mitchelli
Member
I love this forum and all the great advice! I have been reading for months, and it is time for me to get serious as Spring is here. I have 6 acres of forest and field, about half and half. We have already dropped about 50 trees and want to drop another 50. Mostly pine up to 24". So I need to dig up 100 stumps. Plus my land is really wet, so I need to dig thousands of feet of french drain. Third, this is a new home, so we need to landscape the house. Maybe dig a pond and a big garden and lots of loader work. Have been looking at Kubota L2800(18,385),Kioti CK30(19,900), Mahindra 3316(19,260). All those prices are w/FEL and are prices I got on first visit to dealers in Medford and Grants Pass, Oregon. Backhoe would add about 7,000 to them all. Looking at the trenching and stumps to be dug, how much tractor do you think I need and will the backhoe do the job knowing once these jobs are done, I don't know how much I will use a BH once all these initial jobs are done. Mostly will use FEL and Bush Hog and maybe box blade to level off most of my property. Thanks in advance for any thoughts ps: If I thought it would do the job, I would be happy with A BX-25...I just don't think that would be tough enough to dig 100 stumps.