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Originally Posted by cmb1998  I am in the process of building a house and have some extensive landscapping I want to do. My lot is 3.5 acres and completly flat, lots of mature tree's, with plenty of room to work. I want to move some dirt around, mow the feild, build a small pond (maybe 2 ft deep, 10ft diameter), and do lots of grading.
I have been comtemplating purchasing a tractor but not sure how well what I am looking at will work. I have been looking at a TC30 with front loader. How well does an EFL on a smaller tractor like this work for moving dirt around and doing some grading? I rented a JD 110 awhile back it worked really well, but it was a much larger tractor...
The soil is soft and I am not talking about a lot of digging, just scraping the top 12 inches of soil off in a few areas.
Anyone with expereince would be great!
Thanks,
Chris |
My first tractor was a new 2005 Kubota B7510HST with the LA302
FEL (4 ft bucket, 800 lb lift). I used the
FEL and a 4-ft box blade to excavate for paver block sidewalks and a 20x20 ft patio.
I added about 300 lb of weight to the box blade to get it to work better.
For landscaping, I plowed the ground with a middle buster
followed by tilling with a 4-ft Yanmar RS-1200 rototiller that I bought used for $300 from my local grey market tractor dealer
I used my Huskee riding mower to smooth and roll the lawn areas. Seeded with a 40" wide drop seeder behind the riding mower.
