jstephenjonesj
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I'm new here. I've read a lot but need opinions on the following. My wife & I have 20 acres of her family farm in SE michigan. We have about 7 acres of apple trees (orchard) and 7 acres of pasture. Her dad has a JD 5300 tractor left, but it is just too big with the cab for the orchard area.
We want a tractor/loader/backhoe to do the following:
(I've been looking at a John Deere 110 TLB, but need to know what other brands are outhere to do same) As far a size goes, the 110 is 'right sized' for our orchard row spacing. Please let me know what one piece of equipment any of you would use for the following:
* Mow (including trimmed branches)between tree rows
*Operate orchard sprayer
*use backhoe to pull dwarf trees (14-18') out of ground in spring when ground is soaked
*Rototilling about an acre
*pull a 2 bottom plow, disks & harrow on a 2 acre truck garden area
* Mow, rake and bale hay on 7 acre pasture
*auger holes for fence
*Grade driveway smooth when needed
*Snowblower for driveway & farm paths
**all above things done every year
- 1,000' of trenching (4-5' depth) to finish irrigation project
- dig basement for house
- load, move piles of big rock
- using loader bucket with tooth bar, dig out septic field area
I want to use this TLB & with proper maintenance get a good 20 years life out of it.
Thanks for your time.
Steve
We want a tractor/loader/backhoe to do the following:
(I've been looking at a John Deere 110 TLB, but need to know what other brands are outhere to do same) As far a size goes, the 110 is 'right sized' for our orchard row spacing. Please let me know what one piece of equipment any of you would use for the following:
* Mow (including trimmed branches)between tree rows
*Operate orchard sprayer
*use backhoe to pull dwarf trees (14-18') out of ground in spring when ground is soaked
*Rototilling about an acre
*pull a 2 bottom plow, disks & harrow on a 2 acre truck garden area
* Mow, rake and bale hay on 7 acre pasture
*auger holes for fence
*Grade driveway smooth when needed
*Snowblower for driveway & farm paths
**all above things done every year
- 1,000' of trenching (4-5' depth) to finish irrigation project
- dig basement for house
- load, move piles of big rock
- using loader bucket with tooth bar, dig out septic field area
I want to use this TLB & with proper maintenance get a good 20 years life out of it.
Thanks for your time.
Steve