cluelessinalabama
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Ok here goes. We are city people gone totally "GREEN ACRES". I talked my husband into buying 5.5 acres so I could "live" with my horses. Now he tells me that the grass is my job. When we purchased the house it came with a Ford 8N tractor that had been totally overhauled with a bunch of implements, but we had no clue how to keep it in running order so we sold it.
I am not mechanically inclined (hubby isn;t either), however, I AM A GOOD LEARNER! I know I could do some maintenance on whatever we buy for the grass, like changing oil......
There is a small wooded area, a pond, 1.5 acres fenced for horses, fencing in front of the house and back for dogs. Add the pump house and barn and I would estimate I am down to 3 acres of grass to cut or less. We may put up more fencing for the horses. My land is very flat. We live outside of Mobile near Mississippi where it rains all the time.
I don't know if a tractor is what we need. I know that a riding lawn mower is too small. There is that type of riding lawn mower that you sit on and use hand levers and kind of hoover around. Someone told me that this would suffice.
We only need to cut the grass. Occaisonally I assume I will need to spread seed on my horse pastures. I need something sturdy, easy to use and something that won't make me look like I don't know what I am doing. I don't want something so cheap that I can break it easy, but I don't want to spend a mint. Also in the past I have been told I am "hard" on things when I use them.
Neighbors like to see what we are going to do next. Don't get me wrong, they are always there to help, but I would like ya'lls help so I can look a little bit more learned.
Brands closest to me are John Deere, Kubota, New Holland, Perkins, First Choice, King Kutter, Fred Cain, Howse, Mahindra, Massey Ferguson and Case-IH. (If some of these names are not names of tractors, please forgive me as I am reading out of the yellow pages.)
Thanks for your time!
I am not mechanically inclined (hubby isn;t either), however, I AM A GOOD LEARNER! I know I could do some maintenance on whatever we buy for the grass, like changing oil......
There is a small wooded area, a pond, 1.5 acres fenced for horses, fencing in front of the house and back for dogs. Add the pump house and barn and I would estimate I am down to 3 acres of grass to cut or less. We may put up more fencing for the horses. My land is very flat. We live outside of Mobile near Mississippi where it rains all the time.
I don't know if a tractor is what we need. I know that a riding lawn mower is too small. There is that type of riding lawn mower that you sit on and use hand levers and kind of hoover around. Someone told me that this would suffice.
We only need to cut the grass. Occaisonally I assume I will need to spread seed on my horse pastures. I need something sturdy, easy to use and something that won't make me look like I don't know what I am doing. I don't want something so cheap that I can break it easy, but I don't want to spend a mint. Also in the past I have been told I am "hard" on things when I use them.
Neighbors like to see what we are going to do next. Don't get me wrong, they are always there to help, but I would like ya'lls help so I can look a little bit more learned.
Brands closest to me are John Deere, Kubota, New Holland, Perkins, First Choice, King Kutter, Fred Cain, Howse, Mahindra, Massey Ferguson and Case-IH. (If some of these names are not names of tractors, please forgive me as I am reading out of the yellow pages.)
Thanks for your time!