Compact sub compact?

[jjeff]

It all depends on how quick you need it done. I didn't like missing work for snow back then, or showing up late everytime I needed to clear the driveway, so speed was important to me.

My attitude has changed a little with regard to all of that, in recent years, but I know some still need to get up and out as quickly as possible on snow days.

It's for my vacation cabin, feel very fortunate I have the time to be up there and resources to even be considering a subcompact tractor for intermittent use. Already fantasize about being able to somewhat safely mow grass easier going up those hills. Lack of speed plowing snow would hinder my snowmobile riding time up there I guess.

 

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Hauling 17k on my trailer with my truck is violating something, somewhere I believe even with a CDL. However I bought that trailer knowing I'd never need a bigger one.

Well, not if your state has certain criteria for d.o.t usage. My state allows weights up to 26k all combined.
My state is rather puritanical in its nature so yours could be even more.

 

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I suspect the former more than the latter. We haven't been seeing a lot of threads here filled with chronic 1-series problems, but we do know most wish they had bought a bigger tractor, and the 1-series are awfully small!

I've been strongly considering adding a BX or JD1 to my set of tools as I've got some places that are inconvenient for my ~5½' wide tractor.
I wouldn't've been happy with less of a tractor/smaller tractor, but I do find myself wishing I had something smaller - and my wife wants something better to pull her garden cart around (and we need a bigger garden cart... and the old "lawn tractor" definitely wouldn't be happy with anything bigger!).
So, I'm mildly shopping for an SCUT...

Off topic - just curious, is there much of an aftermarket for a backhoe attachment for something like a BX or JD1? I've seen a couple SCUTs for sale with them, and I definitely don't need two backhoes, so being able to sell it eventually would be a bonus..

 

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Are there aftermarket mid pto model specific or somewhat universal front mount snow blowers out there.?

Yes
We do. Mahindra 1100 series.
790 lb fel lift.
If you weren’t going to lift and load with the tractor, you could use a 3 point attachment to carry dirt, debris, logs etc.
Front mount snow blowers almost necessitate a shield of some sort such as a cab.
So this Mahindra provides a cab, 52” pto belly mower that gets off and on in minutes plus your mid pto snow thrower.

 

[airbiscuit]

It's for my vacation cabin, feel very fortunate I have the time to be up there and resources to even be considering a subcompact tractor for intermittent use. Already fantasize about being able to somewhat safely mow grass easier going up those hills. Lack of speed plowing snow would hinder my snowmobile riding time up there I guess.

I would prefer a compact tractor (Kubota B, of John Deere 2xxx series) over a SCUT (Kubota BX, of John Deere 1xxx series). Your usage/location is helpful information. In that case, a subcompact would be fine. My neighbor has a Kubota GR2120 garden tractor. It is amazing how much snow he can blow with that (when he doesn't suck up a garden hose!). A BX sould be a sigificant step uo from that. Maybe you can find a good used one with a loader and a front mount snowblower.

Good luck with your search.

 

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Off topic - just curious, is there much of an aftermarket for a backhoe attachment for something like a BX or JD1? I've seen a couple SCUTs for sale with them, and I definitely don't need two backhoes, so being able to sell it eventually would be a bonus..

No there isn’t aftermarket wise.
However recently, half the tractors we sell have backhoes and this for tractors of all sizes including scuts so the need could be growing.
The problem is most are proprietary toward brand.

 

[jjeff]

Sold my 3ph self contained bh pretty quickly a few years ago (had a pump you hooked up to rear PTO shaft) didn't run off the tractors hydraulic system.