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Hello Everyone.
We have recently purchased a house on 32 acres in East Tennessee (20 in pasture, the rest steeply wooded), and it seems we need a tractor. /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif
I've never purchased a tractor before (lawn tractor aside), so I'm a neophyte at this business, but I've learned a tremendous amount by reading the posts on this board. I now feel fairly confident that I will make the right decision when purchase time comes. In the meantime, however, I hope to learn more by asking a few questions of the knowledgeable folks who post here, so here goes.
1. What's the best way to decide on how wide an implement should be, a box blade for example?
2. I gather that heavier weight implements tend to be of higher quality, and in some cases perform better. True?
3. Lots of people reverse the wheels of their tractors. I plan to do the same. What are the negatives?
4. What brand of FEL do you recommend?
5. Rotary cutters seemed to have two HP ratings: Tractor HP and Gearbox HP. Am I correcting in assuming that gearbox HP is the maximum power that the cutter can handle without grenading itself?
6. Remotes are an option on some makes and standard on others. How important are they, and if springing for them as an option, is it worth it to go to dual remotes?
7. How are tractors titled, or are they? Does a new tractor come with something like a certificate of origin as motor vehicles and trailers do?
8. What's the customary deposit when ordering a tractor? 10%, 20%...?
9. Anyone in the Tennessee Valley care to comment on R1 versus R4 for the hilly conditions around here?
10. My current thinking is a 35hp 4wd tractor with FEL, box blade, bush hog, and auger to start. Work will be pasture clipping, constructing swales, driveway and trail grading, pond maintenance, some fence work, and general dirt moving. Any comments?
Thanks, SnowRidge
We have recently purchased a house on 32 acres in East Tennessee (20 in pasture, the rest steeply wooded), and it seems we need a tractor. /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif
I've never purchased a tractor before (lawn tractor aside), so I'm a neophyte at this business, but I've learned a tremendous amount by reading the posts on this board. I now feel fairly confident that I will make the right decision when purchase time comes. In the meantime, however, I hope to learn more by asking a few questions of the knowledgeable folks who post here, so here goes.
1. What's the best way to decide on how wide an implement should be, a box blade for example?
2. I gather that heavier weight implements tend to be of higher quality, and in some cases perform better. True?
3. Lots of people reverse the wheels of their tractors. I plan to do the same. What are the negatives?
4. What brand of FEL do you recommend?
5. Rotary cutters seemed to have two HP ratings: Tractor HP and Gearbox HP. Am I correcting in assuming that gearbox HP is the maximum power that the cutter can handle without grenading itself?
6. Remotes are an option on some makes and standard on others. How important are they, and if springing for them as an option, is it worth it to go to dual remotes?
7. How are tractors titled, or are they? Does a new tractor come with something like a certificate of origin as motor vehicles and trailers do?
8. What's the customary deposit when ordering a tractor? 10%, 20%...?
9. Anyone in the Tennessee Valley care to comment on R1 versus R4 for the hilly conditions around here?
10. My current thinking is a 35hp 4wd tractor with FEL, box blade, bush hog, and auger to start. Work will be pasture clipping, constructing swales, driveway and trail grading, pond maintenance, some fence work, and general dirt moving. Any comments?
Thanks, SnowRidge