Tractor Sizing Almost Daily Thread: SUBCOMPACT or COMPACT TRACTOR?

[Oldoak]

"Stickies" and doing a search of threads on past topics is fine.

However new member to TBN come along quite frequently. New members sometimes bring along new ideas on old subjects. By starting a new thread on an old subject brings it to the fore front quicker and gets more attention.

Those who don't like reading about old subjects or posting duplicate replies to the same subject can very easily ignore the topic. Don't feel you personally have to reply to every topic under discussion. :confused3:

 

[jeff9366]

I agree, I ignore most of them myself, a quick search will bring up everything one needs..

For the topic: SUBCOMPACT or COMPACT TRACTOR? most OPs have never owned a tractor or are moving up from a Lawn & Garden tractor without FEL, without PTO and without 4-WD. Few of these OPs have made more than five prior posts. For many SUBCOMPACT or COMPACT TRACTOR? is their first (1st) post. Few will be capable of searching the T-B-N ARCHIVE productively so early.

 

[nards444]

For the topic: SUBCOMPACT or COMPACT TRACTOR? most OPs have never owned a tractor or are moving up from a Lawn & Garden tractor without FEL, without PTO and without 4-WD. Few of these OPs have made more than five prior posts. For many SUBCOMPACT or COMPACT TRACTOR? is their first (1st) post. Few will be capable of searching the T-B-N ARCHIVE so early.

Thats the problem when first starting you dont know the lingo or simply dont know what you dont know. I belong to tractor, sports, cars, trucks, boats, the threads all read about the same. ironically I get some of the best info from the same old threads as people replying always have new ideas.

 

[MossRoad]

In a few weeks, this thread will be down off the currently active threads, and new folks will just have to search again. There's almost no point in doing it. Good intentions, but no point. Especially if it's just laced with opinion.

Let new people ask questions and stop telling them to use the search function. It's what makes a discussion board a discussion board and not a library where you have to be quiet. And stop asking them for their ID when they come in, too. :laughing:

 

[/pine]

...Few will be capable of searching the T-B-N ARCHIVE so early...

Searching is how most prospective tractor owners find TBN to begin with...anyone that has been around knows that using google's search app within TBN is the way to go...
Once a new member gets the message to use the google search and NOT the forum search app they can easily find all the subject related threads and posts they want...

...typically the reason old posts get resurrected is because a new member finds an old post searching the www that is directly related to their problem and covers an issue much better than more contemporary posts on the topic...

 

[Diggin It]

Let new people ask questions and stop telling them to use the search function. It's what makes a discussion board a discussion board and not a library where you have to be quiet. And stop asking them for their ID when they come in, too. :laughing:

I've been to a few boards where that was the standard reply no matter how the question was posted. "Search, it's been talked about so many times ..." Well, that's fine, except that not everyone knows how to best utilize the search on every forum format and they don't all work well. Then you have to know specific search terms which may not be words you're used to.

It works better if seasoned members do the Search and post links to the previous threads.

 

[/pine]

...It works better if seasoned members do the Search and post links to the previous threads.

it works best if you post a link with the search string...that not only leads the noob to the post/thread link it shows them them how you found it...i.e., the search string...(teach a man to fish...so to speak...)

 

[jeff9366]

I am looking at a bx1880 with a MMM and a FEL to replace my x35. I would get SSQA forks for sure. Are there better options than this model?

You lose 121 pounds of FEL lifts capacity with SSQA on a BX Loader, due to the weight of the couplers and forward load extension. (820 pounds --> 699 pounds net lift. Huge payload penalty.)
((Real life lift capacity on a BX is actually about 15% less than spec numbers shown above, due to real life position of FEL load.))

If you go with a BX consider aftermarket Dunn Quick Tach. Much lighter.

DUNN LINK: https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/315005-jery-dunn-tach-n-go.html

TACH-N-GO (U.S. PATENT # 8,393,059) STARTED ON THE KUBOTA BX SERIES TRACTOR WITH IT'S ONE CENTER CURL CYLINDER ARRANGEMENT. FROM THERE IT BRANCHED OUT TO INCLUDE THE CUB CADET AND IT'S SIMILAR CENTER CURL CYLINDER ARRANGEMENT TO SMALL (NORMAL) STYLE LOADERS, MASSEY FERGUSON, KUBOTA AND SOON KIOTI. ALL THESE TRACTORS HAVE LOADER CAPACITIES THAT MAKE USING SKID STEER QUICK ATTACH COUPLERS QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE OF SSQA COUPLER WEIGHT.

My wife and I have 2.6 acres with about 1/2 acre cleared.

We would like to clean and maintain our woodland which is cluttered with downed trees, old growth and vines. We have an easement that runs to the lake for a path that we have not maintained due to a large downed Oak. We have 1,000' of trail that needs to be cleared.
I may buy a Box Blade.

You need R4/industrial tires. You will have minimal traction with small diameter BX wheels, turf tires and light BX weight for the ground contact applications you have indicated.

A HEAVY Box Blade makes excellent Three Point Hitch counterbalance for heavy FEL lifts.

You will find a Ratchet Rake bucket attachment very helpful for clearing brush and vines and path creation.

 

[zachofalltrades]

Ill clear some things up from the perspective of a new person, since my thread was apparently one of the straws that broke Jeffs back

I知 using a phone for most of my reading, and there is but one search button on here and it痴 not very helpful. The main problem is the absence of useful search terms. A search for subcompact vs compact is either exact and excludes similar threads that don稚 say that exactly or it brings up every thread that includes either word.... which is all of them basically. On the phone interface I didn稚 see a sticky that addressed common questions, so I just went for it. All being said, I think everybody has given great info, but if someone wants to write up a nice concise guide (I don稚 think anybody would read a thread like this after a page or so) then a lot of us would jump into it and maybe ask some less common questions.

What I do think us new folks could work on more is going to the dealer and test driving more to get a feel for these machines. My excuse is that I知 too darn busy and I work when the dealer is open, but I知 working on it

 

[jeff9366]

What I do think new folks could work on more is going to the dealer and test driving various tractor models to get a feel for these machines. My excuse is that I'm too darn busy and I work when the dealer is open, but I'mworking on it

Especially important if your are six feet tall or taller, wear a size 10 shoe or larger, trending portly, or are considering an optional Backhoe, which often have snug operator stations.