G'day from Australia.

0biwan · Jul 20, 2019

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 · Jul 21, 2019

: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 · Jul 21, 2019

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 · Jul 21, 2019

G'day Cobber and welcome to TBN from Tassie.

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

bullbreaker · Jul 21, 2019

0biwan said:
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 · Jul 21, 2019

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 · Jul 21, 2019

:welcome: to TBN...enjoy.

TBN Support · Jul 22, 2019

Hi Greg. Welcome to the forum and tractor life!

:welcome:

0biwan · Jul 22, 2019

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 · Jul 22, 2019

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.

bullbreaker · Jul 22, 2019

0biwan , thanks for response and that bit of history ,pics and comments in your last post 9 and 10 . Its interesting you commented CA as a flash ,because a freind or two of mine describe him as a flash in the pan. As in panning for gold ! Thank you Sir !

0biwan · Jul 22, 2019

Yeah, the true horsemen of Oz come from the Snowy Mountains and the cattle stations...think 'Chips Rafferty' type drovers...tall, laconic. larrikins.

Wagtail · Jul 22, 2019

0biwan said:
Yeah, the true horsemen of Oz come from the Snowy Mountains and the cattle stations...think 'Chips Rafferty' type drovers...tall, laconic. larrikins.

I think that the Mountain Cattlemen of Tassie and the Victorian Gippsland would like to be included in that broad statement.

ovrszd · Jul 22, 2019

0biwan said:
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.View attachment 614022 View attachment 614023 View attachment 614024

Seems to be the same here. I am not remote. But lightly populated. Grain and cattle farms. 80 miles from anything resembling a city. County Seat town is 3,500 population. I have a good life and wave at every vehicle I meet on the hiway. I know, by name, 75% of the drivers.

Thanks for the excellent pics.

koshari · Jul 23, 2019

0biwan said:
Overszd: Aussies were traditionally laid back ...

FTFY....

The Branson looks nice, good little compact, its got a little more land to tend to than my kioti. i see you have Ags on her? same with mine as indys definitely wouldn稚 cut it here and turfeys would result on my tractor ending up going for a swim in the dam. did you get a slasher as well?

0biwan · Jun 7, 2020

koshari said:
FTFY....

The Branson looks nice, good little compact, its got a little more land to tend to than my kioti. i see you have Ags on her? same with mine as indys definitely wouldnç¨š cut it here and turfeys would result on my tractor ending up going for a swim in the dam. did you get a slasher as well?

I bought a 6ft slasher in early 2020...not from Midway ..they closed up and reopened under a new name with the wife of the the Midway boss listed as director!!! I assume to avoid warranty claims as the 'new' company has washed it hands of warranty on the Bransons they sold under the old trading name!