Best Mountain Tractor?

[Charlie_Iliff]

<font color=blue>"Not embarrasing at all. It will be embarrasing when you post that you have done it for the third time"</font color=blue>

I learn from my mistakes -- I can repeat them exactly.

 

[bubenberg]

i was under the impression that only i was making mistakes ... and every time they come on i almost know the outcome ... once a dead man was found a few properties down the creek from me. the local gestapo insisted to my wife, that it must be me, because they had found my 8N Ford tractor upstream, stuck in the wet sand.

 

[MossRoad]

Oooo, that's horrible!

I have to ask... who was it?

 

[bubenberg]

some guy from philadelphia visiting his mother ... she did not even report him missing.

 

[wasabi]

<font color=blue>Yo wasabi;
This thread has spread many directions with lots of good info. I was just wondering if you had decided what might fit the bill best for your situation?
Moon</font color=blue>

Moon, etal,

Well, having weighed all of your sage advice, I've made my decision. For anyone following this slightly meandering trail, I have been on the hunt for a machine to tackle multiple tasks on our remote mountain property (did I mention it is steep in places?)....

Here tis....Power-Trac 2445 w/ Backhoe and multiple quick-attach implements...two buckets, planter/auger, forks, trencher, power angle blade and more to come.

The basic specs: 4 WD, Hydrostatic, 45 hp Deutz Diesel, 2500 lbs wt, 12" ground clearance, 0 to 12 mph, very sturdy ROPS, 5'8" wheel base, 60" width, 1800lb lift capacity to 9', backhoe with 10 ft reach, 8 ft depth and 3200 lbs breakout....more info available at: www.power-trac.com

For the foreseeable future, I'll be posting less and tractoring more. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif We just got over 75 tons/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif of gravel dumped near the beginning of our 1.5 mile logging road/driveway, so culverts, road scraping and spreading the stone is job one. Next comes the building site.

Thanks to all for helping with my tractor and implement research!! It has been great fun!

 

[wasabi]

another pic:

 

[wstr75]

Found this 2002 post in a search. Several posts mentioned a Unimog tractor but nobody posted a link. I was curious and found the following link. Interesting truck with tractor qualities like front and back PTO. It appears top heavy to me, but the manufacturer says it handles hillsides well. The attached link shows the wheels doing their individual thing which may be the secret to its off-road ability. I bet this puppy costs a pretty penny what with the dollar being cheap.

Mercedes-Benz UK - Unimog - Unimog Overview

 

[IslandTractor]

Found this 2002 post in a search. Several posts mentioned a Unimog tractor but nobody posted a link. I was curious and found the following link. Interesting truck with tractor qualities like front and back PTO. It appears top heavy to me, but the manufacturer says it handles hillsides well. The attached link shows the wheels doing their individual thing which may be the secret to its off-road ability. I bet this puppy costs a pretty penny what with the dollar being cheap.

Mercedes-Benz UK - Unimog - Unimog Overview

I thought Unimog's were considered trucks rather than tractors. They do have a PTO as I recall and can be outfitted with cranes, backhoe etc etc for $$$$$ but basically they are military trucks.

 

[wstr75]

Island, I read all 15 pages of this thread and there were repeated references to Unimog, so I decided to post a link. Yes, its not much of a tractor replacement, but it does do some tractor work. For example, the Unimog web site says that in the U.K., farm tractors can not do any roadside work. They use the Unimog with boom mowers to do the road side mowing.
Bill in NC

 

[bjcsc]

Just like the farming Jeeps of the 50's...