Frankenkubota
Elite Member
- Joined
- Jun 11, 2020
- Messages
- 2,828
- Location
- Carthage NC...Deep in the woods
- Tractor
- Kubota MX 5800, SkidPro 4 in 1, Ratchet rake, SkidPro pallet forks
Just like boats! You spend X on the boat and another X for all the goodies. Hee hee, I knew that going in but, when every time you point to a weed your buddy says, you gotta get that new wizz bang bush hog with the this and that and it痴 only $4000.00 or more, or less.
Of course the other option is to pay somebody but, what fun is that.
Real quick, I did pay a guy with a forest destroyer machine! The first guy I hired had a $32000.00 attachment that lasted 1 hour, broke blades and both QA straps and quit.
The new guy that came the last 3 days and had a grinder thing on his skid steer that used carbide hammers as apposed to blades. Talk about brute force! He would not get close to rocks! I don稚 blame him.
In this case it was better to pay him. I had done 3 acres with a chain saw over 3 hot rainy summer months. He did the other 3 acres in three 4 hour sessions. The ticks and bugs and snakes can have the other 50 acres.
The chipper guy did landscaping for 30 years. He suggested I get a Harley Rake. Ok, how much can a rake cost?
About $7000 or so. He says it will make my property look like a golf course.
Just like a boat only with a tractor, if you had to make a buck, you probably could.
Of course the other option is to pay somebody but, what fun is that.
Real quick, I did pay a guy with a forest destroyer machine! The first guy I hired had a $32000.00 attachment that lasted 1 hour, broke blades and both QA straps and quit.
The new guy that came the last 3 days and had a grinder thing on his skid steer that used carbide hammers as apposed to blades. Talk about brute force! He would not get close to rocks! I don稚 blame him.
In this case it was better to pay him. I had done 3 acres with a chain saw over 3 hot rainy summer months. He did the other 3 acres in three 4 hour sessions. The ticks and bugs and snakes can have the other 50 acres.
The chipper guy did landscaping for 30 years. He suggested I get a Harley Rake. Ok, how much can a rake cost?
About $7000 or so. He says it will make my property look like a golf course.
Just like a boat only with a tractor, if you had to make a buck, you probably could.