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Don't cut down the rops. It's there to keep you alive and tractors are not the safest things. Come up with something that will force you to look before you drive all the way in. Hang something with bright ribbon on the bottom of the garage door that hits you in the face when you drive in...

Yeah, that's ok in a different way. While I'd like to see the design more like the Wicked was... that's an interesting take on it and maybe ok considering it's $1600 and not over $2000. The cylinders are exposed to damage more easily... but you should never be bumping/pushing into anything...

I think that's a different company.

So Wicked 55" (out of business) 250lbs Wicked 60" (out of business) 400lbs Carolina 62" Standard 440lbs Carolina 62" HD 480lbs Land Pride 60" 820lbs Yes, that Carolina with AR400 looks like a near perfect replacement for the company that killed itself. I'd jump on that if I had to buy again...

That looks very nice. I like their take on putting the little wedge feet at the bottom back so it will stand itself up easier. Nice touch. It definitely does need something welded in front of those fittings on either side, but the rest of the protection channel is nice. That's going to be a...

Awesom! That will make doing what you need way easier than anything smaller.

For what you said you would use it for, the CK all day every day and twice on Sunday. You'll regret the lack of capacity on all the specs of the CX almost immediately.

5 acres? CX. Moving 500lb bales? CX. Rule #1 buy as much tractor as you can afford and will maneuver easily in the spaces you need to get in. You mentioned wanting the front end loader to be useful. There's only one rule for that, go as big as you can there's no such thing as too much lift...

1) made two orders during the covid time frame for our then new tractor. Wicked 55 Grapple, Extreme duty box blade, 2500lb forks. (EDIT: Also got one of their digging buckets with the wicked tooth bar on it... at the time and with the cost of everything else and shipping it was only an extra...

Yes, as part of our splitting system we put a small table on the far side from the operator that's at the bottom of a rolling conveyor. That helps protect the engine from debris falling. It's based on what these guys did in this video, same general setup as this: I load the log rack with...

We got the Champion 27ton from HD about a year ago. Have split several cord so far. Did a lot of research on affordable splitters before buying. It's enough to split a pretty large log when you need to, and it has a fast enough cycle time (11 sec) you don't wait all day for the cylinder to...

You've got 10 acres. Get the SE with the rear hydraulics and options package. As others have said it will never be cheaper than at purchase time. And make sure the front remote system is put on at the dealer. You'll will want it sooner or later. Probably sooner for a grapple or front auger...

Bingo. Tractor and 1 ton mini plus a large list of implements for both all in for less than the cost of just a decent used skid only. Our property could use more, but 4x the cost isn't in the cards right now.

A real shame, I found this thread a couple of days ago after putting my EA grapple, box blade and forks through a massive amount of work. EA's stuff is super solid and we're totally satisfied with all of it. Moved who knows how many tons of tree debris and stumps and everything was rock solid...

How about the 2 HST gear ranges? You said that was your biggest concern. Happy with it? On our CK4010 (same frame as CK2610/CK2620) The 3 speed ranges cover everything about perfect.