Can't make up mind on which tractor

[rickyb01]

I will start from scratch on implements because all of the cat 1 stuff is very old and worn out. Other implements are cat 2 and are a 10' bush hog and six foot disk, My implements for new tractor will consist of a very good bush hog and a back hoe in the future. Maybe a breaking plow and a disk i am buying a dual axle trailer with 5400 pd axels and trailer brakes. Will upgrade to a 3/4 ton if needed but have a couple of friends that have them to borrow for now. I want the mx5100 for the deer lease but think it's overkill for work with back hoe and loader work in the yard. i keep going to the 4701 but think for 500 pounds you get a turbo in the mx5100. Can handle the already heavy disk I have and I could get a medium duty bush hog for deer lease. I don't know how the weight of the 5100 would treat my lawn or if it would tear it up. It would be like driving finish nails with a 2 pound hammer. anything I'm missing in the grand series that would bridge the gap?

 

[Michael Aos]

I think it’s a pain to switch between my Land Plane / Grader Scraper (LPGS) and (PD10) post-hole digger.

I sure wouldn’t want to switch between a backhoe and a bush hog.

 

[rickyb01]

So if I'm reading this right, you need a tractor to maintain a 1.25 acre lot and also a hunting property that's very rugged and hilly? A key component of this being a tractor that is easily trailerable?

What size truck and trailer do you have? How many acres is the hunting property? What kind of work do you need to do at the hunting property? Where do you plan to store this tractor when not is use?

You got the jest of it. The tractor will be stored at the 150 acres land because it's about right smack in the middle of my house and deer lease. When needed at house I can store it here for a couple months then take it back to homestead. I built a nice 30x 40 pole shed with one side and for the new tractor will add another side to store it.

 

[zzvyb6]

People who can't make decisions should ask their spouse. Then it will be done.

 

[BX23S-1]

I think it痴 a pain to switch between my Land Plane / Grader Scraper (LPGS) and (PD10) post-hole digger.

I sure wouldn稚 want to switch between a backhoe and a bush hog.

If you had a BX23s, you wouldn`t mind it at all. I do it all the time... Kubota dosen`t build a more simple tractor than the new BX23s.
I can change anything on my BX23s in seconds, not minutes or hours...seconds.
The FEL even comes off WITHOUT ever leaving the tractor seat.

The backhoe takes a couple extra minutes because i have to put the 3point hitch on after i drop the hoe off.
But its far easier and faster than you think, on a BX23s.

 

[sea2summit]

A little longer? Four or five times longer for most ground contact tasks than an MX.

Not quite accurate, could be up to 30 times as long

When I got my MX I was digging out stumps from a planted forest with my BX. Took 2-3 hours because it the movement is slow and I'd constantly have to reposition the BX. MX was doing the same job and averaging 6 minutes per stump and I was able to pull 25-50 a in day with the MX compared to 1-2 with the BX.

 

[sea2summit]

I will start from scratch on implements because all of the cat 1 stuff is very old and worn out. Other implements are cat 2 and are a 10' bush hog and six foot disk, My implements for new tractor will consist of a very good bush hog and a back hoe in the future. Maybe a breaking plow and a disk i am buying a dual axle trailer with 5400 pd axels and trailer brakes. Will upgrade to a 3/4 ton if needed but have a couple of friends that have them to borrow for now. I want the mx5100 for the deer lease but think it's overkill for work with back hoe and loader work in the yard. i keep going to the 4701 but think for 500 pounds you get a turbo in the mx5100. Can handle the already heavy disk I have and I could get a medium duty bush hog for deer lease. I don't know how the weight of the 5100 would treat my lawn or if it would tear it up. It would be like driving finish nails with a 2 pound hammer. anything I'm missing in the grand series that would bridge the gap?

With R4's my tires don't leave a mark on my grass until I turn and then it's pretty minimal unless I have something really heavy in the loader.

 

[rickyb01]

My financial obligations are coming to an end. This is freed me up to make a decision on buying a tractor. Do I have to have it well no but I think I would use and use the front end loader a lot at the home. It makes little since but I could change out the tires on the tractor if at the home the thread would hurt the grass. I don't think R4 tires would work on the deer lease as well as Ag tires would but they would be a benefit at the home. Any other brands and models that may fill the gap better?

 

[jeff9366]

My Kubota L3560/HST is 5,400 pounds with air filled R4/industrial tires.

I work in an upscale residential development. I run over lawns in 2-WD mode daily, without creating damage. Our soil is sandy-loam. It drains perfectly. Never mud.

You can always add steel or rubber chains to R4 tires for additional traction in your food plots. My 5,400 pound tractor has only 37-horsepower. My R4s never lose traction though I pull a two bottom 12" Moldboard Plow and a 960 pound Tufline Tandem Disc Harrow with 20" diameter pans.

Had I a 50-horsepower to 60-horsepower engine in my tractor traction would be less certain with considerable throttle. So tractor horsepower indirectly effects tractor traction.

Kubota MX series are Cat I/Cat II.