Dan drives the 5600. Photo by Alison Shaw.
Purchased for $12,000 in Westminster, Mass. in 2000, the Ford 5600 was big enough to pull the third bottom on our our plow and has been a fine runner for us. It has a block heater, so it becomes a easy choice in the winter as it will start if plugged in.
We’ve added quite a few tractors to the fleet since 1980, but this one remains Simon’s favored steed. Versatile and strong, it can do all the small jobs — bed forming, bed cultivations and seeding, tine weeding — as well as heavy tillage. No longer a plow tractor, as we prefer the 4wd tractors now, the 5600 does disc harrowing and fertilizer spreading and compost spreading. It also pulls our two-row precision air planter and is our parade float tractor when called upon.
Model 5600
Brand Ford
Engine 3.8L 4-cylinder
Fuel diesel
Year 1980
HP 60 PTO, 50 drawbar
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- Harvesting hay with the 5600.
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- Basket weeding with the 5600.
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- Ford 5600 hard at work.
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- Our Ford 5600 tractor.
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- The block heater makes it reliable in all weather.
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- The Ford 5600 tractor.
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- Photo of the Ford 5600 by Alison Shaw.
Originally posted in May, 2017
