Kubota B21 or John Deere 4200

[pat32rf]

I moved from a small (17hp?) HST Bota to a 4300 HST JD. Took about 4 seconds to get used to the pedals instead of treadle. All of my 80 acres is bush, rock, and hills. I only use low range for extremely steep sections (about 200' difference in elevation over 1000ft), when pulling loads, or for precise loader jobs. My 47 BH is what I could find used, yes I would like the longer reach of a 48 BH but would have had to buy it new at twice the price.
As far as the FOP I just ran uprights from my loader brackets up to support the front of my roof and I am CAREFUL when moving logs on my forks. Never had one charge me over the top....
My son dropped a chunk of ice out of the bucket however and did smash the hood...$$$$. I work in my bush a lot and have popped the quick disconnect on an FEL line twice. Just popped it back on.
How much mowing do you do? Are you cutting weeds in a field bi-weekly or bush hogging trails twice a year? A sharp set of blades on the bush hog makes a big difference either way...

 

[avc8130]

I moved from a small (17hp?) HST Bota to a 4300 HST JD. Took about 4 seconds to get used to the pedals instead of treadle. All of my 80 acres is bush, rock, and hills. I only use low range for extremely steep sections (about 200' difference in elevation over 1000ft), when pulling loads, or for precise loader jobs. My 47 BH is what I could find used, yes I would like the longer reach of a 48 BH but would have had to buy it new at twice the price.
As far as the FOP I just ran uprights from my loader brackets up to support the front of my roof and I am CAREFUL when moving logs on my forks. Never had one charge me over the top....
My son dropped a chunk of ice out of the bucket however and did smash the hood...$$$$. I work in my bush a lot and have popped the quick disconnect on an FEL line twice. Just popped it back on.
How much mowing do you do? Are you cutting weeds in a field bi-weekly or bush hogging trails twice a year? A sharp set of blades on the bush hog makes a big difference either way...

I have a large area of property that is "lawn". I will be mowing that weekly/as necessary with my Ferris 61" ZTR. Then I have a large portion of property that I want to keep not "woods/underbrush" but not "lawn" either. I figure I will have to hack that stuff back about 4x yearly. I was thinking a rear mounted mower would be nice for that as the terrain is a little rough and it is a little abusive on the ZTR.
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