Nashville
New member
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2012
- Messages
- 23
- Location
- Nashville, TN
- Tractor
- Currently tractorless...JD 26G being traded for a new tractor.
I owned a New Holland Boomer 35 when they first came out, and when I owned a flat piece of Mississippi delta dirt. It was a great tractor for most needs, but was severely under powered if I needed to push dirt with the bucket, or heavily use the box blade. That tractor and that land are gone. I now own 17 acres of ridge top, 90% forested land in the hills west of Nashville. It's rocky land, having only 4-8 inches of topsoil. The ridge top, rolling but buildable, is ~3 acres. I have ~4 acres of bottom land that are pancake flat, with a trickle of spring water. The other ~10 acres are steeply sloped. I ride the sloped land on a Gator 825i, and I'm very pleased with my ability to do so on that great piece of equipment, but few ATVs short of the 825i would suffice. It's that steep. So, I need to groom the ~3 acres to a "finish mower" cuttable surface, and then keep it cut, although not to golf course standards. I need to push some dirt, but not much on an ongoing basis. I need to safely cut and and groom some walking and riding trails on the sloped terrain. I need to rid the land of thousands of scrub trees struggling for light. I'll need to push and pull the debris from grooming the forested area. On occasion, I'll need to dig out a big rock. I've asked the dealers and gotten a range of answers befitting the products they offer. I'd like some candid input from those who actually use the products. I've considered specialty attachments for the Gator, followed by a nice riding lawnmower all the way up to a JD "does everything tractor setup." Cost is not a huge factor, but I'm not a fan of buying more than I need. Plenty of ways to skin the cat. I'd appreciate any advice or thoughts. Thanks in advance! ~ Russ