helvit
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- Joined
- May 16, 2009
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- Tractor
- Kubota BX1500
My 4-Runner is ready to trade in and my old JD garden tractor is getting fussy.
Tasks:
1) Put in and take out a boat/trailer, which weigh about a ton combined. The saltwater launch site is about a mile from my house, woodsy neighborhood, so nobody will complain about going less than 10 mph.
The site is unimproved, mixed sand and various stone. It changes with the storms. Some it is hard packed, sometimes some is soft and the 4Runner might leave part of the track squashed as much as 5" deep using a slow, steady pull.
The incline is about 10 degrees.
The trailer tongue weight is about 250 pounds. It was good that way on the highway, but I don't expect any long tows anymore, so there's flexibility in replacing the 4Runner.
2) Small acreage mowing: 2 acre part shade "lawn", not manicured-- naturalized to the sandy soil, cut no lower than 3.5", once a month; 1 acre of taller meadow grasses, 1 acre a couple of times a year in cleared areas of the woods.
3) 3 acres of woods maintenance and cleanup. Most of that is rough. Maneuverabily in there would be good.
4) Fill some areas, distribute stone and wood chips, snow removal (southeast Massachusetts)
That's what comes to mind right now. I'm thinking about a BX2360 with MMM and FEL. Tires? Suggestions? Will that tractor pull the boat out? Will I need to haul rocks down there in the loader, weight the tires????
Tasks:
1) Put in and take out a boat/trailer, which weigh about a ton combined. The saltwater launch site is about a mile from my house, woodsy neighborhood, so nobody will complain about going less than 10 mph.
The site is unimproved, mixed sand and various stone. It changes with the storms. Some it is hard packed, sometimes some is soft and the 4Runner might leave part of the track squashed as much as 5" deep using a slow, steady pull.
The incline is about 10 degrees.
The trailer tongue weight is about 250 pounds. It was good that way on the highway, but I don't expect any long tows anymore, so there's flexibility in replacing the 4Runner.
2) Small acreage mowing: 2 acre part shade "lawn", not manicured-- naturalized to the sandy soil, cut no lower than 3.5", once a month; 1 acre of taller meadow grasses, 1 acre a couple of times a year in cleared areas of the woods.
3) 3 acres of woods maintenance and cleanup. Most of that is rough. Maneuverabily in there would be good.
4) Fill some areas, distribute stone and wood chips, snow removal (southeast Massachusetts)
That's what comes to mind right now. I'm thinking about a BX2360 with MMM and FEL. Tires? Suggestions? Will that tractor pull the boat out? Will I need to haul rocks down there in the loader, weight the tires????