Dargo
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To use for some pretty tough work. I have around a couple hundred acres of propert a few miles from my house that is, well, let's see, let's just call it everything between smooth grassy areas to the far extreme of rough and steep. I have about 40 acres or so that is so thick with bushes that I've never seen most of that part. These bushes are so thick that you cannot get through them on foot. I also have some erosion ruts that have formed over the last hundred years or so that are hidden by tall grass and shrubs that will knock your socks off if you don't see them.
Here is my issue; I have a couple of nice tractors, one of which is a year old L5030HSTC that I really like, but I don't want to scratch the living crap out of and beat them to death clearing this area and using my FEL like a dozer. I also have a 9' rear blade that weighs well over 1000 pounds I use and I built up a 7' rotary mower in my metal shop that I can almost use as a battering ram. It has an entire cage of 2" X 2" X 3/8" wall square tubing all around it and over it along with 3" wide 1/2" wear plating on the bottom of it for skids. It has an 80 hp gear box but also does have an inline slip clutch for protection. I use it to chop up anything I can run over.
For this 'need', I have zero preferences for brand. I just don't want to have to wrench on it before I use it each time, and I don't want to be stranded miles from my truck either. An FEL and 4X4 and a cab w/ A/C are about the only 'must haves'. I can legally haul about 12,000 pounds on my trailer. What do I need for this job? I can't justify spending big bucks to buy that "perfect" machine because I have the first of my 5 kids starting college next year. I know everyone here wants something that they can buy for less than it's worth. I'm no different. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif I really just don't know what I need. I looked at a new Tractor King at Rural King. It has a nice 82 hp Perkins engine and seems really heavy built (although a bit crude - which doesn't particularly matter in this case), but I don't know much about them. Besides, by the time I add a nice heavy loader, I'm now up to more money than I really want to spend on this machine. I guess that means that I'm hoping that someone will suggest that 'perfect' machine that is a few years old, may be ugly, but is reliable and tough as nails. Okay, ideas?
Here is my issue; I have a couple of nice tractors, one of which is a year old L5030HSTC that I really like, but I don't want to scratch the living crap out of and beat them to death clearing this area and using my FEL like a dozer. I also have a 9' rear blade that weighs well over 1000 pounds I use and I built up a 7' rotary mower in my metal shop that I can almost use as a battering ram. It has an entire cage of 2" X 2" X 3/8" wall square tubing all around it and over it along with 3" wide 1/2" wear plating on the bottom of it for skids. It has an 80 hp gear box but also does have an inline slip clutch for protection. I use it to chop up anything I can run over.
For this 'need', I have zero preferences for brand. I just don't want to have to wrench on it before I use it each time, and I don't want to be stranded miles from my truck either. An FEL and 4X4 and a cab w/ A/C are about the only 'must haves'. I can legally haul about 12,000 pounds on my trailer. What do I need for this job? I can't justify spending big bucks to buy that "perfect" machine because I have the first of my 5 kids starting college next year. I know everyone here wants something that they can buy for less than it's worth. I'm no different. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif I really just don't know what I need. I looked at a new Tractor King at Rural King. It has a nice 82 hp Perkins engine and seems really heavy built (although a bit crude - which doesn't particularly matter in this case), but I don't know much about them. Besides, by the time I add a nice heavy loader, I'm now up to more money than I really want to spend on this machine. I guess that means that I'm hoping that someone will suggest that 'perfect' machine that is a few years old, may be ugly, but is reliable and tough as nails. Okay, ideas?