I have 16 acres of land mostly flat and i plan on getting a pole barn two horses and some other animals. I currently have a B2650 with 60" MMM, FEL, Front blade, 3PT rear snow blower, 5ft bush hog, rear blade.
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I never even thought about using the 3pt to lift them but i do want a larger tractor atnd to move away from the MMM and buy a rear finish mower to do my yard. I was looking at the Kubota L tractors. L39 or L4701.
My drive way is gravel and almost a mile long the B2650 feels to light when pushing snow not that it happens very often.............mowing is what i spend the most time doing with it in thick heavy grass with a bush hog the b2650 feel under powered seeing as to i only mow around the field once or twice a year along the fence line.
Now my yard i mow every week when we get rain. The MMM is a pain to work on and i have already broke one hanger off. The kubota weld did not hold up in it's defense it takes a beating on my ruff yard.
Now you don't tell us where you are (MO?) or your financial situation. You mention snow but we even get snow in Mississippi.
But - Tractors are in short supply, to many people had to much money given to them and decided to spend it on tractors. Some of these tractors are bound to end up being sold after people realize they don't really need them. I'd wait a while before moving up a size.
It reads like you have 3 main points:
1. Want a bigger tractor (for 16 acres)
2. Need to move a FEW bales a year
3. Need to mow yard (how big?) EVERY week (at time) and the MMM is broke
The B2650 is on the small side for the bales, but it seems a "bale trailer" would be ideal. or a 3 point bale spear.
But how many bales a year do you want to move?
The 2650 is not really designed for mowing yards, unless your yard is many acres like a golf course. If it rains often and you are mowing with either that or a much larger tractor you will probably have a problem with ruts, especially if you don't have turfs. I've a B7610 and I've rutted my lawn when I had to drive on it when it was wet, even though I've got turfs. Patching ruts is a pain. I've also mowed my yard ONCE with my 50HP M4700 and my 5' rotary. Did the job, but way overkill, sort of like using my dually to drive 80 miles to town to pick up a bag of groceries.
But if your yard is big enough to need a B2650 to mow you should look into a ZTR. Mowing a house yard with a tractor is like shooting flying geese or partridge with a .50 cal. Sure you can do it but there's a better tool.