OutDoorsman
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I've been reading some of your forum the last couple days and have seen many post by newbie tractor buyers looking for advice....and there seems to be alot of knowlegable tractor owners on here with answers. Thought I'd give it a try, here's my story...
My dad and I both built homes last year and we just finished building a 24 x 32 shed to house a new tractor that we hope to find in the next week since we're both off for the holidays.
Our lots are ajoining each other and share a property line while my brother lives a couple lots down. All three properties are 12.5 acres each and are about 285ft wide (road frontage) by about 1900ft deep for a total of about 36 acres. Its all pretty thick wooded with sandy soil. I'm about 450ft back, my dad about 250ft back, and by brother about 500ft.
At this point I guess we're primarly buying a tractor to finish mow the immediate yard areas, brush hog the front of the properties (from the houses down to the road), push dead timber around to burn and general clean up duties & fenceing. My brother and I also have 450-500ft gravel roads to maintain and I also wanted to clean a trail following all the way around the back of me and my dads (25 acres together) property to walk, ATV or maybe my daughter to ride a horse in the future. My immediate finish mow yard area is probably about an acre and my brother and dad about a 1/2 acre each, as far as brush hoging on down to the road my dad and I have about 3 acres fairly wooded and my brother about 2 acres of open pasture, which at this point is the only open pasture area on any of the properties. We probably have about 6 or 7 acres we plan to work right now and who knows what the future holds for the rest of the back woods other than a few trails.
I understand Kubota is the leader with JD and NH on there heals but its seems the common thought on this forum is that it dosnt matter as long as its orange, green or blue.
Right now we're looking hard at Kubota and wanting to stay in a 14k - 15k price range at the most. We've agreed 4wdr and FEL is a must. We started out leaning toward the L2600 27hp and concentrate on getting the most HP for the buck. But now I'm strongly considering B2410 24hp with a few more features and a smaller frame for getting around the trees and I want a finish mower so I can mow both our yards fast and easy both now and when he gets to old to handle his own, not to mention I've allready wrecked a smaller walmart mower that I used clearing for the house and yard with. The Hydro what-ever trans sounds good too and I'm thinking R4 tires would be good with the FEL and sandy soil but easier on the lawns. (I dont think you can even get R4's on the L2600) We've never had a tractor so I don't know how to guage how much horse power we need or what to expect from a certain HP or frame/wt size. I guess one of the main questions too is if and what we might someday do with the back woods. My dad seems to worry about the HP size and I'm thinking if we ever did anything with it we would need to hire in a bull dozer anyway and whatever we bought would maintain it once it was initialy established. If we need more HP and R1's thats fine, but if ends up just mainly setting in the barn then I would have just as sooned the investment covered our finish mowing needs too instead of keep soaking $$$'s into cheap yard tractors.
Anyway we're wanting 4wdr, FEL, mid-mount finish mower??, brush hog and box blade. I know this is steep for 14-15k max budget so we may have to go with a newer used or wait on some of the emplements, but we definatly want a dependable and appropriate machine.
I apologize for rambling so much, I'm just so confused?!?
So what do ya'll think...make, model, HP, Hydro or not, tires, emplements ect.???
Thanks in advance
My dad and I both built homes last year and we just finished building a 24 x 32 shed to house a new tractor that we hope to find in the next week since we're both off for the holidays.
Our lots are ajoining each other and share a property line while my brother lives a couple lots down. All three properties are 12.5 acres each and are about 285ft wide (road frontage) by about 1900ft deep for a total of about 36 acres. Its all pretty thick wooded with sandy soil. I'm about 450ft back, my dad about 250ft back, and by brother about 500ft.
At this point I guess we're primarly buying a tractor to finish mow the immediate yard areas, brush hog the front of the properties (from the houses down to the road), push dead timber around to burn and general clean up duties & fenceing. My brother and I also have 450-500ft gravel roads to maintain and I also wanted to clean a trail following all the way around the back of me and my dads (25 acres together) property to walk, ATV or maybe my daughter to ride a horse in the future. My immediate finish mow yard area is probably about an acre and my brother and dad about a 1/2 acre each, as far as brush hoging on down to the road my dad and I have about 3 acres fairly wooded and my brother about 2 acres of open pasture, which at this point is the only open pasture area on any of the properties. We probably have about 6 or 7 acres we plan to work right now and who knows what the future holds for the rest of the back woods other than a few trails.
I understand Kubota is the leader with JD and NH on there heals but its seems the common thought on this forum is that it dosnt matter as long as its orange, green or blue.
Right now we're looking hard at Kubota and wanting to stay in a 14k - 15k price range at the most. We've agreed 4wdr and FEL is a must. We started out leaning toward the L2600 27hp and concentrate on getting the most HP for the buck. But now I'm strongly considering B2410 24hp with a few more features and a smaller frame for getting around the trees and I want a finish mower so I can mow both our yards fast and easy both now and when he gets to old to handle his own, not to mention I've allready wrecked a smaller walmart mower that I used clearing for the house and yard with. The Hydro what-ever trans sounds good too and I'm thinking R4 tires would be good with the FEL and sandy soil but easier on the lawns. (I dont think you can even get R4's on the L2600) We've never had a tractor so I don't know how to guage how much horse power we need or what to expect from a certain HP or frame/wt size. I guess one of the main questions too is if and what we might someday do with the back woods. My dad seems to worry about the HP size and I'm thinking if we ever did anything with it we would need to hire in a bull dozer anyway and whatever we bought would maintain it once it was initialy established. If we need more HP and R1's thats fine, but if ends up just mainly setting in the barn then I would have just as sooned the investment covered our finish mowing needs too instead of keep soaking $$$'s into cheap yard tractors.
Anyway we're wanting 4wdr, FEL, mid-mount finish mower??, brush hog and box blade. I know this is steep for 14-15k max budget so we may have to go with a newer used or wait on some of the emplements, but we definatly want a dependable and appropriate machine.
I apologize for rambling so much, I'm just so confused?!?
So what do ya'll think...make, model, HP, Hydro or not, tires, emplements ect.???
Thanks in advance