Bear mauls elderly man on tractor in this state's 1st bear attack in 25 years (Arkansas)

[lman]

You need something like this. I only mow about 4 acres but my neighbor was moving and wanted to sell it at a good price. You can mow a lot with a 12' mower in a short amount of time. Gives me more time to find other projects to work on. The wife uses a 60" ZT to mow around trees. I have another 10 acres of alfalfa. The part I mow wouldn't work to use as hay.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

I use to pull a 12' 5 gang reel mower with a 2wd 17 HP Kubota back in the early 80's to mow the fairways at the golf course ...

But for my situation it comes down to how much money do I want to spend ... ? I'm the kinda guy that just because I have the money, doesn't mean I gotta spend it ... It has to make sense to ME!

I was frustrated earlier trying to find a no computer or emissions 50-65 HP tractor, light enough to fit on my 5K Lb net trailer, under $15K (so - 2 WD, no loader or cab) so my local dealer who had been looking for a few months, said maybe look at bigger, and if it needed work in town he would come fetch it for $4.50 a mile, I could drive it the 6 miles home when fixed ... So I started looking ... 90 -120 HP and 15' - 20' flex/batwings ... WOW those mowers were more money than the 30-50 year old tractors I was looking at! They also are more maintenance ... And burning 7-9 gallons an hour ... For my 14 acres ... I decided to just be patient, the money was just adding up in the bank every week ...

This Kubota I got, I had seen back in the spring, but it was only an "L" ... A CUT (too small!) ... I was looking for a Utility as my two "must have" priorities were big tires for ride comfort, and as much PTO HP I could get in a tractor under 5K Lbs ... But, I saw it again on tractor house, I clicked on the link, I knew why it was still for sale, most people want a loader on that size of tractor! It just barely had the HP I wanted, and after researching the tires on it, I discovered that the "Grand" series of the "L" has a heavier frame/transmission, and bigger tires, these are twice the height of my SCUT 52" vs 26", so I decided to give it a try, I was able to talk the dealer down a bit ... While it had a cab, it was still under the weight limit, and the previous week in the July HEAT, the A/C went out on my new Kenworth semi-truck ... 4 miserable days, finally put my foot down in Dallas, TX that I was NOT going to deliver the load the San Antonio until it was fixed! I figured A/C in a tractor would be a nice change for mowing ... And it turned out I was right ... I just picked up the 90" finish mower and it's a good fit for both the tractor and my terrain, no scalping, but gets quite a lot more done than my 56" cut Bush Hog I was using before ...

 

[lman]

I wouldn't have this mower but the opportunity and price worked out. I had to do some work to get it working right since it had been stored outside. I was curious how much they are running and after checking, I would pass at current prices.

 

[Hay Dude]

I wouldn't have this mower but the opportunity and price worked out. I had to do some work to get it working right since it had been stored outside. I was curious how much they are running and after checking, I would pass at current prices.

Feels that way with damn near all equipment prices these days

 

[Shawn T. W.]

I'm on the low end of the PTO HP requirement for this mower ... I spent less than that on both tractor and 90" fixed deck finish mower ... Both used

 

[Shawn T. W.]

I got to swing by home this morning ... Noticed a neighbor was feeding hay already ... You probably can guess which side of the fence is mine!

His poor cows have eaten what they want, or that is edible for them ... He has run his brush hog over it once a year, but not yet this year ... His land and his cows ... But I'd cut it more often to get rid of the stickery stuff, and let fresh new stuff sprout up ...

 

[akadave]

This guy was working on the tractor not driving it. There's been two fatal attacks in Arkansas recently. The other was a man camping. No mention of rabies with either bear both of which were located and killed.

 

[lman]

I'm on the low end of the PTO HP requirement for this mower ... I spent less than that on both tractor and 90" fixed deck finish mower ... Both used

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I paid $3,500 for this TBW144 about 10 years ago.