cstamm81
Gold Member
- Joined
- Aug 10, 2009
- Messages
- 365
- Location
- Leesport, PA
- Tractor
- Kubota L5740, Mahindra 3016HST, Kubota F2880
Here is my situation. I currently own an early 2000's Terramite T5C TLB. It weighs a little more than 3000 lbs and can pick up 1700 according to the specs. It is absolutely unrefined but has been a tough little machine. You can literally stand on the hood or fenders, heavy gauge metal everywhere. I have been contemplating selling it and getting a compact tractor with a FEL. I want to be able to run a log splitter off of it, box blade, rear blade, generator, etc. I cannot do any of this with the Terramite.
This is mostly for personal use on a measly 2 acres, although I may do side jobs with it. I stopped to look at Mahindras the other day, and they look nice, about like every other new compact tractor out there. What led me to Mahindras is they seem to have better front and rear lift capacities than Kubota, Kioti, or Bobcat. It seems they rate at the loader pins and not in the bucket, which is deceptive. Anyway, I NEED as much loader capacity as I can get, in as small of a footprint as possible. Honestly the Max28 would be better sized for me, but I really want the ability to dump over the side of a 1 ton dump truck, run SSQA attachments, and lift as heavy of weight as possible. The 3016HST APPEARS on paper to have the best specs for a tractor this size.
Might I be selling an industrial machine and picking up a toy? Anyone have any experience with compact tractors AND Terramites?
This is mostly for personal use on a measly 2 acres, although I may do side jobs with it. I stopped to look at Mahindras the other day, and they look nice, about like every other new compact tractor out there. What led me to Mahindras is they seem to have better front and rear lift capacities than Kubota, Kioti, or Bobcat. It seems they rate at the loader pins and not in the bucket, which is deceptive. Anyway, I NEED as much loader capacity as I can get, in as small of a footprint as possible. Honestly the Max28 would be better sized for me, but I really want the ability to dump over the side of a 1 ton dump truck, run SSQA attachments, and lift as heavy of weight as possible. The 3016HST APPEARS on paper to have the best specs for a tractor this size.
Might I be selling an industrial machine and picking up a toy? Anyone have any experience with compact tractors AND Terramites?