GregSpires
New member
I have been lurking here for a few weeks, but would now like your advice in what is required for my needs.
I have 13 acres. About 10 acres of pine trees were just logged with the pines being about 15" in diameter (16 truckloads of trees, so it was not as dense as you might be imagining). My terrain is basically flat, but since the land was once a farm, the edges of the property slope down a little.
In the short term I would like to push some of the logging debris into better burning piles than they left it. I would also like to dig out the stumps so I want a backhoe, but my wife may try to talk me into grinding them. Then I would be grooming the ground to later wind up with a large pasture-like yard, so a box scrape is probably needed. A FEL with a toothbar is definitely required.
In the long term I am probably wanting a belly mower and perhaps a rotary cutter for the grass and any heavier work.
I have not been to a dealer yet (I've drooled on the fence when they are closed though). I started thinking about the TC35DA or TC40DA and then when seeing them questioned if they were too large. So then TC29DA or TC33DA are also possibilities, but I don't know if their smaller frame is an advantage or disadvantage for my needs.
I read your posts about the NH subframe BH conflicting with a belly mower on the 35/40. Is that also a problem for the 29/33? Woods makes a good looking backhoe which supposedly would not have a conflict.
Sorry this has been long, but I appreciate your thoughts.
Greg
I have 13 acres. About 10 acres of pine trees were just logged with the pines being about 15" in diameter (16 truckloads of trees, so it was not as dense as you might be imagining). My terrain is basically flat, but since the land was once a farm, the edges of the property slope down a little.
In the short term I would like to push some of the logging debris into better burning piles than they left it. I would also like to dig out the stumps so I want a backhoe, but my wife may try to talk me into grinding them. Then I would be grooming the ground to later wind up with a large pasture-like yard, so a box scrape is probably needed. A FEL with a toothbar is definitely required.
In the long term I am probably wanting a belly mower and perhaps a rotary cutter for the grass and any heavier work.
I have not been to a dealer yet (I've drooled on the fence when they are closed though). I started thinking about the TC35DA or TC40DA and then when seeing them questioned if they were too large. So then TC29DA or TC33DA are also possibilities, but I don't know if their smaller frame is an advantage or disadvantage for my needs.
I read your posts about the NH subframe BH conflicting with a belly mower on the 35/40. Is that also a problem for the 29/33? Woods makes a good looking backhoe which supposedly would not have a conflict.
Sorry this has been long, but I appreciate your thoughts.
Greg
