Huntinguy
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so, someone borrowed my tractor and pretty much everything else from my shop a few years back.
I had a grey market 13hp with tiller and loader. It was fine for what I was doing... tippy but okay.
Now I am trying to decide if a subcompact will work and just rent a hoe for ditching and the abnormal work... not sure what that will be though.
The new place will have a 1,000 foot gravel drive way, a 3/4 acre flat where the house and shop will be. The rest of the property will be up to a 24% grade.
I have heard the snow fall will be from 1-4 feet.
There will be a spring or two to develop - want to make game watering stations and install a couple cisterns.
Thinking about a subcompact new Holland or Kubota with a loader and backhoe (something around 20hp). I don't think they will have the weight or power to deal with that long of gravel drive way. At least based on my former tractor.
Anything larger than a subcompact gets too tall and tippy I think.
Not really wanting tracks but...
I have seen the videos for Ventrac. Not sure that is really a good plan because of the proprietary implements, though it would handle the slopes.
any thoughts?
I had a grey market 13hp with tiller and loader. It was fine for what I was doing... tippy but okay.
Now I am trying to decide if a subcompact will work and just rent a hoe for ditching and the abnormal work... not sure what that will be though.
The new place will have a 1,000 foot gravel drive way, a 3/4 acre flat where the house and shop will be. The rest of the property will be up to a 24% grade.
I have heard the snow fall will be from 1-4 feet.
There will be a spring or two to develop - want to make game watering stations and install a couple cisterns.
Thinking about a subcompact new Holland or Kubota with a loader and backhoe (something around 20hp). I don't think they will have the weight or power to deal with that long of gravel drive way. At least based on my former tractor.
Anything larger than a subcompact gets too tall and tippy I think.
Not really wanting tracks but...
I have seen the videos for Ventrac. Not sure that is really a good plan because of the proprietary implements, though it would handle the slopes.
any thoughts?