M-Series Snag!!!

[RFB]

or a 5030

 

[Glowplug]

Chuck, this is what a large tractor can do for you when you feel like doing it. If you have a small tractor you can only wish

I'm a hearin' ya and I'm a believin' ya. It doesn't take any convincing for me.

Here's a quote by KEG from the GRAPPLE /LOGGING thread in the attachment forum:

As you wil find most others suggesting - buy the highest HP you can justify. You never regret having more power.

I DO think I'm a closet hp junkie. I'll have to add that to my profile.

 

[m7040]

RFP, try to fill it up with oak wood

 

[Glowplug]

RFP, try to fill it up with oak wood

I was just thinking the same thing.

 

[Dargo]

RFP, try to fill it up with oak wood

Oh, you're just being mean! The 853 loader is pretty darn strong and I haven't figured out how to keep the rears on the ground if I grab a heaping pallet of sod. I don't have more weight to put on the back. If I have it all the way against my backstop of the forks I can carry most every pallet of sod, but if I'm not against it hard, I do a nose dive. If I didn't have 4X4, I'd need someone else to drag me around. Still, I'm pretty impressed to be able to carry around 2600 to 2800 pound pallets of sod.

As impressive the 853 loader is on the well respected L5030, the M class is just, well, just in a different class.

 

[m7040]

with filled tires that would help you

 

[Glowplug]

As impressive the 853 loader is on the well respected L5030, the M class is just, well, just in a different class.

Well said. That's why they make different classes. My favorite tractors are the BX24, B2630, L5030, and M7040. I like and respect them all.

Does anyone have any thoughts/advice on the two mowers I am considering? I am, of course, leaning toward the Rhino Turbo 120 but if the price is right the Bush Hog may be a contender. By the way, the Rhino price is $6900. It is truly a massive mowing machine. Quite impressive, even sitting beside a batwing on the lot.

 

[m7040]

Chuck, you need to think about what the surface contours are like because a batwing will follow the slopes even when a ditch slope comes up where you can follow the slope or raise one section a little to clear obstacles. Also think about scalping with a wider mower than 6 ft you may have to invest in a lawn mower blade sharpening business

 

[IslandTractor]

My favorite tractors are the BX24, B2630, L5030, and M7040.

Well that certainly explains why that poor M8540 is sitting all by itself crying in the corner. He seems to have thought he was your best friend.

 

[Glowplug]

Well that certainly explains why that poor M8540 is sitting all by itself crying in the corner. He seems to have thought he was your best friend.

I just knew a comment like that was coming once I said that. Since I have all but purchased the M7040 I had to include it as the representative subject from the M-Class. I could have said the M125X I guess. But you got to be faithful to those by your side. I still do like the M8540. Shhh, don't tell the 7040, it may get jealous.

m7040--I don't think the question of mowers is whether or not to get a batwing; it's which of the two 10' mowers to get. I have decided that a good plan would be to get a 10' rotary cutter now. If later my pasture is more beautiful like yours, then I'll get something like a 15' batwing finish mower. The contours of my land are not very drastic. I may get some scalping but it shouldn't be much, especially once I learn how to approach the problem scalp-prone areas.