Buying Advice Good deal?

[TheMadOne]

Keeping in mind that I'm closing on my first tractor this weekend, these are my thoughts on the tasks you outlined, and should be taken with several grains of salt.

You specify mowing 4 acres as 90% of what you want to do. This is a pretty large tractor for mowing a yard. It's pretty heavy and may leave ruts. It also would be a bit of a bear to maneuver around any obstacles in the yard.

It's gear driven, which, even though I went with hydro for myself, is a good call for mowing wide open spaces.

It's a good size for maintaining a driveway.

Probably overkill for a home garden, but no real harm can be done using a larger tractor. You may just end up with a larger garden!

The only other thing I want to comment on is that you said you would sell the extra implements to get some money back. My question is, why sell them when your list includes uses for all of them?

Mowing=Finish Mower
Driveway=Box Blade/Loader
Garden=Plow

I'm not seeing any implements that you wouldn't need, so why sell them and have to spend more down the road to buy replacements?

 

[bspeedy]

Agree. Keep implements and make sure you don't need them. For the record, I mow my yard with a 40hp tractor with ag tires and no ruts. Our ground is sandy clay and doesn't hold water and rut like northern soil.

If you drive a standard shift car or truck daily, the gear drive tractor will be second nature. So many people make such a big deal about that...