glennmac
Veteran Member
Re: Reality check - 4310 you\'ve got to be kidding !
Chris,
I strongly feel that you should get the 4310 (assuming you can afford it).
Why? Because, in the end, buying a tractor is as much about wants as needs; as much about the psychology of the owner as the physics of the tractor; as much about aesthetics as about function; as much about subjectivity as objectivity. If you don't get the 4310, you will always be wondering whether you should have gotten a bigger tractor, and always be fantasizing about upgrading. If you get the 4310, I doubt you will ever wish you had the 4210.
I have 11 acres. I first started shopping for a lawn tractor for my two acres of finished lawn. I was shocked at the $3K to $5K price tags. Then I saw a BX and went of on a subjective-objective psychological journey of learning all about tractors and memorizing every post on this board.
I bought the BX2200. After two weeks of use, I had a practical revelation of how a FEL and other implements could literally terraform the 9 acres of jungle I hadnt been thinking of. I also realized the BX was too small. I traded it in after 35 hours for a B2910 with a 72" belly mower and a 60" medium duty cutter. I terraformed another 5 acres. But I really could have used a bigger tractor--and then I also wanted a backhoe.
I am now in the process of shopping for an even larger tractor--probably a Kubota 3430--so I can use bigger mowers and attach a strong backhoe to do even more jobs.
I have spend untold hundreds of hours researching bigger tractors over this three-step upgrading period. Visiting many dealers. Trying many tractors and tractor brands. It has been a huge education, but a psychological and financial stress. All because--as a lifetime city and suburbs guy--I was incapable of of realizing at the outset the potential uses for a tractor and the size needs. In a sense, however, I am happy to be shopping for a larger compact now because the Kubota L30 series and the JD 10 series are so much better than what was available 3 and 4 years ago. (I am less familiar with New Holland.)
The JD 43/4410 is the tractor I would buy today if I had a good Deere dealer near me and if I were not otherwise a Kubota partisan. It has good power, great features and topnotch backhoe options. Yet it is not so large as to be the big honkers that the large frame JD and Kubotas are.
Can you clear and maintain your acreage with a 4210. Absolutely. But will you always, always be thinking about that 4310 you passed up. I believe you will.
Chris,
I strongly feel that you should get the 4310 (assuming you can afford it).
Why? Because, in the end, buying a tractor is as much about wants as needs; as much about the psychology of the owner as the physics of the tractor; as much about aesthetics as about function; as much about subjectivity as objectivity. If you don't get the 4310, you will always be wondering whether you should have gotten a bigger tractor, and always be fantasizing about upgrading. If you get the 4310, I doubt you will ever wish you had the 4210.
I have 11 acres. I first started shopping for a lawn tractor for my two acres of finished lawn. I was shocked at the $3K to $5K price tags. Then I saw a BX and went of on a subjective-objective psychological journey of learning all about tractors and memorizing every post on this board.
I bought the BX2200. After two weeks of use, I had a practical revelation of how a FEL and other implements could literally terraform the 9 acres of jungle I hadnt been thinking of. I also realized the BX was too small. I traded it in after 35 hours for a B2910 with a 72" belly mower and a 60" medium duty cutter. I terraformed another 5 acres. But I really could have used a bigger tractor--and then I also wanted a backhoe.
I am now in the process of shopping for an even larger tractor--probably a Kubota 3430--so I can use bigger mowers and attach a strong backhoe to do even more jobs.
I have spend untold hundreds of hours researching bigger tractors over this three-step upgrading period. Visiting many dealers. Trying many tractors and tractor brands. It has been a huge education, but a psychological and financial stress. All because--as a lifetime city and suburbs guy--I was incapable of of realizing at the outset the potential uses for a tractor and the size needs. In a sense, however, I am happy to be shopping for a larger compact now because the Kubota L30 series and the JD 10 series are so much better than what was available 3 and 4 years ago. (I am less familiar with New Holland.)
The JD 43/4410 is the tractor I would buy today if I had a good Deere dealer near me and if I were not otherwise a Kubota partisan. It has good power, great features and topnotch backhoe options. Yet it is not so large as to be the big honkers that the large frame JD and Kubotas are.
Can you clear and maintain your acreage with a 4210. Absolutely. But will you always, always be thinking about that 4310 you passed up. I believe you will.
