Booch
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About to buy a replacement for our recently deceased Steiner Utilimax. We are down to two finalists and need your help!
We have 6 acre property, including some big grassy slopes up to 20% and some flat land. Barn with a few horses. Big garden of 1/4 acre. Uses of the tractor include mowing, moving manure / compost, tilling, pasture dragging.
Kubota and NH dealerships are both within 15 miles and both trying hard for our business, either of them would be good for product support. (FWIW, we are not considering JD because the local JD dealership has "real" farmers to deal with and treats us compact tractor users like second class citizens.) So:
$25K Kubota B3350 with front loader and 72" mid mount deck - lighter, better price, not a drive-over deck, permanent FEL arms.
$29-30K NH Boomer 37 or 41 with front loader and 66" or 72" mid mount deck respectively - heavier machines, drive over deck, rear remote, removable FEL arms.
All are hydrostatic. All have quick-connect bucket attachments and adjustable three-pt rear PTO, plus mid-PTO with MMM. We are having such a hard time figuring out which way to go that we ended up asking both dealerships to bring their machine to our property and demo it up the big hill to see how it does. If one of them cruises and one struggles, that'll make the decision. But basically is there anything else we should know? Is one of these just BETTER... and why? Making the purchase next week. Tell us what you think!
We have 6 acre property, including some big grassy slopes up to 20% and some flat land. Barn with a few horses. Big garden of 1/4 acre. Uses of the tractor include mowing, moving manure / compost, tilling, pasture dragging.
Kubota and NH dealerships are both within 15 miles and both trying hard for our business, either of them would be good for product support. (FWIW, we are not considering JD because the local JD dealership has "real" farmers to deal with and treats us compact tractor users like second class citizens.) So:
$25K Kubota B3350 with front loader and 72" mid mount deck - lighter, better price, not a drive-over deck, permanent FEL arms.
$29-30K NH Boomer 37 or 41 with front loader and 66" or 72" mid mount deck respectively - heavier machines, drive over deck, rear remote, removable FEL arms.
All are hydrostatic. All have quick-connect bucket attachments and adjustable three-pt rear PTO, plus mid-PTO with MMM. We are having such a hard time figuring out which way to go that we ended up asking both dealerships to bring their machine to our property and demo it up the big hill to see how it does. If one of them cruises and one struggles, that'll make the decision. But basically is there anything else we should know? Is one of these just BETTER... and why? Making the purchase next week. Tell us what you think!