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Great Post!!! MAN WE LOVE OUR TRACTORS DON'T WE??? Not that I needed justification to keep my tractor but y'all brought up MANY good points I hadn't thought about. At 46 with only 2 years to pay it off (less if I just chunk some change at it) that thing will be free money in no time, for the...

The places in the original video are indeed weekend getaway type places. They are up on Lookout Mountain about 20 mins. from Chattanooga in Dade Co. Georgia. I have driven by but have not stopped. They look very well done!

I am getting a new (refurbished I think) DPF can from my dealer today. I am very tempted to just do the delete anyways and save the new can for if I ever sell it.

You sound like one of those people who sees the worst possible outcome in all situations. I feel sorry for you. I feel like explaining the situation further to you, but won't. Because you also sound like the kind of person who is never satisfied with an answer unless it agrees with your...

Just heard a piece on NPR about John Deere's practice of keeping software and diagnostics 100% dealer driven. Just listen here is the link. https://www.npr.org/2021/05/26/1000400896/standoff-between-farmers-and-tractor-makers-intensifies-over-repair-issues

Dude, you are ridiculous! These kinds of comments, thoughts and sensationalization are exactly what is wrong with our society today.

Nope! Why would I do that? But I did talk to his mother, she also works at my school. Just for the record... This kid is 17, does this exact kind of work for all kinds of people all over the county. He drives a truck WAY nicer than mine that he pays for himself by busting his a$$ working at...

How and why I need assistance is not the topic we are discussing here. If you have nothing to contribute mind your own business.

I am SLOWLY learning that if I am to keep my sanity I need to hire people to help me in life. My goal for the summer is to keep the weeds on my property at bay all summer long Last summer it was a mess, I was too busy with my shop build and the weeds got out of control. All fall I would walk...

Yeah, I am from the land of Chik-Fil-A. Eh! Not a fan, not worth waiting in line for. But around these here parts I am probably the minority by looking at the lines at their drive -ins.

I got a line on some nice clean fill dirt, delivered for FREE! I can't pass it up. Mostly clay with some small rocks. I plan on using it to flatten some areas on my property. I have a hilltop that will be a future building site. The problem is there are few flat spots. So I would like to...

I would love a lane shark, but it is just not in the budget right now. I saw this picture the other day and it got me thinking. I think you could make a lane shark out of 1 or 2 lawn mowers that you attach to your forks on the FEL. The problem is a vertical shaft lawn mower would not work...

I dated my wife in college 24 years ago. I was 4 months from graduating when we met. We dated and I stuck around for a couple months after graduation but the whole world was ahead of me and I had a plan, I left. She had 2 more years of school left, and was on a soccer scholarship, so she...

Great looking garden!! I am in the same boat. Built my shop last summer, ordered material in May. Had to BEG the truss guys to get me my trusses delivered. That is RIGHT when the bottom fell out. By July when I ordered my roof plywood it had gone up by $15/sheet. Feeling lucky!

I agree! Nothing better then taking an old, forgotten piece of American steel and making it shiny and useful again. I take great pride and satisfaction in doing so. I have an OLD Craftsman (WAY before it was Crapsman) drill press my dad gave me that needs some love. It works fine, just needs...

I built a shop last summer, not huge but adequate at 24x28 or about 650sqft. Luckily I have a contain where I store all the random stuff so the goal is to keep the shop mostly as work space. My dad also has a garage full of tools and at 95 he is not using them much anymore. Every time I see...

To that point, so have greed and excess. You can't tell me that everyone with 19,000 sqft houses and private jets worked their behinds off for 30 years to get there. I would venture a guess that the majority of those folks are not self made.

I just saw an NPR spot that said industry experts seem to think the building material shortage should be ending within the next couple months. Due to decreased demand and mills back up to almost full capacity. Here is the link, Lumber Prices Are Staying Sky High — Even If The Pandemic Ends...

Yeah I need to build some shelves in my new shop. I had some of the framing material but I had to buy 2 sheets of OSB and 6 8' 2x4s. $115 OUCH!!!

I am perfectly happy with my tractor. But I think I would have followed the advice "sit in as many tractors as you can and bit the one that fits you the best" I do not love the ergonomics of my Branson. Also I would have probably gotten HST instead of geared. But overall I am well pleased...

Learned my lesson a couple months ago. Loaned my chainsaw to a friend and he burned up the piston on it. Thankfully he was nice enough to pay my chainsaw guy to fix it. I doubt I will be lending out much any more. Not worth the hassle.

