find a way to make a few bucks off of whatever property you buy. [/QUOTE]
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