G'day from Australia.

[0biwan]

Hi there,
New to tractors, just acquired a Branson 6225h (stuffed ankle and knee so wanted to avoid shifting gears). I have 85 off-grid acres of hilly overgrown ex-dairy to clear of lantana, thornbush etc. tracks to maintain and rebuild, fences to build....a few generations of work in short. Of the 85, 30 are green reserve and about 25 are clear (apart from lantana!), the rest is either too steep for a tractor of filled with regrowth.

I know next to nothing about tractors but am watching a lot of youtube (Tractor Mike, Stoney Ridge, Hamiltonville etc.) to get tips and clues. My neighbour has many years experience and there is a good mechanic in town so, with luck, I will not kill myself!

I'll be asking questions in the Branson forum so any tips are appreciated.
Cheers,
Greg

 

[bullbreaker]

:tractor::welcome: to TBN !
If you lasso a good Brumby and survive , post us a pic will Ya ! :horse::horseshoe:..................
Thank you ! ........................Play safe ! :thumbsup:

 

[0biwan]

It's only you American cousins that lasso them...we drink them under the table :drink:

But here's a shot of the new Branson

 

[Wagtail]

G'day Cobber and welcome to TBN from Tassie.

Enjoy the site... from wherever in Aus you're from.
Kickatinalong?
Wheelabarrowback?

 

[bullbreaker]

It's only you American cousins that lasso them...we drink them under the table :drink:

:laughing:
Congrats on your new nice tractor ! :thumbsup:
I don't know I have seen Clinton Anderson lasso one but then again he needed the help of a chopper and land rover ! :helicopter: Unless you guys have disowned him by now . :drink:

 

[ovrszd]

Welcome to TBN. I've not met an Aussie on here that I didn't like. Anxious to follow your process of cleaning up the property. Start a thread and post up some pics.

 

[Thomas]

:welcome: to TBN...enjoy.

 

[TBN Support]

Hi Greg. Welcome to the forum and tractor life!

:welcome:

 

[0biwan]

Bullbreaker: Hadn't come across him before, seems flash...but then I'm no horseman...rode one a bit when a kid up north (an old farm nag) but not a 'real' horse. Aussies have a bit of history with horses...we won the 3rd battle of Gaza when the 4th Light Horse Brigade did a cavalry charge at Beersheba in WW1...me, I'm a ex infantryman so used to going everywhere on foot (probably why my ankle and knee give me trouble now!)

 

[0biwan]

Overszd: Aussies are traditionally laid back ...but that is changing as the cities become more populated...pack people in like rats and they act like rats + our politicians only seem to feather their own nests (but that is common in all the family of man!) Sadly the Australia I was raised in is rapidly disappearing...out in the bush you still meet more good people but even there it is changing as greed\ big business\ over government\ over taxation impacts the people. Here are a few shots from the block over time that, hopefully, give an idea of the peace I get there escaping the rat race.