I swear if ammo ever comes back down I am buying 1000 rounds of every caliber I have. I have always been a 50 to 100 rounds at one time guy, if I needed more ammo I would just go to the store. This shortage has changed me. Let's just hope it comes back down to normalish prices some day.

Nice! I am sure we have probably paddled with some of the same people at some point. Yeah I don't kayak nearly as much as I did back in the day, I actually didn't kayak at all last year. My 9 yo really likes rafting so most of our river time is in the raft. Hope to get in a hard boat sometime...

Ahhh, an old Creek 280 and Riot Disco? Hammer? You still kayak? I live in Chattanooga, moved here in 98 to be a kayaker. Worked for NOC for many years.

I have never used these but I have seen them at HF, they look pretty slick. https://www.harborfreight.com/thigh-stabilization-knee-pads-57520.html?_br_psugg_q=knee+pads I have worn the pants with knee pad pockets and they do work very well.

Thanks fore this post!! I knew there was a method to the madness!!

I have beavers that live in my pond. They had dammed a small drainage that feeds the pond and it flooded about 4 acres of land in a couple feet of water. This was not acceptable. I decided as a first step before attempting eradication I would install a beaver deceiver, Clemson Leveler in the...

Thanks for that info gentlemen!

StimW or anyone else with a ho-made subframe care to elaborate? Do you have any more specific pictures or care to be a bit more specific with your build? I really want to get a backhoe on my tractor but I WILL NOT run one without a subframe. I have decent enough welding skills and would be...

It's easy to do Eddie! Cleared about 6 acres 2 summers ago about like rademamj1, interspersed with trees. Was busy all last summer building a shop and never got around to bush hogging it, looked like crap at the end of the summer. Plan on doing better this year.

I had the MTL. Was a pretty good bucket. I ended up selling it before I broke my tractor. Was getting too aggressive with it digging up stumps. I went to pick mine up, I only live 2 hours from their place. Customer service seemed fine.

Called the dealer back and he agreed to get me a new canister for mine under warranty. I think I might talk to the muffler shop down the road and see how much it would cost to get the muffler mod done or just buy a muffler like PTSG said. That way I won't have to worry about it and I will have...

I am in a similar situation, in my wood lot. Maybe not quite as bad. Thanks for the question and answers. On a sidenote: You NC boys are having a record wet year? It's kinda crazy because after 2 VERY wet winters the last two we are probably below average on rainfall and it is SOOOO nice...

I called my dealer yesterday as well. And he said they would have to take a look at the sensor before they could get me a new canister under warranty. He asked if I had done the "regen" process. Which is basically going out to bush hog for 2 hours. I looked in the manual it does not say...

You are going to have to lodge that complaint with OPEC, the Russians, Coronavirus and Mother Nature. And I guess with the major oil producers from the look at that stock price graph. I don't think you are going to get very far though.

You seem like a tough talk no holds bar kinda guy and I respect that. But you gotta take it if you can dish it out. There are so many factors that play into gas prices, lots of them beyond the control of us humans. For instance the recent jump was directly caused by a catastrophic winter storm...

WOW! Quite the operation! I thought I was high tech with my metal IBC cages. This takes it to a whole other level!

The MOST IMPORTANT positive change is the fact you can now scroll through pictures without going back SO NICE!! The old way was annoying.

I like the new thumbs up button. New format will get a little getting used to, but in a month we won't even remember what the old one looked like.

Finally got a good pic of the Branson and a decent load of wood. Guy down the road is a tree service guy. Had a load of silver maple he wasn't going to use so he gave it to me. Maple is my favorite wood to burn in the stove. We live in a small 1000 sqft house and the climate is such here in...

I found a decent deal on a 3 point backhoe. But I can find ZERO information about it on the internet. It is a Bradco Ag Attatch 337 backhoe. Does anyone know anything about them? Like I said I can find nothing about them, which is rare on the Google now a days. Yes I plan on buying or making...

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I figured I would start a new question so it gets more mileage. How many people here put furring strips behind their hardie lap siding? Hardie recommends it for places that get over 40" of rain per year. We get an average of 58" Only time I have done hardie was back in my college days when I...

I have the opportunity to buy some hardie siding to use on my garage. This siding have been stored outside off the ground but UNCOVERED for the last 2.5 years. I can get this stuff for pennies on the dollar. Would it be worth the risk? It looks fine, doesn't look swollen, deteriorated or...

I bought a used splitter a couple of months ago. Wondering if I should change fluid and filter. Couldn't hurt but how necessary is it?

