Edit: to clear confusion, I have plenty of room to store all tractors listed below currently. I will have a second place to store in the near future. My concern is not I致e r buying which I always seem to do. I am familiar with ROPs height and concerns, I have equipment with those already.
Basics:
7 acres
moderate hills/slopes
1600ft gravel drive way maintenance (spreading gravel, land planing)
rip rap rock maintenance around 2 times a year on a 200ft retaining wall
light field mowing (future proofing, around 4 acres, but not a current need)
Moving firewood around
post hole digger for replacing a few fences (future proofing)
Primary work being FEL (i'm getting old) and driveway maintenance
I feel like I'm going in circles. Some dealers say are pushing the smaller units below and others are pushing the larger units. I'm giving them all the same information and at least half of them had both the smaller and larger of the units listed below available when I visited. I'd prefer something in the b2601/tym264/26xlt range, just b/c it seems about right to me based on feel, but i have zero experience. However, my concern is going too small/big and needing to purchase again in a few years. I feel like pretty good deals can be had on all the units listed below, so my primary concern is buying something I can use for the next 10-20 years, with a bit of luck.
Thanks for any thoughts/opinions.
models i've looked at:
john deere 1025r/2025r/3025e
kubota b2601/l2501
branson 2400h/2505h
tym 264
Mahindra 26 xlt/1556
LS xj2025h/MT225
Basics:
7 acres
moderate hills/slopes
1600ft gravel drive way maintenance (spreading gravel, land planing)
rip rap rock maintenance around 2 times a year on a 200ft retaining wall
light field mowing (future proofing, around 4 acres, but not a current need)
Moving firewood around
post hole digger for replacing a few fences (future proofing)
Primary work being FEL (i'm getting old) and driveway maintenance
I feel like I'm going in circles. Some dealers say are pushing the smaller units below and others are pushing the larger units. I'm giving them all the same information and at least half of them had both the smaller and larger of the units listed below available when I visited. I'd prefer something in the b2601/tym264/26xlt range, just b/c it seems about right to me based on feel, but i have zero experience. However, my concern is going too small/big and needing to purchase again in a few years. I feel like pretty good deals can be had on all the units listed below, so my primary concern is buying something I can use for the next 10-20 years, with a bit of luck.
Thanks for any thoughts/opinions.
models i've looked at:
john deere 1025r/2025r/3025e
kubota b2601/l2501
branson 2400h/2505h
tym 264
Mahindra 26 xlt/1556
LS xj2025h/MT225
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