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You have gotten a lot of good responses, but you really need to do your homework. You need to get some clarity on all of the tasks you need your machine(s) to do. You said drilling holes for fence posts. That is typically a one-time thing and isn't particularly demanding if you only have a...

I say it is much more important to evaluate your needs and desires very carefully. Over a decade ago I decided I needed a tractor, but knew very little about them. I did get advice to avoid "glorified lawnmowers" (super garden tractors and SCUTs). I also got advice to "go big or go home". I...

Vegetation Management is an ongoing task. I live in the Pacific Northwest and stuff loves to grow here. I have used Round Up in the past, but not a lot and probably not for a decade. The torch works, but unless you have a very small area it will take a really long time and a LOT of propane...

I believe (based on the experience of many people here and other tractor forums) that if you spend enough time (and ruin enough driveways) you can get good enough to make things look better when you are done than when you started. I know the first time I used my neighbors box blade I discovered...

An HST tractor is a poor starting point choice for an electric conversion. But, let's just start with how much energy storage you need for all day usage. Let's use 10 hours for the day (to give you some reserve and room for degradation). At an average of 5HP (so 5:1 peak to average) that is...

Interesting thread with lots of opinions. I'll tell my story. Maybe it will help you. In 2006, we moved to our new house on 10 acres, mostly wooded. In 2007, we paid a contractor to re-open the trails that had grown over, while we were building the house. We also went to the Deere dealer to...

My tractor is much smaller (B2620). I have loaded tires. I can carry a load of manure fairly easy with no additional rear weight. But anything heavier demands more. I have a 200lb rear blade for light loads and a 400lb grading scraper that is 4 feet long and wide. There is quite a...

Good question. I asked myself this very question a couple of years ago. My B2620 was 10 years old. There were two things I wished it had, quick attach for the bucket and position control for the 3PH. I didn't buy the B2630 because it was bigger (and I didn't want bigger), more expensive, and...

You are not going to find one machine that will do all the things you want well. The requirements you have need, at least, two machines. One should be a mower. The other a tractor. I have a less hilly property. I started with a JD X300, was thinking a 100 series, but decided on the X300...

There has been lots of good advice here. Some of it might even be applicable to your situation. Many people new to tractors come in with either little idea of what they are going to do or too many ideas for one machine. They also come in with too little budget for the desires. That means it...

Depends on where you look. This is really a custom part (with a price to match). You can find them here fitritehydraulics.com-pricing I have been thinking about this for a decade, maybe this will be the year I order one, so next year will be the year I actually have one.

Unless you have an electric furnace (not just a heat pump) or other very large loads even 200A service is way more than you will ever need. 200A@240V is 48KW. The maximum my house has ever drawn is about 20KW and that was for no more than about 2 min. That is with the well pump, septic pump...

I have RimGuard in my rear tires. It is heavier than water and has worked well for over a decade. I leave it in there always. I still think that slope is too steep for the little B. Make sure you have the ROPS up and your seat belt on, so when it rolls due to a moment's inattention you don't...

I read more of the posts and looked at the pictures. You need an AWD mower for that hill. I would suggest later model X728 or X748, or X729, X749, X738, X739, or X758. The X7x9 have all wheel steer which you probably don't need. The ones with 4 or 5 in the middle have diesel engines for...

I have a B2620, which is about the same size as your B2301. There is no way that I would feel safe using it on a 20 degree slope and I have had it for more than a decade. I love my B2620, but I would NEVER consider it a good tool for mowing anything over 10 degrees. Now, my slopes are such...

It depends on how much blowing you need done. I have a BR85 that my wife said she would use, but never did. It is too heavy to hold for very long, so I don't really like using it either. I bought the cheaper Ego handheld blower and now have two of them. They work great for small jobs, like...

The 0% financing on the X700 is almost never not available, ie it is almost always available. The $700 off is usually in the before Spring and usually in October too. They typically have a BF special on some models that was $1000 in past years, but they also typically raise prices right before...

You can get a weight bar and weights or you can get a rear implement. I have a grading scraper that is really heavy, but also kind of Big. The rear blade is lighter and shorter, but wider. They work nicely as weight and even better as implements. I am surprised that with loaded tires and an...

Agility (easier to spell and better meaning) is really hard to determine looking at the tractor at the dealer or even the spec sheet. It may not be what you want to here, but REALLY thinking about the tasks you need to do is REALLY important. Think about the implements that will make that task...

Lots of good advice here. I have 10 acres of wooded land with about 1/4 to 1/2 mile of trails. I have a B2620 (a small B, the B2601 is the new version/number). As a tractor it is good. But, my property is sloped and some of the trails have some side slope to them (at least 10 degrees)...

Size really matters. While looking at tractors at the dealer is not the same as on your property, it is a start. SCUTs can do a lot, but they have a LOT of limitations. If you need mostly a mower and a baby tractor, a SCUT is a good choice. If you need to do you real tractor jobs, you need a...

Last week I called my local orange dealer about getting a rear blade. I got a price, but did not commit to buying it. The price was okay based on the limited information I had. On Saturday I drove over to look at it. The salesman, not the one I had talked to (he was not there), said they had...

I have 10 acres of wooded property with some sloped areas. This is a very tough choice to make. Over a decade ago I bought a Kubota B2620. It has loaded R4 tires. They work great in all conditions, gravel, grass (wet or dry), snow too. Your choice today will really be R4 or turf. R14s are...

I see many people have a plug and a socket for a front connection. This is to make it hard to connect it up wrong. But, I have never seen this on rear remotes. Nor have I seen it on frontish remotes with more than one circuit (like on the Deere X700 series). What do you have and why? Does...

Here is the performance curve from a Kawasaki FD711D (a high-end water cooled 2 cylinder gasoline engine. This engine is probably rated at 25 or 26 HP. While it can support that (@3600 RPM) it can't do it continously. Here is the performance curve from a Kubota D1105 (a water cooled diesel...

Well, I finally did it. I am now the proud owner of a brand new B2620. I have been reading many of the posts from other people about what to buy and learned a whole lot. So, thanks to all of you for your input even if it wasn't directly addressed to me I found it helpful. Since I have...