ScottOkla
Silver Member
I have been reading for a few months now on these forums, and am strongly leaning towards the L5030. I need to buy before the end of October.
Any suggestions or comments about this or similar tractors, options, features, and attachments would be appreciated.
I have a new home on 50 acres. 5 acres will be mowed twice a month near the house, the remaining area is tree-covered and will be mowed 2 or 3 times per year.
I will be removing many trees for firewood and general clearing each year. The trees are mostly in bottom-land (30 acres) that floods once per year and is a bit wet some months. These trees are mostly very mature, but with much brush in some areas. I will be thinning and cleaning yearly. I'm not sure how much this tractor could help with that.
Additionally, I will be developing a large (1 acre) garden, an orchard (2 acres), and an area of improved pecans (5-10 acres) that are just above the bottom-land area.
Additionally, I will want to move this tractor to my father's larger property 40 miles away (rural highway) a few times per year to help with him with some activities not well-suited to his plain but powerful M9000 (such as mowing in wet areas and running smaller pecan equipment). I have a half-ton pickup limited at towing about 7000 lbs according to the manufacturer, along with a nice 10k trailer with slide-out ramps.
All of this makes it difficult to decide on one single tractor. I am leaning towards the L5030 HST because it is powerful enough to run a pecan harvester (35 PTO HP), run a small pecan shaker (1000lbs at 3-pt, requires 35 to 45 PTO), and run a larger brush hog, but is light enough to not do major damage when mowing wet areas in the spring or occasionally in the fall, esp near the house. Plus the HST will make mowing around dozens of acres of trees easier once or twice per year.
I know that is a lot to digest, but I would appreciate comments or suggestions. I few of you (FL_Cracker) for have recently bought this similar machine and your posts have been very helpful already.
Thanks!
Any suggestions or comments about this or similar tractors, options, features, and attachments would be appreciated.
I have a new home on 50 acres. 5 acres will be mowed twice a month near the house, the remaining area is tree-covered and will be mowed 2 or 3 times per year.
I will be removing many trees for firewood and general clearing each year. The trees are mostly in bottom-land (30 acres) that floods once per year and is a bit wet some months. These trees are mostly very mature, but with much brush in some areas. I will be thinning and cleaning yearly. I'm not sure how much this tractor could help with that.
Additionally, I will be developing a large (1 acre) garden, an orchard (2 acres), and an area of improved pecans (5-10 acres) that are just above the bottom-land area.
Additionally, I will want to move this tractor to my father's larger property 40 miles away (rural highway) a few times per year to help with him with some activities not well-suited to his plain but powerful M9000 (such as mowing in wet areas and running smaller pecan equipment). I have a half-ton pickup limited at towing about 7000 lbs according to the manufacturer, along with a nice 10k trailer with slide-out ramps.
All of this makes it difficult to decide on one single tractor. I am leaning towards the L5030 HST because it is powerful enough to run a pecan harvester (35 PTO HP), run a small pecan shaker (1000lbs at 3-pt, requires 35 to 45 PTO), and run a larger brush hog, but is light enough to not do major damage when mowing wet areas in the spring or occasionally in the fall, esp near the house. Plus the HST will make mowing around dozens of acres of trees easier once or twice per year.
I know that is a lot to digest, but I would appreciate comments or suggestions. I few of you (FL_Cracker) for have recently bought this similar machine and your posts have been very helpful already.
Thanks!