What Am I getting Into?

[EarlyAcres]

I just bought 20 acres mostly wooded and now I need to buy a tractor. Yes! Most likely will be a Kubota. I'm looking at a B2710 with a loader and 3 point finish mower (approx 1 acre is grass). I have been looking at 3 point accessories like a dual action 20 ton log splitter, grader and others.

 

[TBN Support]

:welcome: Welcome to the forum.

Congrats on your new acreage!

 

[sandman2234]

Welcome!
West Virginia hills means 4x4 in case the one your looking at isn't. Buy one size bigger than you want, (at least). Most of the time, a log splitter is better as a separate item so it doesn't keep the tractor tied up. You can use it to haul wood while splitting, if you don't have it tied up in splitting mode.
David from jax

 

[EarlyAcres]

Welcome!
West Virginia hills means 4x4 in case the one your looking at isn't. Buy one size bigger than you want, (at least). Most of the time, a log splitter is better as a separate item so it doesn't keep the tractor tied up. You can use it to haul wood while splitting, if you don't have it tied up in splitting mode.
David from jax

Good points, both. Yes the B2710 is 4X4 and thanks for the tip on the splitter, I wouldn't have thought of that. I like the idea of having less cylinders to keep track of and maintain. My cylinder index is pretty high right now. With a 3 cyl tractor AND a separate log spliter I'd be at 24, so one less is appealing right now, but good point on hauling while splitting. I am looking at the B2710 because it is the most HP I can get with the two accessories that I think I'll use the most and it is the newest unit in my price range. We'll have to see how it goes when I take a look at it in person. You probably know how that goes when buying something used.....Ok, then..happy tractoring..or what ever you say when sittin' in the seat puttering around with a smile.

 

[sandman2234]

Interesting, I don't count cylinders, I count batteries. Seems that is the part I have the most trouble keeping up with, although a battery tender tends to want to make that easier nowadays.
I don't know what you have in mind for the 20 acres but I would seriously consider a larger tractor for most of the things I do on my little piece of dirt. Mowing is the easy part, moving dirt requires weigh and time. The less weight, the more time!
David from jax

 

[sandman2234]

Just remember, we love to spend other peoples money!!
I have done jobs with a Ford 1100 4x4 sub compact tractor and the same job with a JD2555 2wd. I loved the little Ford, but the weigh and hp of the Jd really made a difference in the time I was doing it. Brute horsepower with weight that you can get to the ground makes all the difference in the world for most jobs. If at all possible, a FEL is a plus, so keep that in mind.
David from jax

 

[RalphVa]

I'm partial to smaller tractors. I liked the B2301 when I was looking to replace my buggy JD 1025R. JD dealer had been good to me and is the closest. Went with a 2025R which is very much like the 4010 I had for 9 years, which in today's JD terminology is a 2019E.

You're wise in looking at the Bs. I would not want any of the BXs with their underbelly hydraulic cooling fans in any kind of woody situation. I even had brush remove the dipstick from my Gravely.

Ralph

 

[300UGUY]

Run, Forest, Run!!!

 

[Budweiser John]

Buying a tractor is just the beginning, a tractor with out an inventory of ‘tractor’ equipmen Is still just a tractor and your future goals in developing your property will dictate your equipment inventory and order of aqusation.
First off, buy a tractor big enough to get the job done. Forty to fifty horse four wheel drive hydrostatic drive would be my choice equipped with a SSQA FEL and a third function hydraulic system. Next up, a material bucket (usually comes with the FEL), pallet forks, and my most favorite attachment, a grappel.
As has been stated, hold the log splitter as a stand alone unit and from my experience, the same goes for lawn mowing equipment. Tillage, back hoes, and other ground engaging equipment varies according to your desires on gardening, wildlife food plots, or future pasture management.
Good luck on your new Adventure.

B. John

 

[EarlyAcres]

Run, Forest, Run!!!

Run (through) the forest? I wouldn't get far as there are a number of downed trees. I think I need a log splitter and a chain saw.....