Clueless about tractors

[flusher]

Before you really overthink this, head for a few dealers and get some seat time behind the wheel of several SCUTs. Discuss your wants and needs with the sales person. Check out the service and parts departments.Your questions will be answered faster that way. Choose the dealer who is the most helpful and treats you with respect.

Good luck

 

[Al Mac]

Welcome to TBN.
As many comment on the advantages about having a SCUT. I will say that I could not agree more. It is like having several people helping on a project but you don't have to listen to them. Just you and your toy, I mean tractor.
Something not talked about much is the dealers. When I was looking I went into the parts counter first at each dealer looking for a somewhat odd item. It was a fuel cover for a older model in the dealers make.
A internet search was helpful picking the model and aprox year. From the time I asked the question about getting a fuel cap at counter I watched to see how much they were willing to do to help in my "problem".
From their I looked at the models they had in the yard. The sales people are always helpful but a tractor is out of warranty a lot longer than it is in warranty. Parts and service are often closely tied with how they help costumers.
I ended up with a Kubota B 2920, FEL,MMM,Blower which is the help I needed with the kids not home now.

Enjoy your search.

Al

 

[whizdbiz2]

Another consideration if you need a mower on a SCUT, think about a 3 pt. mounted (rear) finish mower. Much easier to take on and off and you can get into corners easier, if that is a need (I have 4 pasture fields to mow and need to be able to back into the corners to clean it up, can't do that with a mid mount). Might be cheaper too, lots of good used ones out there, and when you don't need it anymore it's easier to sell than a MMM.

I've always had riding mowers for grass and a couple of N series Fords (a 9N and an 8N) for bigger work, but got a Mahindra eMax 22 SCUT with a FEL a couple of years ago. Wish I'd done that much earlier.

 

[jeff9366]

How many obstacles, such as trees and flower beds, are in the area you will mow two to four times per month?

This question has been hanging for awhile.

 

[PJL13]

Thank you all for your responses. I certainly agree that I need to get to some of the dealers/stores around here, which is on my list of things to do before the house is completed.

As far as details of our land, we have about 2.5 acres that we hope to grow grass on and mow, currently with no obstacles. Additionally, we have a 250 ft driveway, which we'll need to plow.

Next step for me will be to check out the local vendors.

I appreciate all of the information and input and as I gather more information and have more "direction" of our end goal(s), I'll be sure to post more.

 

[jeff9366]

As far as details of our land, we have about 2.5 acres that we hope to grow grass on and mow, currently with no obstacles.

In that case, a Three Point Hitch mounted Rear Finish Mower might be as good or better than a Zero Turn for you.


FINISH MOWER VIDEO: finish mower tractor - YouTube

 

[Teachu2]

Pjl,



So a scut can lift a pallet of landscape blocjs or patio blicks ans carry it to a location while a faeden teactor pylls a xaet ans yoy dobthe loadibf in and our with muscles.

I question the first part of that - a pallet of blocks may be north of 2200lbs, which is beyond most SCUTs and many CUTs. I certainly can't argue with the second half of that sentence, though! :confused2:

 

[brasco426]

I certainly can't argue with the second half of that sentence, though! :confused2:

Lol

 

[AxleHub]

I question the first part of that - a pallet of blocks may be north of 2200lbs, which is beyond most SCUTs and many CUTs. I certainly can't argue with the second half of that sentence, though! :confused2:

Greetings teachu2,

Since getting forks to be used on my scut . . I often use pallets of different dimentions to move pato blocks or landscape blocks or concrete blocks or bags of heavy weight from spot to spot. The weight varies from a couple hundred pounds up to about 800+ pounds depending on need and physical size of the pallet. I wasn't referring to commercial palletizing.

And yep . . Sometimes automatic spellcheckers seem to re-interpret typed statements lol.

 

[jeff9366]

I'm in the process of building a house on 4 acres of old farmland (wheat).

I like the idea of subcompact tractor, but not sure if a subcompact tractor would be too much for my needs.

3.) Subcompact tractor with front loader for snow, and a mower attachment...and wallet permitting, a backhoe for other work

I would plan your garage to have one door tall enough so your tractor can enter/extit without having to fold the ROPS. Having two doors for the tractor, one at each end of the garage, will be a feature of my next house. I would not store a tractor for residential use outside. Weather and rodents will cause more depreciation than actual use. Tractors are theft prone. There are no VIN numbers on tractors, which can be routinely checked by law enforcement. When gone, seldom recovered.


A Backhoe for a sub-compact tractor adds $5,000 to the price. It is hard to imagine how you will get $5,000 value out of a Backhoe on four open acres.

Your Front End Loader is for landscaping tasks. Various Three Point Hitch implements, relatively cheap, lay pipe and wire easier than trenching with a Backhoe.

What tasks do you envision requiring a Backhoe on four acres? Relative to your money this may be where you can benefit from our experiences.

You will find far more uses for your tractor when you have it than you can imagine now. You will meet your new neighbors sooner than expected, and find them to be surprisingly friendly, when you have a tractor.