These backhoe attachments are being sold locally online for $800. I understand one would have to be EXTRA careful using something like this on an FEL. They are being sold as a skidsteer attachment, but would work on a CUT FEL. How useful do you think something like this could be IF ONE WAS...

I was at a farmers market a few years ago and there was an older gentleman there with a van tricked out to sharpen all kinds of blades. His knife sharpener was this sweet looking low speed horizontal belt grinder with a super trick rail and clamp system. 3 different clamp angles 20, 25 and 30...

I was giving a tent away on our neighborhood email group when a gentleman emailed me asking for the tent for his organization that help homeless people. I said OF COURSE you can have the tent, but then got to thinking I have all kinds of other gear and clothes that could help the homeless and...

Gotta bump this back up to the top. Came home the other day to a huge box strapped to a pallet in my driveway. I was intrigued to say the least. Long story short the wife bought me a pellet grill for Xmas and it came early so she let me open it. It is the US Stove Company's mid sized pellet...

I bought a 40' HC container when I bought my property in 2017. I needed instant secure storage. I got an UGLY SOB of a container. But the dealer knocked off $700 so it only cost me $1500. I knew I wanted to make part of it livable for when I wanted to stay out there. So a buddy and I built a...

Went the the property the other day and as I walked close to the tractor I smelled diesel. Looked over at the tractor and noticed fuel dripping out on the side near the fuel tank. Look under there and somehow the fuel line had a leak in it. It was a slice about 1/4 inch long. I was helping a...

I was bush hoggin' a week or so ago and my DPF/DOC light came on. 3015R with 150 hours. It would flash for the first minute of turning it on and then stay solid. There was no noticeable change in engine sound or engine performance. I called my dealer who is one of their oldest and very...

I cleared a bunch of land last fall. Well as spring and summer approached I got super busy building my shop and just let it go wild all summer. Needless to say it is now a JUNGLE of weeds. Some 7' tall and so thick you can hardly walk through it. I am slowly getting it under control now that...

Build thread to come, I promise. Here is a little teaser for you.

I am building a new shop (27x24') to replace an old worn out carport. I am getting close to time to trim it out and start to put siding up. As far as siding I am going to use Hardi-plank. I wanted to trim it out with wood from my friends sawmill. I have my choice of oak, pine or poplar. My...

Thank you all for your responses. I ended up using vapor barrier, I had it so why not. Overall the pour went well. Quite a bit of work, and it is not perfect but I am very happy with the outcome, and I saved a load of dough by doing it myself. 10 yard pour with fiber, one little low spot...

I am pouring a slab for a new garage over an existing, very poorly executed asphalt garage slab. The existing slab is stable but drops in grade 13" from one corner to the next. They planned it this way for drainage and it worked for the equally poorly executed post and beam carport that was...

Went to the dump today to unload a carport I am tearing down the build a new shop/garage (post on that to come) and I SCORED! I look next to me in the metal dumpster and there is a nice looking Husquavarna 345 laying on top of the pile. So I grab it and throw it in the truck thinking, what is...

The tractor flipped 100 hours yesterday! Just a a couple weeks short of 1 year of usage. Over that time it has preformed flawlessly and has done everything I have asked of it. Just wanted to share our milestone.

Here is a close up of one of our nest boxes (the other I would haver to be floating to get a better pic) No action yet, but it is still early.

Me and my right hand man installed 2 wood duck nest boxes yesterday down by the pond. It was fun! He is very excited to monitor them to see if we get any hatchlings. He wants me to put my cellular game camera on one to monitor them from home.

$17,500 on Facebook Marketplace in Jasper, Ga.

I have been dreaming about having a dump bed since I bought my 15 acres. I find it such a waste of energy to shovel a load of mulch, gravel, manure, etc. out of a truck bed. It would be so much easier to dump it in a nice pile then use the tractor to put it in place. It just seems SOOOOOO much...

Hello all. I am interested in putting together my own kit to install rear remotes on my 2019 Branson 3015. I have a freind that can get CHEAP hydraulic hoses and fittings, so all I would need to buy retail is the valve. I am a hydraulic newbie, although I was able to install a diverter valve...

Took my first deer on my life Sunday! I made a nice little food plot this fall. Has brought some decent deer. I have sat out there 7 times, both morning and evening. The deer have been pretty nocturnal lately. I let a doe with 2 fawns walk last Tuesday, they have been the only deer I have...

Finally got a decent buck coming through. The spypoint sent this pic through this morning.

