rockyridgefarm
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I would like some suggestions as to model to go after. I had planned to wait another year to move up to a larger machine, but the timetable may have moved up.
I am fairly well set on NH, due to ergonomics, and the dealer’s reputation, though I am also considering Green.
We maintain 80 acres; much of it is very hilly and wooded. We have two small pastures and a 40 acre one in back. We mow them to keep weeds down. About 20 goats and 6 horses help us; if we knock down the high stuff, they keep it trimmed. I do not plan to raise hay, but will continue to purchase round bales. We have roads to maintain, water, septic, and electric to trench, a barn, house addition and pool to build, and general landscaping.
I am looking at the TC33D, TC35D, and TC40D. I would equip it with FEL, BH, and 6’ bush hog. The 33 interests me because we have lots of trees to get amongst, but the larger units might handle unloading 1200lb round bales better. I would certainly, make sure that the unit had adequate ballast. If I step up to the larger frame size, it looks like the 40’s 4-cylinder engine might be a shade better. I see that the 35 gets its rated hp at a higher rpm.
As to backhoes, I have looked at the Cadplan rigs, and wonder, why not go that route? Would they work as well as an OEM’s tractor-mounted unit? I am mostly trenching, and an occasional footing.
My wife is an avid tractor user /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif, and a large rig does not bother her, but it is nice that it fits her.
I like the TC30, but we aren’t ones to save a little, and then wish we’d had gotten something a little handier…
Then again, there are the 4410, and 4710…. I am not opposed to Orange, but really I’d be between Blue and Green.
Am I way off? I am not doing crops, so the old x acres = y HP isn’t really appropriate. My biggest, routine area of concern is those round bales, unloading them at delivery, and hauling them around. (it really gets old doing that by hand…/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif)
I am fairly well set on NH, due to ergonomics, and the dealer’s reputation, though I am also considering Green.
We maintain 80 acres; much of it is very hilly and wooded. We have two small pastures and a 40 acre one in back. We mow them to keep weeds down. About 20 goats and 6 horses help us; if we knock down the high stuff, they keep it trimmed. I do not plan to raise hay, but will continue to purchase round bales. We have roads to maintain, water, septic, and electric to trench, a barn, house addition and pool to build, and general landscaping.
I am looking at the TC33D, TC35D, and TC40D. I would equip it with FEL, BH, and 6’ bush hog. The 33 interests me because we have lots of trees to get amongst, but the larger units might handle unloading 1200lb round bales better. I would certainly, make sure that the unit had adequate ballast. If I step up to the larger frame size, it looks like the 40’s 4-cylinder engine might be a shade better. I see that the 35 gets its rated hp at a higher rpm.
As to backhoes, I have looked at the Cadplan rigs, and wonder, why not go that route? Would they work as well as an OEM’s tractor-mounted unit? I am mostly trenching, and an occasional footing.
My wife is an avid tractor user /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif, and a large rig does not bother her, but it is nice that it fits her.
I like the TC30, but we aren’t ones to save a little, and then wish we’d had gotten something a little handier…
Then again, there are the 4410, and 4710…. I am not opposed to Orange, but really I’d be between Blue and Green.
Am I way off? I am not doing crops, so the old x acres = y HP isn’t really appropriate. My biggest, routine area of concern is those round bales, unloading them at delivery, and hauling them around. (it really gets old doing that by hand…/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif)