n530
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Hi All,
I'm looking at buying a tractor for my 5 acres filled with live oaks soon. i plan to do quite a bit of grading, for a short period of time such as: 45x35 pad for steel building, grading out a gravel driveway too the building, and just general leveling of other areas around my property. I plan to get a box scraper with my purchase.
I am looking at a Kubota B2650, as that seems to be the best bang for my buck for my brush hogging, grapple for brush moving/log lifting, light backhoe jobs/stump removal. (27K+ by build price new)
However, id RATHER buy a one machine (making payments anyway) so i dont have to go rent bobcats/excavators/pay to have it done, ect. Is that B2650 going to have enough weight in the tractor for grading or am i going to be better served by going with a l3900 (2590 to 2778)/grand L 3650 (3483 to 3880). Of course the lift weight will be better with bigger machines, but i don't think that is something that I will really be limited by with the 2650 (1664 to 2238 lbs)
Thanks for any advice anyone might have.
I'm looking at buying a tractor for my 5 acres filled with live oaks soon. i plan to do quite a bit of grading, for a short period of time such as: 45x35 pad for steel building, grading out a gravel driveway too the building, and just general leveling of other areas around my property. I plan to get a box scraper with my purchase.
I am looking at a Kubota B2650, as that seems to be the best bang for my buck for my brush hogging, grapple for brush moving/log lifting, light backhoe jobs/stump removal. (27K+ by build price new)
However, id RATHER buy a one machine (making payments anyway) so i dont have to go rent bobcats/excavators/pay to have it done, ect. Is that B2650 going to have enough weight in the tractor for grading or am i going to be better served by going with a l3900 (2590 to 2778)/grand L 3650 (3483 to 3880). Of course the lift weight will be better with bigger machines, but i don't think that is something that I will really be limited by with the 2650 (1664 to 2238 lbs)
Thanks for any advice anyone might have.
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