I feel I want a second tractor!!!!

[Mosey]

I also want another tractor. I'm the half owner of 2 antiques, but they are on the farm where I grew up, so I can't use them at my place. I don't have a FEL on my Boomer and to add one would cost over $4k, so I think I'd rather go find an old antique (Allis Chalmers, Farmall, Oliver, etc) with a loader (as long as it’s not a trip bucket). As long as it ran good enough to do some loader work it might be handier to have 2 tractors. For example, I could use the Boomer to pull the trailer and the antique to load the trailer. I have to admit I’m sort of looking for an excuse to buy an antique since I’ve always wanted one.

 

[RichZ]

I spent $5000 on my Oliver 1550 with a loader, so I agree that it's not worth $4000 just for a loader. It's always good to have two tractors. For example: I hook up my Ferguson to my manure spreader, and load it with the Oliver. When it's full I just go. Speeds up the process!

 

[Mosey]

One thing about the antiques is that they were over built and they last a long time. It's common to tractors well over 50 years old that are still being used every day and going strong. I have to admit that I doubt my Boomer will last as long.

 

[GSS]

20HP and you forgot about it!? I must really need a second one then, b/c my 8HP 1973 JD110 is barely able to cut grass and haul me at the same time...

Got my toothbar! Now if I could find a few minutes to bolt the sucker on...

 

[Will_C]

So do I! Brad has the set up I would love, the bigger Kubota for the tractor work, and a ZTR for the mowing. Let's see, a new 7800 with a FEL and a ZD21 for the finish mowing.... ah, it is fun to dream!
Will

 

[davesisk]

I've got a slightly unusual Power-trac PT1418 (articulated steering and attachments hook to the front rather than the back), so I'd certainly consider any excuse to add a second tractor that's more of a traditional CUT. Any excuse will work, in my book. I doubt my lovely wife reads the same book though.../w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Now, that's not to say that I don't like my old PT (I really like it, in fact!). Sometimes, it would be nice to be able to hook up a reasonably inexpensive 3PH attachment and go (the PT attachments are not cheap!).

Dave

 

[frank_f15]

BILL: i think u found me out!/w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif the only thing that stops me is i only got enough room for 2 and the wife would disown me if i bought another. no such thing as too many tractors.

 

[MReeter]

Cowboydoc said it well,"you only live once". We have an L-4610 to pull our Finish Mower with,a BX2200/60' MMM,and a G-1900S/60" MMM that we use as our trim mower. All three have their purpose, and I would be lost without any one of them.

If I were you,I would GO FOR IT!!! If all you want to do is mow with the second unit,I would consider the ZTR market.

 

[Soundguy]

<font color=blue>and a ZTR for the mowing.


No offense, ans each of us has our own dreams... but I just can't get used to those ZTR mowers... just not enough utility. And a good one costs almost as much as a low end small -new- tractor with a finish mower, like a NH TC 18.

And the tractor would have other uses... and pto.. and 3pt hitch.

The other thing that bothers me about them is they get stuck soooooooo easy. I drive past a bunch of private shopping centers on my way to work in the am.. and ,most of these places contract out to lawn services using ztr's.
3 times last week, I saw one hopelessly stuck in soft ground, and the operator walking back to the parking lot. ANother instance a week ago, I saw 2 huge gouges in the sod at an area, and looke dlike a car had wrecked.. turn out the ztr was stuck and chewed up a huge area to get out.

Lastly, saw a county road maintenance tractor pulling a ztr out of a drainage ditch he had been mowing.. the tractor had no problems going down into the dra chaining up, and dragging the guy out... 12' batwing and all still attatched.

Again.. just MY opinion...

Soundguy

 

[Mosey]

Soundguy, I'm with you on the ZTR mowers. I realize they're great for mowing, but no good for anything else. Also, I know one wouldn't make it up a couple of hills I have. When the grass is damp, I need FWD on the Boomer. Plus, those small wheels would make for a rough ride on my property! I'm slowly but surely getting it smoother though, with the various implements I can pull with the Boomer.

 

[Buster57]

I went the other direction.
I had a JD-318 with a 50" MMM. I tried to wear it out. I almost did so before it was OPD I bought a Kubota.
The idea of having a MMM for small acreage or around the house and a CUT for larger or tougher jobs only makes sense.
What makes no sense is my desire to purchase a New Holland TC33 to round out my collection!

 

[Soundguy]

I'm glad I'm not alone in my thinking..

I figured I was going to get flamed by the ztr people. Not knocking them.. just can't pay that kind of money for just a lawnmower.. got to have utility.

Soundguy

 

[JATO_RaT]

Feely touchy

I have 2 tractors. One is a Kubota L48 with a loader, the other an International without a loader. I use the big one for mowing and the little one for moving dirt. I would like to get it down to just one. Perhaps sell both and get something like a Kubota L4130 or smaller or a equivalent from another company. The ZTR's are absolutely dynamite mowers. If you go to glenmac.com, they have the larger JD and Kubota front mowers doing lots more then mowing. They use them for landscaping with the powered landscaperake. Rat...

 

[bsauter]

Soundguy, You are right about not having the utility with ztr's. That's why I have the 3010. If I had to have just one thing it would be the tractor. There is no way I could give up the FEL.

I would venture to say that most of the stuck ztr's are guys that don't know what the limits are or do something stupid. My ZD28 has shocked me about going through ditchs on my property. Goes a lot more places than I thought.

Can't flame you for not liking the ztr's, I didn't for years but if a person has the means and the inclination to drastically cut mowing time and have a manicured lawn they can't be beat. That's why all the pro LCO's use 'em.

I, for one, got tired of steering the tractor around all the obsticles in my yard. Plus taking the finish deck on and off all the time for switching implements. Now I just hop on and go...and go fast! They are a blast to drive! And the tractor is used for all the heavy work.

 

[JATO_RaT]

I agree, until you've used one, you'll never realize what a dedicated mower can do. Its ability go straight up hills, sideways and always have traction is fantastic. The speed, manueverbility and clean cut are second to very few. I wish I had one. Rat...

 

[GarageSmoker]

Must be something that goes with the name. I'll throw in 1 more:

You can't have too many cigars.

GS

(Also a Jack)

 

[Thomas]

<font color=blue>you can't have to many cigars.<font color=blue>

<font color=black> Good old cigar now and than /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif like doing some flat mowing,snow removeal,just sitting and enjoying the crisp autumn blue sky day..in a strange way its relaxing. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[JATO_RaT]

Tis the life!

 

[Buster57]

Just remember, as Grouch Marx said,” I love my cigar too! But I do take it out of my mouth every once in a while!”
You can figure out where and when that came from…

 

[Thomas]

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