Buying Advice Advice for first time tractor buyer

[shooterdon]

Have the backhoe work quoted. You can then decide if you want to invest in a BH. A good operator will be two or three times faster than you are. Renting can be an option but there is a learning curve so factor that in.

I have spent $500 in the past 6 years for BH work on my 20 acres. YMMV.

Also, the BH needs to be stored. Some are easier to connect than others. Have the dealer show you how to connect and remove the back hoe.

 

[jeff9366]

The Kubota dealer also has an L2501 but it is a GST not an HST transmission.

Kubota L2501/gear is a traditional clutch & gear tractor, not a GST/Glide Shift Transmission. GST is much more sophisticated and easier to use gear iteration relative to traditional clutch & gear.

MORE: https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums...523-warning-those-considering-gear-drive.html

 

[Jchonline]

Several of us have proven (with pictures) Doktor Orange wrong on that point.

Sure you can do it, but it takes hours and beats up your machine. My backhoe alone weights 700 lbs more than your entire tractor and I dont dig them unless I absolutely have to. Advising someone not to buy a backhoe to dig up stumps is sound. Of course it can be used here and there for it...but that is not a reason to buy it in my opinion.

 

[Egon]

For what the OP wants to do a tractor similar to my JD4200 with backhoe would work well. Some feel the small backhoes are useless but used in perspective they can be a great addition. Industrial backhoes come in different sizes with the small ones being toys compared to the large ones. It should also be noted that digging beyond five feet requires shoring or a cage which moves the job into a different category. Of coarse there are those who claim they can tell when deeper trenches may collapse. They have a tendency to make news.

Previously my B 7100 preformed most of the tasks the OP has listed other than having a backhoe. Chains add an unbelievable amount of traction. Load the bucket and put a little down force on the three point and pulling ability is greatly increase.

On ice and wet snow conditions you may find weight does not help traction.

Digging Rocks & Pulling Maple Log. It came up a twenty degree driveway slope. I do believe it weighed more
than the tractor.

 

[seville009]

Even a mini excavator with a 12-14' reach gets to seem pretty small at times.

I always think that when I知 moving dirt or snow, then I get out to manually move what seems to be a small clump of dirt, or rock, or chunk of snow and I can稚 budge it.....

 

[dodge man]

I had a Kubota BX before I got a Jd2025. To a first time tractor owner and operator, a little bit bigger tractor can seem intimidating. BX tractors and there equivalent are great little machines, I owned one for 10 years but for the uses you list, I'd go bigger. I've attached a picture of a pine stump I dug out with my BX, filling the hole in and getting it out took me probably 4 hours and the BX wouldn't pull it out, I did that with my truck. They work for digging out a stump but not the most efficient, but if that's all you got......

 

[cathy liebchen]

I had a Kubota BX before I got a Jd2025. To a first time tractor owner and operator, a little bit bigger tractor can seem intimidating. BX tractors and there equivalent are great little machines, I owned one for 10 years but for the uses you list, I'd go bigger. I've attached a picture of a pine stump I dug out with my BX, filling the hole in and getting it out took me probably 4 hours and the BX wouldn't pull it out, I did that with my truck. They work for digging out a stump but not the most efficient, but it that's all you got......

agree with this. You can dig stumps out with a small tractor backhoe but it takes a lot of time and is hard on the equipment. Here you can get a guy with a huge Kobelco tracked excavator hoe for a day for under $1,000 and they can do a stump like that in 10 minutes, dozens in a day, and fill and compact all of the holes.

 

[Ecreps]

Thanks for the input everyone, I have decided on getting the XJ2025H without the backhoe.

What brand rear blade and rotary cutter do you all reccomend? I assume the rear blades are all about the same?

 

[murphy1244]

Thanks for the input everyone, I have decided on getting the XJ2025H without the backhoe.

What brand rear blade and rotary cutter do you all reccomend? I assume the rear blades are all about the same?

Yeah! Have fun and enjoy that new machine feeling!

 

[Pete in Reno NV]

I just joined this site yesterday; looking for first ever tractor purchase now that I am retired. I have 54 acres but over 40 of it is mountain desert and natural with unworkable grades. I am concerned with defensible fire space so I wouldn’t old basically look to pull out low junipers and thick sage brush plus snow removal, small rock scooping, gravel-driveway maintenance and clearing trails for our ATVs. I have been looking at the Deere 3032 E, Kioti CK3510 or the Mahindra 2638 (all HST). Looking to stay under $25K with some implements. Not looking for a backhoe at this time. Any guidance would be appreciated. I don’t want anything huge but I don’t want to buy anything underpowered. If I don’t use it my wife will kill me for wasting money.