farmyid
Bronze Member
Hi All,
I have been lurking for a few days and this is my first post. Having suffered with my grandfather's 1938 Ford 9n for a decade or more and also having owned (for a time) a Case 580ck with lots of black smoke and leaky hydraulics, I am on the verge of buying a nicer tractor. I am considering a machine similar to the Kubota B7800hst as I can't see anythinf smaller being able to deal with the rocks, stumps, snow and hills of my 4 cleared (and150 wooded) acres of Berkshire hills. My feeling on looking at that tractor is that the 302 loder is made of awfully thin metal and lacks a decent edge to it. Would I be better buying the tractor without the loader and adding a Koyker or other loader?
Maybe I can find a better used or other brand machine in that size that has a more rugged loader. Awfully rocky here. HST is important because my wife wants it, and I have a feeling I wil love it too. Mark L.
I have been lurking for a few days and this is my first post. Having suffered with my grandfather's 1938 Ford 9n for a decade or more and also having owned (for a time) a Case 580ck with lots of black smoke and leaky hydraulics, I am on the verge of buying a nicer tractor. I am considering a machine similar to the Kubota B7800hst as I can't see anythinf smaller being able to deal with the rocks, stumps, snow and hills of my 4 cleared (and150 wooded) acres of Berkshire hills. My feeling on looking at that tractor is that the 302 loder is made of awfully thin metal and lacks a decent edge to it. Would I be better buying the tractor without the loader and adding a Koyker or other loader?
Maybe I can find a better used or other brand machine in that size that has a more rugged loader. Awfully rocky here. HST is important because my wife wants it, and I have a feeling I wil love it too. Mark L.