THANK YOU SIR!! You must be good luck because this feller came over the airwaves last night.

MY WORK IS DONE HERE! Planted this plot September 21st in the middle of a pretty hardcore drought/record heat situation. Clover, chickory and a strip of brassicas down the middle (Rapeseed, turnips and kale). The middle of the plot is doing great because I irrigated almost every day from the...

MY WORK IS DONE HERE! Planted this plot September 21st in the middle of a pretty hardcore drought/record heat situation. Clover, chickory and a strip of brassicas down the middle (Rapeseed, turnips and kale). The middle of the plot is doing great because I irrigated almost every day from the...

Made a new firewood holder. Plastic pallet, 2x4's and welded wire fencing. Will be able to move it with the tractor forks. Should be strong enough. Thinking about adding a ratchet strap or rope around the top of the 2x4's. I split the poplar and my favorite helpers loaded the rack! Team...

My food plot is coming along nicely!! been irrigating every day to offset the ridiculous heat. pic 1 is a mix of turnips, rapeseed and kale. pic 2 will turn into a sea of clover and chickory. Looking forward to rain and cooler weather so i can stop irrigating and give this area a rest...

It's working!!! Been irrigating every day, got a little help from mother nature Friday night in the form of a nice little rain shower. Looks like 1 more week of record heat and drought and then it's taking a turn for the better. Can't wait!!

The only real way the drought is impacting me at the moment is my deer food plot. I planted a new one Saturday and I am irrigating it with an irrigation pump pulling water out of the creek behind it. The seeds are starting to sprout right now. Hopefully the mid 90's they have forecasted for...

Yeah this weather is CRAZY! I have worked hard all summer to get my plot ready for this fall and the weather has totally derailed my plans. It is awfully hard to plat a winter food plot when it is hot and dry so I had to take matters into my own hands. I have a creek running just a few feet...

So it has been insanely hot and dry here in the southeast. It is awfully hard to plat a winter food plot when it is hot and dry so I had to take matters into my own hands. I have a creek running just a few feet from my plot so I thought I would irrigate. Bought a HF irrigation pump and intake...

Never seen a dozer with a 3 point witch and a PTO. Pretty sweet!! If I had $11,000 sitting around I might just buy it. Imagine how versatile it would be. You could put a backhoe on it!

I have about 14 acres of bottom land with a 4 acres pond, pond has resident beavers. I don't mind them being there as they do not seem to eat the trees on my property. I have only seen 1 tree that had noticeable beaver damage on all 14 acres. So until that changes I will try to live in harmony...

Long shot, but does anyone know what size the spring/roll pins are for the quick hitch bushings? I bought a set of bushings and I lost the pins. I can order them online but I don't know what size they are. Help!

Been working on a food plot last couple weeks. There was tons of debris from my bobcat bush hoggin' so I broke down and bought a used 6' Landscape rake. Got the plot cleaned up real nice.

It's coming along nicely. Spread about 1000 lbs of lime, a mix off pellets and that barn grip stuff they have at TSC. Then after a few good rains ran the box blade through it with the rippers all the way down to break up the dirt and get some of the roots out. As you can see in my first...

So I saw this ballast on Craigslist. The seller says it is 600 pounds. My tractor probably need 1000-1200 pounds back there. What do ya'll think about encasing this ballast in concrete to get it up to 1100 or so pounds? Could I make it thick enough to not crack and break apart?

It is the quick attach plates on both sides where they meet the arms. 100% symmetrical. About 2 inches of the "weld" popped. I was digging in some gravel. Lou - I think you are correct. Some welds look good until you stress them. Dealer says Branson sent me an updated coupler. Whatever...

I dread even posting about this because I do not wish to draw negative attention to our beloved Bransons. However, after much research I do not think this is an epidemic, rather an isolated incident so I would rather turn these lemons into lemonade. I will let the pictures speak for...

I went to TSC yesterday to get some lime for my food plots. I got half pelletized and half powdered lime and mixed them, worked rather well. I bought 6 bags of barn lime, 2 of the 6 bags was POWDERED lime of the Waukesha brand like they have on their website. The other 4 were a different...

So this is my first food plot. I cleared this land in the spring and have been slowly using my Branson 3015R to clean it up and get it ready. I plan on spreading lime in the next week or so. My plan is to have it ready to pant Durana clover by first week in September. I will also plant some...

I feel like the engine on my 3015R is more quiet after my 50 hr service, is that possible? I used Rotella T5, so maybe that is making a difference. Also, I filled the oil to the TOP of the markings on the dip stick, is that OK. I could easily drain a little if not.

