Is a 2320 adequate for my needs?

[unreconstructed]

Well John, you can't take it with you as you well know. Seems to me you just need to enjoy the tractor and not worry about whether you need it. I have plenty of things I don't need. You have to figure that if you put it in the bank instead of mowing or whatever with it, Congress and the Fed are just going to destroy the value through inflation. I suspect that you have more than earned your luxuries.

g. bates.

 

[Perdido]

Six acres - build a barn keep the large tractor. A barn makes a happy marriage.

 

[putt_putt_green]

Option 1 : Build a barn.

Option 2 : Downsize your wife's vehicle. Does she really need a big SUV? Does she have a motorcycle endorsement? I hear motorcycles take up less garage space than a SUV.

 

[drgrant]

Downsizing to a 2320 just seems kinda bizarre to me. A 3720, in the
grand scheme of things, is not that huge of a machine. If you -like-
the machine, I would keep it. That is the most important
thing, period. One thing to keep in mind- even with the
low hours on it, you're still going to take a $$$$ hit when you go to
roll it over.

Not to get personal, but if your wife mentions it constantly it sounds like
the nag factor is at play here. A lot of women can do it, and they have
this sly way of trying to make their husband/boyfriend feel guilty about
something without being a severe pain in the *** about it. It sounds
to me like that is the core of the problem more than anything else... if
she didn't mention it you probably wouldn't even fathom getting rid
of it. I would talk with your HOA/RC people about your desire to build
a structure to house your tractor. One thing to keep in mind- the rules
might be one thing, but if it is a committee they generally can override
them. HOA's suck but unless the people in charge are all terrible you can
often come up with something that is agreeable to them.


-Mike

 

[Chris2520]

John , i must of got confused. I thought you had a cab. if you have an open station . I would for sure buy a 448 hoe and keep the 3720. unless you just really got your heart set on going smaller..

Chris.....

 

[aesanders]

JCMSEVEN,

I think that a 2320 would do everything you want it to. Mine is plenty capable on my 6 acres. That said I would never trade a 3720 for a 2320 in gazzilion years. Keep the tractor you have. How much room would you really save anyway?

 

[Malvern]

jcmseven

aesanders said it all, keep it and don't second guess your self.

Just my 2 cents

Malvern

 

[Land Skipper]

I would build a large shed/small garage somewhere as inconspicuous as possible and store rthe 3720 there. Make it big enough to hold all your existing and planned implements.

The structure will cost you less than the amount you'll eat on the 3720 turn-in, and you'll get alot more existing space than you'd get buy storing a smaller tractor in your existing garage.

Put that to the wife and see what she says.

JMO.

LS.

 

[UpstateNYMarine]

Try this for negotiations with the wife, offer to take a vacation with the money you would save by not trading in the tractor. Thus she will forget about it and be happy because of a vacation. Therefore it is a win-win situation. But then again the way men try to rationalize things is definately not the way women do.

Best of Luck!

 

[jcmseven]

I appreciate all the appropriate responses to this point. I would like to make one thing clear to our group. My wife is a wonderful person and has been most patient with what I would call some expensive hobbies on my part. With two year old twins, maintaining a nice house and property, saving for college education for our little hooligans and other expense my wife has just inquired about the cost/benefit ratio of a machine I pay for each month, and paid a lot for initially, that I do not use that much. She also is growing weary of parking her nice SUV outside, but realizes to move inside we will have to build a building which is added expense. I went and drove the 2000 series machines and either of them would meet about 90%+ of my needs, but I have tentatively decided to keep what I have or just sell my tractor and not replace it. My neighbor has a 4320 and he uses it for his business. He has, though, agreed at any point to let me use it when and if he were not using it for work. For the moment, I think the 3720 will stay where it is, until I decide if I will simply sell it and do with my Gator, which does about 75% of what I need a tractor for anyway. I will keep the group posted. I just could not see myself being as happy with a 2000 series tractor, although they are certainly nice. After having the 3720 and previous to that a 4520, it is tough to go much smaller. The main purpose of this post, though, is to express to the group that my wife is certainly quite understanding and I must say I do quite clearly see her point.

John M