Hayes Creek
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I'm just now delving into the compact tractor market. I recently bought ten acres in SW Montana (Hamilton) and thought I was gonna get away without needing a tractor. At first I thought well, I'll only need it for snow removal and it will sit the rest of the year. Now that winter is getting close to over, I realized that even if that was true, it's probably worth it. I have about 150 yards of driveway, then a pretty big area between shop and garage and another staging area that need snow removal to keep the place useful all winter... the ATV plow ISN'T going to cut it.
So I started looking at tractors and was leaning toward a 25-35 hp machine, basically wanting a FEL and Backblade, with MAYBE a blower at some point but that would be out in the future due to budget issue. Oh, a grappel on front would be nice because I plan to to quite a bit of work with trees/logs. Anyhow, once I started looking I then realized how handy it would be to have one around. FYI, My dad has a Kioti that I've used quite a bit through the years, its 12 years old now and has been trouble free!
About the time I decided I needed one a friend let me know about a 92' L5450 with 3000 hours that has been parked indoors its whole life and has had regularly scheduled maintenance by the local Kubota shop. He drives the tractor and is very familiar with it, he is also a diesel mechanic and fabricator for a trucking company. He claims the tractor is in TOP condition. Says the only sign of disrepair on it, is "one loader cylinder seeps when it gets hot"...
Anyhow, for something like this, with FEL... what "might" be a good deal. And, is it too big? A friend has an L3240 that I've been around and it seems like a good size. This 5450 is about 2 feet longer, 1000# heavier... and only marginally wider (7") and wheelbase 5" longer.
Is 12k too much for this old of a machine?
Thanks for discussion!
Ernie
Montana
So I started looking at tractors and was leaning toward a 25-35 hp machine, basically wanting a FEL and Backblade, with MAYBE a blower at some point but that would be out in the future due to budget issue. Oh, a grappel on front would be nice because I plan to to quite a bit of work with trees/logs. Anyhow, once I started looking I then realized how handy it would be to have one around. FYI, My dad has a Kioti that I've used quite a bit through the years, its 12 years old now and has been trouble free!
About the time I decided I needed one a friend let me know about a 92' L5450 with 3000 hours that has been parked indoors its whole life and has had regularly scheduled maintenance by the local Kubota shop. He drives the tractor and is very familiar with it, he is also a diesel mechanic and fabricator for a trucking company. He claims the tractor is in TOP condition. Says the only sign of disrepair on it, is "one loader cylinder seeps when it gets hot"...
Anyhow, for something like this, with FEL... what "might" be a good deal. And, is it too big? A friend has an L3240 that I've been around and it seems like a good size. This 5450 is about 2 feet longer, 1000# heavier... and only marginally wider (7") and wheelbase 5" longer.
Is 12k too much for this old of a machine?
Thanks for discussion!
Ernie
Montana