Search results

Thanks very much for your thoughtful response. You obviously have your situation very well thought out.

Hi there and thanks for the warm welcome. Yes, ballast box will be needed. Today I went to look at a friend's JD3038, it's a couple of years old. FEL and slasher he has. He showed me some of the large logs he's pulled out with it, more than I want to do. He said it was very painless. His only...

Very good advice, thank you. The JD dealer is definitely the bigger one with a substantial workshop. What a great testimony to your old Ford tractor.

Both dealers are not what I would call highly enthusiastic. They are close though. I bought my JDX758 from one of them. The transmission fluid was a quart+ low at delivery, so pre purchase checks? We don't have a lot of choice down here.

Thank you. I took the specs off the pamphlets from both dealers. I'll recheck.

Thank you for your reply. More data. I'm 66 and very fit, semi retired with no urgency for any tasks. The trees are all eucalypts, about 20" max diameter and 60 to 80 foot tall. I'll be cutting them into pieces perhaps 10-15 feet long and pulling them out into a cleared area for further...

Thanks for your reply. The steep slopes are only between the upper and lower parts of the property. I imagine that may be part of your concern?

Hi, just joined and first post. I have a 25 acre property, some steep slopes and mostly forested. I'm wanting to buy a new smallish tractor with 4 in 1 bucket to do the following: Moving rocks and soil Pulling cut down trees out for firewood and lifting them into stacks Grading/maintaining...