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My wife and I bought 2.6 acres a few months ago. I bought a nice used Cub Cadet 3240 with a 48" deck and it does a great job. However, I'm thinking of buying a bigger tractor that can handle a brush hog or a finish mower about 72" or so and was looking at used, but I keep coming back to look...

Ok, I have a very nice 3240 with a 48" deck to mow 2.6 acres minus the house, garage, driveways, and barn. Most of my property is hillside and the top part (about an acre and a half) was used for a horse pasture by the people before us. I've been fairly regular with keeping the yard portion...

I have a friend that just bought a used Ford 1900 with a FEL. He is thinking about buying a backhoe for it but doesn't know what size to get. He's thinking of a Bradco and would like to look at specifications, can anyone offer some advice on size, digging depths, or anything else? He's not...

I broke one of the PTO belts on my 3240 on Sunday when my mower deck got bogged down while I was trying to mow some pretty high stuff. Since it was Sunday and the local dealer was closed, I decided to pull the deck off, clean under it, and sharpen the blades. I have a 48" deck (shaft driven)...

Well, I mowed the grass Friday and Sunday for the first time at the new house. 2.6 acres in all--minus the house, garage, barn, and drive way. Friday night mowed the yard. Sunday mowed the upper part of our property that the people before us used as a pasture for their horse. Tractor was...

Hello everyone! Wanted to drop in and introduce myself. I live in SW Pennsylvania. I sell mining products to the coal industry; however, I used to sell John Deere tractors at one of the local dealerships. My wife and I just bought a new home with 2.6 acres of cardiovascular hill. It's a...