55 Acres, Wooded, Hilly, and Snowy!

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this is really good advice jch
I hope you are ok with really wide ATV trails, because you will need quite a carve out in the woods for a L series size machine. You need room to turn around ever so often and if hilly this can be dangerous. Careful with Cab in the woods...it is certainly doable but many many have knocked of mirrors, lights or worse. Visibility Just seems to get the better of you in uncharted areas of the woods. Definitely WALK the path you are heading down in the tractor before hand and cut limbs out of the way.

I owned the predecessor to the L6060, the L5740, Grand Cab. Went into the woods with it and with cab it was nerve racking.
Marvelous tractor otherwise, very refined and easy to drive.
So if you don't mind the cold air in your face, for a newbie probably safer for you to go exploring and clearing with an open tractor.
And a good brush guard...
I don't think I'd want a front snow blower on an open tractor though.
And I remember pricing out the front snow blower. Well you need this subsystem and these three additional gizmos and it was ten grand
by the time they were done.
But what a nice ride.
Some folks drive expensive cars and can afford to do it. If you can afford it, which at that time I couldn't, boy what a nice rig to own.

But yeah, not so easy to take off, not like dropping a vplow off a SSQA FEL.
The advantage of a front snowblower is you can eat your way there slowly, granted too slow for some guys.
But you can direct the output and if you have nice plantings you don't want to wreck you can aim it somewhere else.
I'm not sure I'd take a snowblower into the woods, I'd worry about ieds.

One of the best things we do here is spend other folks money.
You get a L6060 with a front snowblower and all the attachments and you will have a seriously nice tractor where you will always remain
comfortable. Just make sure you get a cab where you can open windows. You go out to blow snow on a windy day and you get a snoot full
of that snow coming back on you and I'm thinking a cab might be appreciated.

Once I started to farm in retirement, I knew I had outgrown my L. I went up to 10K pound tractor.
Just remember the heavier the tractor the more you will muck up your wet lawn. Sometimes you have to cross lawns to get to places so
it's both tire selection and weight. With the exception of lawn and garden areas, weight is your friend. Weight down low.

 

[FrenchyRaoul]

But yeah, not so easy to take off, not like dropping a vplow off a SSQA FEL.

Even with kubota's K1 (manual) hitch? I had thought they were fairly easy connect, but have no experience with it (obviously).

EDIT: I guess the hitch installation itself is the 'hard' part. But I'll go watch the messick's video.

Careful with Cab in the woods...it is certainly doable but many many have knocked of mirrors, lights or worse. Visibility Just seems to get the better of you in uncharted areas of the woods.

Went into the woods with it and with cab it was nerve racking.

I don't think I'd want a front snow blower on an open tractor though.

You get a L6060 with a front snowblower and all the attachments and you will have a seriously nice tractor where you will always remain
comfortable. Just make sure you get a cab where you can open windows. You go out to blow snow on a windy day and you get a snoot full
of that snow coming back on you and I'm thinking a cab might be appreciated.

Damn. Now I don't know if I want a cab or not. The difference in price is close to 10K. While most of the time I think I wouldn't want a cab while in the woods, if I'm getting the grand L because it has a mid pto snowblower option, it kind of implies I *should* get the cab.

What a conundrum!

 

[daugen]

What a conundrum!

yes what a terrible problem to have...
as long as you don't mind the cold, in Vermont I don't think you have a hot summer to worry about often, so just focus on how much snow work you expect to do
vs all the other things. And then you'll find like most of us you want two tractors now.

 

[Bill Guenthner]

I appreciate the concern, I truly do. I plan to keep the tractor on level ground for a long time before I tackle any of the harder projects. Hopefully this doesn't sound too arrogant, but I'm familiar with the process of learning a new piece of machinery/tool/vehicle, and I know it takes quite a bit of time to get a deep understanding of how they behave in different conditions/learning to 'feel' the weight shifting, feeling if you have leverage (and the loss thereof).

Things like "pulling gravel up steep hills" is more of a dream; one day when I'm comfortable and understand the machine better, I might want to do more interesting projects. And I want to make sure I have a machine that can do what I want it to do. Until then, I'll be safely digging holes in my lawn and pushing gravel back and forth

Good to hear. My property is very challenging terrain and there are parts of it that I’ve had my tractor on that are way too tippy and I will not be returning to which makes it harder to keep the trails open but hey, it’s all useless if I wind up killing myself.

 

[Sberry]

Rear backblade in reverse plows really well and while blowing in reverse seems a bit different at first got to realize there can be as much going forward as reverse and get a little comfy working back isnt too bad. Those 2 items for the rear are fairly cheap.

 

[ericm979]

If you decide to go open station you could get an electric vest made for motorcyclists to help stay warm in winter. It makes a big difference there.

 

[metalbender]

Regarding the cab in the bush. I'll gladly let the mirrors and window frames get knocked around than get jabbed or worse by an errant branch. Pretty easy to make some extra clearance with a cordless pole saw. Going slow will push a lot out of the way.

 

[FrenchyRaoul]

Rather than start a new thread, can anyone weigh in on how a Grand L of similar HP might compare to something like a Massey 1835M 2850E?

 

[Buppies]

35 hp vs 54 hp not same animal but nice machines Iseki built

 

[FrenchyRaoul]

35 hp vs 54 hp not same animal but nice machines Iseki built

Sorry, that was stupid on my part. I am not at all familiar with Massey machines/series/numbering. A more even comparison would be Massey 2850E vs the Grand L 4760?

Are they similarly featured? Does the Kubota HST+ make a huge difference, or does Massey also have a premium transmission thats comparable? Does the HST+ matter that much it terms of functionality, or is it more just creature comforts? Is it a similar cost to put a front blower on a larger MF (do they even offer a mid pto on the big machines?), assuming Kubota is around $10k?

I'm pretty disappointed with the MF website, finding all the info I'm interested in is pretty painful, and I'd rather ask the experienced folks here prior to making a fool of myself at a dealer.