So I was doing my 50 hour service yesterday and decided I would be smart and use about 6" of 1/2" id tubing attached to the end of my funnel to make getting the funnel in a more desirable position to pour my engine oil and hydtrans fluid. Worked great for engine oil. As I went to put tube in...

FINALLY got my diverter valve installed on my 3015. I had a bracket made so the diverter valve could be placed on the same bracket as the loader valve. I think it turned out pretty nice. Hydraulic tip that I learned the hard way, USE LOTS OF TEFLON TAPE!! Had a few fitting leaking after...

I am relatively new to diesel engines, only owning my tractor since April then having minor exposure to diesel fuel before that. But I know what diesel smells like. Here is my issue. I bought a diesel "gas" can at the flea market a couple months ago. It was clean and I rinsed it with a...

32 loads of fine Georgia clay (FREE) over the last week. Spread it over a 1/4 acre area that was being wasted due to weeds, unevenness and large rocks. WAY BETTER now!

Hey guys! I have a 3015R with 31 hours on it. I went to add grease to the zerks on the front steering assembly today. They have these little rubber grease "pockets" around where the grease goes in. I noticed one of them is already starting to dry rot. Not to the point where grease is coming...

Finally found some clean fill dirt. The school I work at is having a bunch of construction done and they are digging footers for a new gym. This fill will come from there. I am going to use this fill to level an area that was filled with larger stone, brick and block. My question is: I...

My buddy has a circle mill and a bandsaw mill. He got a few pine trees from a neighbor and we went to milling it up the other day. It's amazing what a sawmill, a bobcat and a couple hard working fellas can get done in short order. Looking forward to getting more mill time to get a stock pile...

Evening gentlemen, I just bought an 85 F250, this truck has a trailer brake box under the dash. I am in the process of redoing an 18' car hauler to pull my tractor, I want to rewire the trailer brakes on the tractor to use them with my truck. Here is my question: I have noticed most trucks...

I am looking for a better solution for locking my gate than the old chain and padlock. My buddy has a cylinder welded to the gate for the padlock to go in. Keeps the crooks from using bolt cutters or angle grinder. Something like this: I was just wondering if anyone has easier/more...

I am in the process of installing a diverter on my Branson 3015 using the "kit" from Summit Hydraulics out of Arizona. I am a complete novice when it comes to hydraulics and needless to say I was a bit overwhelmed with what I needed to make it work. I took the instructions, kit and a bunch of...

I bought a 40' shipping container sight unseen a little over a year ago. They brought me the ugliest SOB container I had ever seen huge dents in top, patches, awful floor. Didn't pay the guy upfront so I had a few chips to bargain with. He wanted $2500 for it, I had the driver(not the guy I...

I have dreamt about owning land, a tractor, some food plots, animals for most of my adult life. In November of 2017 the dream came true when I bought 14 acres in NW Georgia. It's rough, overgrown, got a few tires and a little junk BUT IT'S MINE!!! Now my dreams consist of shaping this land...

Bought a MTL Attachments stump bucket to help me clear some land. The 3015 did really well with it. We were able to clear about 20 3-6" trash trees in about 1.5 hours. Now I need to get my diverter kit hooked up so I can use my new root grapple to clean up my mess. Here is my mean machine.

Took the new MTL Attachments stump bucket for a spin today. Been clearing some land and I'm using the stump bucket to dig out the $h!t trees I could't/didn't get with the bush hog/bobcat combo. I was able to get about 20 3-6" trees roots, stump and all down in about an hour and a half. Not...

So I was looking through Craigslist and I stumbled upon this trailer. I am going to eventually need a dump truck or trailer to do some fill work on my property. At the moment the area that I need to do the work is not accessible by truck. Only 4 wheeler and tractor. My thought would be to...

Off to pick up a stump bucket and grapple this afternoon!! Excited to get a grapple, have heard nothing but good things about them. In the process of clearing land, so I imagine it will be and excellent tool in the arsenal. I did not have time to run over to my property to look at the...

I am in the exact same situation as you. I have 14 acres of small trees, brush and privet mixed into a hardwood bottomland forest. I rented a bobcat with a Xtreme duty brush cutter a few weeks ago and it did a pretty great although messy job clearing 4 or 5 of those acres. By messy I mean...

So here is my dilemma. I rented a bobcat with XTREME duty brush cutter and bush hogged about 5 acres that was in small brush/trees, vines and other undesirables. I would like to make 2 or 3 smaller (1/4 to 1/2 acre each) plots in that area. I am going to use my box blade to clean it up a...

