Recent content by Panik

^ This... I've got a 15 year old (very soon to be 16... as in we just got lucky and fell into a used outback for him). For the last two years he's been mowing our yard/field with a zero turn and helping me by dragging tree/brush trimmings with our BX. This has softened ever so slightly to...

Exactly what you said.... rural upbringing. My parents had 5 acres on the edge of an intercostal, brackish marsh. I had one neighbor and then thousands of natural acres I could roam through. The similarity between there and where we are know is less about the geographic-ecological features and...

We personally own about 11 acres of old terraced farm land, about 4 acres of "yard" and 7 acres of mixed pine/successional hardwood.... and feel pretty blessed to be able to provide a place in the semi-country for our kids to roam. I grew up in the coastal-country of FL and being able to provide...

Truth ^ Perception and situational awareness are funny. I don't do a whole bunch of saw work at home, mainly the typical actions that go with trimming up smaller trees associated with maintaining 4 acres of somewhat landscaped field.... PPE is usually only eye and ear pro...... and then...

Given your description of conditions... I can't in good faith suggest you go with a subcompact tractor, especially given the existing conditions leading to your concerns about winter safety and access. Things that immediately pop into my mind: - Is a cab tractor a possibility given added costs...

^ This right here. I've got 10 acres with a lot of tight spaces, a very good bit of uneven ground and do a good bit of loader work with my bx. Over the last 10 years I've had many occasions where I've day dreamed about having a larger tractor. Hoever, the reality is that I also have to work in...

I've got one and use it, but for pretty limited areas.... pretty much the couple places where I've used river rock to create drainage leading away from my house. They work, and they're fun to use in cooler weather... because, well fire. However, if I was looking do something beyond just spot...

I know you mentioned that you're not a huge fan of herbicides.... but I gotta say getting a small wand/boom sprayer was one of the best investments I ever made for maintaining my property. I purchased something similar this model a couple of years ago for my bx2360. I'm pretty sure I bought in...

We are blessed, but like most have to balance wants and needs... I'm not old by any stretch of the imagination, but at 45 I'm also starting to deal with the degenerative joint impacts of having done a lot of hard manual labor, while having even less free time than when I was younger. Having a...

Jeff, please bear with me in responding.... I appreciate and am honestly not trying to ignore your's or anyone's input here on this thread. Between life/kids/work and organizing my thoughts it can take me some time to respond. We live along the crest of an old rise/ridge at the tail end of the...

Wow! Tried to respond this morning before work, but ran out of time and coffee. Lots of good points here and discussion and I appreciate the contributions. I apologize as it takes some time for me to put words to paper In considering a larger tractor I am looking at a lot of different factors...

So we bought a BX2360 back in 2014 when we owned 5 acres of flat, river bottom. Since that purchase we moved to 11 acres that includes roughly 3 acres of landscaped "field" and 7 acres of woods. The BX has been a great little tractor, but have started to feel like it is a bit undersized for the...

I'm in the same boat as mewmaxowner.... after going through several trailers I finally bought a 20' 10K Kaufman for my BX. Tow vehicle is a 1/2 ton GMC rated for just under 10K. The additional deck space has come in handy... I mounted a toolbox at the front of the trailer that holds ratchet...

So traditionally we alternate between doing Thanksgiving and Christmas at my mother-in-law's home. Christmas usually means 15-20 people into one house for Christmas. A couple years back after coming back home from Christmas I was helping sort out a week's worth of laundry for my wife, myself and...

A couple years back I looked into this when my wife went through a health scare tracing through an auto-immune disorder. Understandably, she panicked about her health issues and for about a year was phobic about the idea of me using the typically available weed controls on the market...