captclapper
New member
Hello everyone, I've been a lurker on the forum for quite a long time and am finally looking to purchase a tractor. Some background, I have about 50 acres of wooded land in hills of Western Massachusetts. Here are some of the tasks I am thinking the tractor will help accomplish:
-Maintaining 800ft gravel driveway to house, including snow removal. I'm thinking using a plow on the front of the tractor would be best as we usually get snow less then a foot at a time. Maybe a spreader for the back for ice storms.
-Establishing and maintaining forest roads, we have some existing, some that need refurbishing and some that need to be established. Not sure what the best implements for this would be.
-Various landscaping projects. We just completed a house on the land and have numerous projects that we would like to accomplish. I am thinking loader and backhoe would help with the majority of what we would like to do.
-Forestry projects. I would to be able to operate a skidding winch to selectively harvest trees on the property and would probably like to have a chipper as well to help clean things up.
I'm sure other things will come up as time goes on. I would like to have a cab even though we will be operating it in the woods a lot (I do have a good pole saw!) We have Kubota, Deere and Yanmar dealers nearby. Let me know what you guys think and thank you!
-Maintaining 800ft gravel driveway to house, including snow removal. I'm thinking using a plow on the front of the tractor would be best as we usually get snow less then a foot at a time. Maybe a spreader for the back for ice storms.
-Establishing and maintaining forest roads, we have some existing, some that need refurbishing and some that need to be established. Not sure what the best implements for this would be.
-Various landscaping projects. We just completed a house on the land and have numerous projects that we would like to accomplish. I am thinking loader and backhoe would help with the majority of what we would like to do.
-Forestry projects. I would to be able to operate a skidding winch to selectively harvest trees on the property and would probably like to have a chipper as well to help clean things up.
I'm sure other things will come up as time goes on. I would like to have a cab even though we will be operating it in the woods a lot (I do have a good pole saw!) We have Kubota, Deere and Yanmar dealers nearby. Let me know what you guys think and thank you!