What about one of these? They are $3 or 400 less expensive. Or what about a box blade with the teeth all the way down?

I own 14 acres of mostly Privet, vines and other undesirables. Correction, I did own 14 acres of such. After this weekend I will have put a large dent in that total. I rented a bobcat with a heavy duty brush cutter and laid into it. I am pretty excited about the outcome, but is it far from...

I am renting a Bobcat and bush hog this weekend to FINALLY tame my 12+ acres of privet, thorns and other undesirables. In preparation for this I had to first tame a few sketchy spots on the road down into my bottom land. I hauled 4 or 5 loads of bricks, asphalt chunks and cinder blocks down to...

I gave my 3015R a new bedroom. 18x12 shed roof off the side of my shipping container. I new I had to get it under a roof, kicked around a few ideas; metal carport, fabric garage, etc. This option only cost me about $400, way cheaper than a metal carport of this size and probably cheaper than...

I bought 14 acres about 16 months ago. I like my land, I want to keep it. My question is: Do you carry any kind of insurance on the land or liability insurance in the case that someone hurts themselves on your land? As of now I don't see a great need for it. But my eventual goal is...

I need some fill dirt for various projects. I put an ad on Craigslist and finally got a bite. What kinds of things should I be wary of in accepting fill dirt and gravel off of craigslist? Thanks in advance for your help.

I have been wanting tooth bar and think the Piranha tooth bars look like exactly what I need. I have a plasma cutter and and a 220 MIG welder so I have decided to try to make one myself. I went to the steel supply store the other day and they wanted $80 for a 60" piece of 3/8" bar stock 6...

GOT MY TRACTOR STUCK! I feel like this is a rite of passage for new tractor owners. I took my tractor down into my bottom land to get a friends boat I was borrowing, on the way down I realized I was in trouble for my trip back up. The roads on my property are still in rough shape due to years...

I have ridden motorcycles most of my adult life. Most newer motorcycles come into this country with restricted air intakes and exhausts and numerous "SMOG" reducing devices to meet the EPA emission standards. The first thing most people do to those motorcycles is to open up the airbox and...

Don't want to revive a thread that is better off dead. But ya'll asked me for pictures. Here is my new tractor in his natural habitat. In the process of building a shed roof off the backside (left side) of the container to house it in.

Man's Best Friends!! Here is my new tractor in his natural habitat. Building a new shed roof off the side of the container for him to sleep in .

Yesterday when I went to my dealer for a test drive, I talked to an old timer loading up a ratted out, beat up 2008 Branson of similar size. He said his family bought their first tractor in 1957, so he's not new to tractors. He said you couldn't ask for a better tractor than these Bransons. they...

He's home!! What a beauty!! Not his actual home, He will be residing at my property a mile down the road. More pictures to come!

I have access to this rusty old cement mixer and was wondering what one would do to make it run off a PTO. I was thinking of attaching it to a plastic pallet with room for bags of cement and all the tools. Have my own mobile concrete plant. Help this PTO newbie design this thing.

My options have been narrowed down to a brand spanking new Branson 3015R for $18K, NUF SAID!! Or a yet to be seen 2009 Bobcat CT235 with less than 200 hours for an asking price of $12.5K maybe with bushhog, might be able to get them down a bit. It is from a co-workers inlaw; garage queen...

My options have been narrowed down to a brand spanking new Branson 3015R for $18K, NUF SAID!! Or a yet to be seen 2009 Bobcat CT235 with less than 200 hours for an asking price of $12.5K maybe with bushhog, might be able to get them down a bit. It is from a co-workers inlaw; garage queen...

It seems prices for these things are all over the place on Tractor House. The lowest I have seen is $9900 for an 09 with average hours up to almost $17k for a low hour 2011. Numerous others in the $10k- $13k range. Thats a big spread! Where do you think a 2009 with low hours belongs? My...

Subject says it all. Likes, Dislikes, pros, cons. Sell me or scare me.

So now that I am back in the market for a tractor I am deciding between 2 camps, Used and New. And also in turn "simple" and "complicated". I still like Bransons, they are heavier, stronger,(according to tractor data) and just as well built as most name brands. However, in my research I have...

Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen! Long time Lurker, first time posting. I have revered this forum for a long time due to the depth and breadth of knowledge contained within these pages, the helpful people and the amazing climate of respect that is missing from far too many forums. TBN is one...