sataylor
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My wife and I bought an old farm house with a little over 3 acres 2 years ago. When we moved in I bought a stand alone snow blower and a lawn tractor(Toro LX425). The tractor has worked fine for us but we are starting to think we should have got something bigger. This year we had a number of old stumps pulled by a neighbour and now have the task of re-leveling the land. I have tried using a walk behind tiller and roller but it is extremely time consuming and hard work. The lawn tractor is not big enough to do any of this work. So we are thinking we need to get a bigger tractor with a FEL. We also have about 400' of gravel driveway that is constantly in need of help so I think a blade would be able to help us there. Down the road I might also consider putting a tiller on as we have about 2000 sq ft of vegetable gardens and it certainly will be used for moving firewood, pulling out stumps, chicken coop clean up and snow removal(maybe by blade to start with a blower coming later). Our land is fairly flat.
I think a brand new tractor is out given the cost. We have just started looking through the classifieds. Wonder if anyone has suggestions what we should be looking at. I have found a number of tractors between 3500-7000 that have an FEL, 3pt hitch and PTO. I would ideally like a diesel from an economy stand point but won't pass up a deal on a gas powered tractor. Some of the models I have seen in my range include MF 65 & 135, international 454, JD 2310, ford 5000 and a bunch of other brands. Any suggestions or tips would be appreciated. I am fairly handy and would be able to do a lot of the repair work on my own. Thanks in advance.
I think a brand new tractor is out given the cost. We have just started looking through the classifieds. Wonder if anyone has suggestions what we should be looking at. I have found a number of tractors between 3500-7000 that have an FEL, 3pt hitch and PTO. I would ideally like a diesel from an economy stand point but won't pass up a deal on a gas powered tractor. Some of the models I have seen in my range include MF 65 & 135, international 454, JD 2310, ford 5000 and a bunch of other brands. Any suggestions or tips would be appreciated. I am fairly handy and would be able to do a lot of the repair work on my own. Thanks in advance.