BubbaBillyBob
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Between now and Saturday, I will contract for a new Mahindra 4WD 5545 with a backhoe, FEL, box blade, 5' HD brush hog and a 22' H&H EX HYD/ELEC (tilt bed) trailer with a steel frame upgraded to 8" steel (from 6"), a 10,000lb Superwinch and a wooden deck. Both the tilt bed and the winch can be controlled with a "wired" remote or a wireless remote. I'm all in for $42,137.
While out driving the other day, my wife spotted a 2005 Kamatsu SK 1024. It has 1100 hours on it and has two FEL (one with teeth). I picked it up for $13k. The day before yesterday, I operated it in a field a friend owns. In rather bumbling but ever-improving fashion, I dug a trench about 30 feet long and 3 feet deep and then backfilled and smoothed it over. The 70hp diesel started and ran smooth as silk both when both cold and hot. No smoke. No oil drips. (I inspected the previous owner's concrete apron upon which it had sat.)
So, I think I'm set.
I'll use both machines on 80 undeveloped acres we own deep in the heart of the Ozarks, high on a ridge. First use will be clearing a bit for the actual home site and then some judicious "run between the keeper-trees knocking the brush down a bit" and then brush hogging. I could really use that thing that attaches to the front of the FEL which is ideal for cutting and pulling up brush. What's it called???
I explained all my intended uses of the 5545 to the dealer as we discussed tires. I thought ag would be the way to go, but he said he thought R4 would be better as they tend to provide more stability while traversing slopes sideways. True or false? I will not be using any ground engaging equipment. This is definitely not farmland since 55 acres of it is vertical and the rest is pretty rock filled. (Typical Missouri Ozarks.)
I have a lot of tractor experience, as I test drove a 4025 in the dealer's parking lot a few months ago: Advice not only welcome, but solicited.
--Bill
Between now and Saturday, I will contract for a new Mahindra 4WD 5545 with a backhoe, FEL, box blade, 5' HD brush hog and a 22' H&H EX HYD/ELEC (tilt bed) trailer with a steel frame upgraded to 8" steel (from 6"), a 10,000lb Superwinch and a wooden deck. Both the tilt bed and the winch can be controlled with a "wired" remote or a wireless remote. I'm all in for $42,137.
While out driving the other day, my wife spotted a 2005 Kamatsu SK 1024. It has 1100 hours on it and has two FEL (one with teeth). I picked it up for $13k. The day before yesterday, I operated it in a field a friend owns. In rather bumbling but ever-improving fashion, I dug a trench about 30 feet long and 3 feet deep and then backfilled and smoothed it over. The 70hp diesel started and ran smooth as silk both when both cold and hot. No smoke. No oil drips. (I inspected the previous owner's concrete apron upon which it had sat.)
So, I think I'm set.
I'll use both machines on 80 undeveloped acres we own deep in the heart of the Ozarks, high on a ridge. First use will be clearing a bit for the actual home site and then some judicious "run between the keeper-trees knocking the brush down a bit" and then brush hogging. I could really use that thing that attaches to the front of the FEL which is ideal for cutting and pulling up brush. What's it called???
I explained all my intended uses of the 5545 to the dealer as we discussed tires. I thought ag would be the way to go, but he said he thought R4 would be better as they tend to provide more stability while traversing slopes sideways. True or false? I will not be using any ground engaging equipment. This is definitely not farmland since 55 acres of it is vertical and the rest is pretty rock filled. (Typical Missouri Ozarks.)
I have a lot of tractor experience, as I test drove a 4025 in the dealer's parking lot a few months ago: Advice not only welcome, but solicited.
--Bill