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Some small updates: During closing we discovered that we are responsible for maintaining the entire 0.6 mile driveway to the house, putting total maintaining distance at about 0.75 of mostly dirt road on me. Also my first purchase was going to be a kubota rtv. Went to the local dealership and...

If you think that is confusing, let's talk about the the one million and one different and constantly changing CDC protective equipment and infection best practices that I've been through in the last year and a half! Anyways... I've more or less made a mental average of the recommendations and...

You all have been absolutely fantastic. Thank you to everyone. I have lots to think about and much more wisdom than what I started with.

Clearly I'm no expert, but I've been seeing a lot of videos of gravel driveway maintenance that use box blades, land planes, and landscape rakes. For those suggesting other machines besides a normal tractor, can you run all of those items and if so what size?

The reason behind wanting the buddy seat, and I wasn't clear enough in my first post which was my bad, is not that I want them there for work. That is daddy time. Some may say I'm TOO safety minded by this but I don't really want them in it EVER, unless they have their own seat with a seat...

More like if I hurt myself I will cry like a baby about my boo boo and request a prompt band aid. Remember: Male Nurse. Until that point I'm probably a good bit more safety conscious than most though. ;)

Thank you for your reply. I think if I put on one more youtube video from Messicks or Good Works Tractor my wife is going to suffer a neck injury from rolling her eyes so hard and then proceed to wring mine. In all seriousness, I know that obviously nothing is a replacement for seat time and...

Just to clarify something also, about 13ish of the previously farmed land is surrounding the house 360 degrees and I'm not willing to lease something in that proximity to the house for farming. The 15ish acres that I am willing to lease is separated by a substantial tree and shrub row (wall of...

Sandy and flat ground. No bodies of water or bridges. I can't speak to every inch of the property yet about any swampy areas.

That's an incredible little machine! I'd honestly need to do a ton of research on something like that because I've not considered one or even know what one costs.

So it sounded like I had a strong response that the tym 1104 was too much machine for me and even for my land purposes. Do people also think the smaller kubota m4 is too large?

Most would probably be surprised how staunchly and drastically the things in CA have driven me in the polar opposite direction. As did going to college after being in the military.

I "took the scenic route" to this point in my life of being in my early thirties with two young kids and fleeing to the country. Shithead until my early twenties, military, out and used my GI bill, found myself back in a CA that seemed greatly different than what I knew as a starry eyed kid...

Thank you very much to everyone for the replies and shared wisdom. Sounds like considering a smaller machine is something I need to do. As a side note, while I am not interested in spending every waking moment maintaining and working on my land, I do have a significant interest in doing most...

Hello folks. Moving to a 58 acre property soon from the 'burbs (also escaping CA, but that is a different discussion) and am looking into getting my first tractor. About 28 acres of the land is previously farmed acreage that I want to keep knocked down and tamed by semi regular mowing/bush...