concrete42
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Hello,
I'm new to this forum, but I've been reading a lot of posts to get up to speed. I will be purchasing a house soon with approximately 3 acres, 2 of which is wooded, so only 1 acre to mow. The back yard is sloped relatively steep, I'm not sure exactly what degree it would be called. It's a ranch with a walk-out basement in the back, so it is pretty steep I believe.
I want to be able to pull a cart of mulch/dirt up the hill, mow (obviously), and the biggest concern perhaps is a 500ft driveway that I plan on snowblowing in the winter. Also the neighbor's house next door has a shorter, but wider driveway that I may end up snowblowing sometimes as well (it's a family member).
The driveway is sloped up to the road slightly.
I plan on getting wheel weights and chains to assist with traction. With that in mind, I've been looking in the x300 series as well as the x500. Seems to me that the minimum I should consider would be the x304 to get the K58 Transmission. I understand that the x500 series has the locking differential, but other than that I'm not sure what the differences between that and the 300s are.
Do you guys think the 300 series can handle this?
For what it's worth, my dad has a 445 that he's used for many years with a 500 ft driveway in a much snowier area, although he also has over 10 acres to mow, and uses a tiller, and front-end loader thing. I believe that is a diesel 22hp or something.
I'm also considering something used if I can get a step up in tractor for the same price.
I'm new to this forum, but I've been reading a lot of posts to get up to speed. I will be purchasing a house soon with approximately 3 acres, 2 of which is wooded, so only 1 acre to mow. The back yard is sloped relatively steep, I'm not sure exactly what degree it would be called. It's a ranch with a walk-out basement in the back, so it is pretty steep I believe.
I want to be able to pull a cart of mulch/dirt up the hill, mow (obviously), and the biggest concern perhaps is a 500ft driveway that I plan on snowblowing in the winter. Also the neighbor's house next door has a shorter, but wider driveway that I may end up snowblowing sometimes as well (it's a family member).
The driveway is sloped up to the road slightly.
I plan on getting wheel weights and chains to assist with traction. With that in mind, I've been looking in the x300 series as well as the x500. Seems to me that the minimum I should consider would be the x304 to get the K58 Transmission. I understand that the x500 series has the locking differential, but other than that I'm not sure what the differences between that and the 300s are.
Do you guys think the 300 series can handle this?
For what it's worth, my dad has a 445 that he's used for many years with a 500 ft driveway in a much snowier area, although he also has over 10 acres to mow, and uses a tiller, and front-end loader thing. I believe that is a diesel 22hp or something.
I'm also considering something used if I can get a step up in tractor for the same price.