I'm new to the site although I have been lurking for sometime now. Currently don't own a tractor per say, but my family, which all live on the same 30 acre tract of land, shares a fairly run down Case G430 with a FEL. The tractor still runs decent but has lots of issues as any old worn tractor would, so Im wanting to upgrade to my own non shared tractor.
It would be used for some land clearing, Fairly young(15-25 years old) woods with mostly what we call Chicken Trees(Chinese Tallow), small oaks and pecan, amongst others. Mowing pastures about 15 acres, and Building up and leveling a few acres to build a shop on. And Im sure once I have a good reliable tractor I would find more uses.
Im looking mostly at the Kubota M8540/M9540 and JD 5085-50105M. Either would be 4wd, have a FEL and probably open station. Im leaning towards slightly used because of price. I haven't been to a dealer yet to check out the models for a size comparison to what I currently run but expect them to be a bit larger than what Im used to. Any input would be helpful as I don't really want to buy too much or too little tractor.
It would be used for some land clearing, Fairly young(15-25 years old) woods with mostly what we call Chicken Trees(Chinese Tallow), small oaks and pecan, amongst others. Mowing pastures about 15 acres, and Building up and leveling a few acres to build a shop on. And Im sure once I have a good reliable tractor I would find more uses.
Im looking mostly at the Kubota M8540/M9540 and JD 5085-50105M. Either would be 4wd, have a FEL and probably open station. Im leaning towards slightly used because of price. I haven't been to a dealer yet to check out the models for a size comparison to what I currently run but expect them to be a bit larger than what Im used to. Any input would be helpful as I don't really want to buy too much or too little tractor.