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I live in East Central Florida and live on 5 acres with a small hobby farm 1/4 mile away that is another 3 acres and aspire to acquire more connected land (hoping to eventually have 20 acres or so). I currently do all my mowing with a BadBoy mower which works fine but I could really use a tractor for many tasks. There is a Kubota b5200 in nice shape for sale near me and while my 1st thought was that this would be too small, I have read many posts on this site about the b5200 and I believe it would probably do at least 80% of what I need and would be easy on the wallet to own and operate. I would use it mostly for mowing with a bush hog, digging post holes, moving dirt around, removing/relocating small palms, etc.
I also need to run some water and electric lines down at the 3 acres and it would be really nice if I could do this with the b5200. I researched "ditch witch" type of attachments and everything I found is both too expensive and require more PTO HP than the b5200 has. I have read articles and looked at videos where a subsoiler is used for this and it seems this would be the ticket. Most of the videos I have seen appear to be larger tractors and when I look at the specs for subsoilers they also indicate more HP than the b5200 would be required. Our soil is soft here in FL and I am obviously not worried about freezing but I would like to get my lines down a good foot or so. I don't mind if I would have to make several passes to get down to the depth I want. Does anyone have experience using a subsoiler with a b5200 they could share. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I also need to run some water and electric lines down at the 3 acres and it would be really nice if I could do this with the b5200. I researched "ditch witch" type of attachments and everything I found is both too expensive and require more PTO HP than the b5200 has. I have read articles and looked at videos where a subsoiler is used for this and it seems this would be the ticket. Most of the videos I have seen appear to be larger tractors and when I look at the specs for subsoilers they also indicate more HP than the b5200 would be required. Our soil is soft here in FL and I am obviously not worried about freezing but I would like to get my lines down a good foot or so. I don't mind if I would have to make several passes to get down to the depth I want. Does anyone have experience using a subsoiler with a b5200 they could share. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.