rpeter
Silver Member
I was hoping you Veterans could help me out with a “size” issue I have been trying to resolve. We bought 22 acres of land in southern Pa. last year. It has a 6 acre “pond” (good crop of small mouth bass) and some wet land stream areas. However most of it (12 acres) was rolling farm land. I am having it reforested this spring. For you “forest” owners I am planting it 12 by 12 in hardwood trees. This means twelve feet between each tree. One of my tractors big “jobs” is going to be “brush hogging” that 12 acres for about 10 years until it can grow over and become a real forest. The forest is where I have my size dilemma. As the trees develop a canopy I would like to be able to drive under it. I will also need to be able to maneuver in that 12 foot space.
I am looking at tractors in the 30 hp range. I will use Kubota as an example, although I am color blind and could raise the same issue with red, green or blue models. With Kubota I could buy a B3030 at 30 hp or an L3130 at 31hp. Roughly the same size engine, but two totally different sized tractors. Am I going to be able to maneuver an L3130 in the “forest”? One of my other “jobs” is cutting the back side of the 18 foot dam on the pond. It is a fairly steep slope. Would the smaller B3030 be more stable on the slope?
I guess my real question is how well can you maneuver a tractor the size of the L3130 and is there more of a stability issue as the tractor size gets larger?
Since I am going to have this tractor for twenty years I want to get the decision right the first time. This whole tractor buying thing is really fun and “listening” to you guys “talk” has been a real learning experience. Thanks for all the effort you put into making this the best tractor forum in the world!
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I am looking at tractors in the 30 hp range. I will use Kubota as an example, although I am color blind and could raise the same issue with red, green or blue models. With Kubota I could buy a B3030 at 30 hp or an L3130 at 31hp. Roughly the same size engine, but two totally different sized tractors. Am I going to be able to maneuver an L3130 in the “forest”? One of my other “jobs” is cutting the back side of the 18 foot dam on the pond. It is a fairly steep slope. Would the smaller B3030 be more stable on the slope?
I guess my real question is how well can you maneuver a tractor the size of the L3130 and is there more of a stability issue as the tractor size gets larger?
Since I am going to have this tractor for twenty years I want to get the decision right the first time. This whole tractor buying thing is really fun and “listening” to you guys “talk” has been a real learning experience. Thanks for all the effort you put into making this the best tractor forum in the world!
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