Tractor Sizing I have no clue...I need help!

[jeff9366]

Bucket Spades are best on thick metal buckets.

Bucket Spades are not for prizing out rocks but they are great for planting trees.

 

[gladehound]

An MX size might be perfect and where you end up but I completely understand not being able to justify that expense to yourself and you family.

The OP may already be there. He stated a 25K budget. If he can find a left over Kioti DK 40 / 45, these should be under $25K with FEL and HST. When I bought my DS4510HS for 19.5K Dec 2014, if I wanted HST I could have instead bought a DK40HST for 23.5K. Just needs to look and see what he can find.

 

[4570Man]

I agree that HST is easiest for new operators. However, there are some advantages to a hydraulic reverser (gasp ). They are mostly related to control position. One advantage is you can stand and operate forward, neutral and reverse with both feet firmly on the deck for better FEL visibility (my tractor never had one of those seat switches so many talk about). Second, for 3pt implements you can sit completely side saddle because your feet don't need to be near any controls. For snow blowing in revers, I can sit on the hood or stand facing backwards. HST has several advantages too but I'll let the HST fans handle those as I would not do them justice.

I'd sure like to see a video of you sitting on the hood blowing snow. No kink in the neck AND keeps your hind end warm. Sounds like a win win.

 

[lostcreekranch]

I'd sure like to see a video of you sitting on the hood blowing snow. No kink in the neck AND keeps your hind end warm. Sounds like a win win.

We don't have much snow here in S. Central Texas and although I grew up in the mid-west we didn't have tractor mounted snow blowers. We did have pickup mounted front blades and I personally had an International Scout with a snow blade for our winters. We did have walk behind snow blowers.

I am curious if the reason most have 3-point, PTO powered, snow blowers over FEL mounted, hydraulic powered blowers is cost? It seems to me that always backing up would be a big PIA?

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[jenkinsph]

I am curious if the reason most have 3-point, PTO powered, snow blowers over FEL mounted, hydraulic powered blowers is cost?

Cost for a fel mounted blower is double the cost of a rear blower.

 

[gladehound]

I'd sure like to see a video of you sitting on the hood blowing snow. No kink in the neck AND keeps your hind end warm. Sounds like a win win.

If we ever get snow in PA this year I'll make a video. :thumbsup: It's my poor man's bidirectional tractor.

 

[gladehound]

Cost for a fel mounted blower is double the cost of a rear blower.

In addition, you don't get as much power to the blower. If you use the tractors aux hydraulics they typically have half the power of the PTO. If you drive a larger pump off the PTO you still lose power at the hydraulic pump and hydraulic motor and it's even more expensive.

 

[4570Man]

We don't have much snow here in S. Central Texas and although I grew up in the mid-west we didn't have tractor mounted snow blowers. We did have pickup mounted front blades and I personally had an International Scout with a snow blade for our winters. We did have walk behind snow blowers. I am curious if the reason most have 3-point, PTO powered, snow blowers over FEL mounted, hydraulic powered blowers is cost? It seems to me that always backing up would be a big PIA? Sent from my iPad using TractorByNet

Tractors lack the hydraulic flow for doing such. The tractor in question had 16.8 GPM with 4 GPM devoted to power steering. That isn't nearly enough for a snow blower.

 

[newbury]

That would be a pretty big stump bucket, and a huge SS to match it. A SS big enough to run that would be in the 12,000-15,000 pound range. Let's get a 6 ton SS and 6 ton excavator and see which one digs a bigger hole.

And how is this helping the OP? Let's get back to options that help him dig his shallow rocks economically.

I almost give up, this far in a thread I'm almost surprised no one has mentioned what he really needs is a D6 cat and a M105.

How many pages does it take to help the OP? Only so much can be said without beating a dead horse. While we are off topic, are you saying a 6 ton excavator isn't economical for digging a few small rocks? You know how pesky those things can be. That little rock sticking up to bang your mower blades sometimes turns out to be a 5 ton bolder.

As we reach consensus with more info from the OP we can discuss implements and brands. As far as

That little rock sticking up to bang your mower blades sometimes turns out to be a 5 ton bolder.

The OP may be in an area of glacial till with very few large "bolders".

Has anyone modified a standard root type gravel so it had spacing more like a rock bucket ?

And that's one of the problems with short implements on the FEL of a conventional tractor.... you can't see where to place them sometimes because you're view is blocked by the hood of the tractor.

Pretty soon we will all have FEL cameras.

 

[jenkinsph]

I almost give up, this far in a thread I'm almost surprised no one has mentioned what he really needs is a D6 cat and a M105.



As we reach consensus with more info from the OP we can discuss implements and brands. As far as The OP may be in an area of glacial till with very few large "bolders".

Has anyone modified a standard root type gravel so it had spacing more like a rock bucket ?


Pretty soon we will all have FEL cameras.

A good rock bucket on the M59 or M62 would work well enough. If you get enough seat time you can do it without a camera. That puts us at $70k +2k for the rock bucket total $72,000.

No point in spending the OP's money on a $50 camera.