Cloudrnnr
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I am still searching through old threads, and I have lurked for years, but it is time for a direct question. After 26 years, I am finally hanging up the uniform and retiring. I'm proud to have served all these years, but the time has come to take my beautiful wife back home to her family as I promised a long time ago. We'll be moving from central Texas up to northern Idaho this fall, and settling in on a little 10 acre place on the side of the mountain. The property has about an acre and a half that has been turned into lawn, some of it on a fairly steep slope, while the rest is in a mix of evergreeens on slopes that range from moderate to mountain-goat territory.
I currently have an Kubota L2800 that has been fantastic, and an old Craftsman 42" mower, but I am looking for that smaller, do-it-all machine that I can use for mowing the lawn portions, but still have the loader when I need to push around a little dirt or snow. I am hoping to find something with a mid PTO that can use a mower deck and a snowblower, but there seem to be a bewildering range of choices. I am not brand particular in the slightest, but I am so tight that I squeak. That said, finding something a few years old would be ideal, but I don't mind new if a particular model is best suited and hasn't been on the market long.
Uses--mowing, snowplow and blowing, some dirtwork (terracing, digging out hillside cellar, etc), grading a fairly level gravel drive. The previous property owner got by with a large Cub Cadet lawn mower and an ATV with a snow plow and blower attachment, but didn't do much beyond the more manicured area of the property.
Ideas, please? I have been looking at the BX and GC series, as well as the Mahindra Max, but I am a little worried about going down that small and not having the lift capacity I've gotten used to. My concern with something like a "B" series is whether or not it will be a constant battle for stability on the slopes.
I currently have an Kubota L2800 that has been fantastic, and an old Craftsman 42" mower, but I am looking for that smaller, do-it-all machine that I can use for mowing the lawn portions, but still have the loader when I need to push around a little dirt or snow. I am hoping to find something with a mid PTO that can use a mower deck and a snowblower, but there seem to be a bewildering range of choices. I am not brand particular in the slightest, but I am so tight that I squeak. That said, finding something a few years old would be ideal, but I don't mind new if a particular model is best suited and hasn't been on the market long.
Uses--mowing, snowplow and blowing, some dirtwork (terracing, digging out hillside cellar, etc), grading a fairly level gravel drive. The previous property owner got by with a large Cub Cadet lawn mower and an ATV with a snow plow and blower attachment, but didn't do much beyond the more manicured area of the property.
Ideas, please? I have been looking at the BX and GC series, as well as the Mahindra Max, but I am a little worried about going down that small and not having the lift capacity I've gotten used to. My concern with something like a "B" series is whether or not it will be a constant battle for stability on the slopes.