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blue9steel
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- Apr 11, 2022
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- Tractor
- Kubota L3302
The MX is certainly a bad ass tractor, but I priced it out and it just doesn't make sense for my budget. We're only planning to have three or perhaps four horses here at the most so realistically we can feed using a two wheel wheelbarrow without too much effort.Weight and engine power.
I’m actually going to recommend you take a loo at the MX as it’s larger size will help with stability in your terrain, it is larger than the L but not really taller so you’ll also have more stability there, and if you plan on feeding rounds or large squares you’ll have way more confidence moving and stacking with the weight of the MX and the 1065 (~2300lb capacity) fell than you will with the L and it’s 525 (~1100lb capacity). Just because it will lift an object doesn’t mean it won’t prematurely wear out carrying it around and bouncing through a field or down a dirt road.
I need a tractor, no question since I don't want to use wheelbarrow and shovel to move gravel. That's the biggest must have, but even the ability to move a single wheelbarrow worth in the bucket at a time is plenty of capacity there. (500lbs or so). I think it'll be more cost effective to maintain the driveway myself instead of hiring that out since I already need a tractor for gravel. I need a mower for sure, and bundling that with the tractor seems to make sense given I've got about 2 acres worth of mowing to do. Something like 4 acres worth of pasture.
I am interested in stability on the hillside and making sure I have enough power going uphill. That was the main reason I decided the BX series was likely not the right choice.
Some pictures below to show size and slope. Even more detail here: https://www.redfin.com/OR/St-Helens/32503-Pittsburg-Rd-97051/home/25965190
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