After reading many, many posts on here, I am closer to buying but still looking for advice. I am a newbie at the tractor world and like so many others, started looking at the BX24 and have worked my way up to B2630 or B3030 with a FEL, Backhoe and snowblower.
I plan on leaving tractor at my 2nd home in the mountains. I also have another piece of property very near my 2nd home. Both are a couple of acres. At the 2nd home, the drive way is asphalt and is about 300 feet. The other piece of property – also a couple acres, is where I plan on building a new home. I am currently building a large garage/workshop (toy barn) on this property. there is a gravel driveway (300 ft) here, and it will remain gravel until I build a house in a couple of years. The Tractor will be left in the garage/workshop (toybarn) with the gravel driveway
The land is fairly flat, in a wooded area that gets lots of snow. As I mentioned, this is a 2nd home, so I am not there to take care of the snow when it falls. I often arrive to find 4 foot of snow in the drive way. The tractor will be garaged, but will have to dig its way out from the garage/workshop (via the graveled driveway). The snow may have fallen, melted some, froze some etc., so there will likely be large chunks of ice to remove. This is particularly so near the end of the driveway where the commercial road plower has piled up a berm while making his passes on the road. Once I dig the gravel drive out I can then run the tractor down to the other piece of property and work on its driveway. One concern I have is whether to get a front or rear snowblower. I have read many posts on this, and I understand the pluses and minuses of both – my neck doesn’t turn as well as it used to. In my case though, I am leaning towards the rear mounted blower so I can use the FEL to help with ice berm removal. The berms get to be 4 or 5 feet high and pretty much solid ice. Do the rear and front mounted blowers have the same snow/ice blowing power? Do they work okay on a gravel drive? Do you think the blower can take care of the ice berm? If so, I would be more inclined to get the front blower. Also, how hard it is to switch from a front mount blower to the FEL and back again?
Any suggestions on this would be greatly appreciated.
When the snow is gone, I have a fair amount of lot preparation to do - earth moving (loose soil – no rocks). The land has lots of pine trees on it, many of which will have to come down, so stump pulling/digging will be a necessity. I also have to dig several ditches, prepare for a new house etc. In a couple of years, the tractor will be used primarily for snow removal with some lot clean up etc.
This is a great forum for someone like me. I like to buy quality equipment and it is great to be able to read about other peoples experiences before writing the check.
Friver
I plan on leaving tractor at my 2nd home in the mountains. I also have another piece of property very near my 2nd home. Both are a couple of acres. At the 2nd home, the drive way is asphalt and is about 300 feet. The other piece of property – also a couple acres, is where I plan on building a new home. I am currently building a large garage/workshop (toy barn) on this property. there is a gravel driveway (300 ft) here, and it will remain gravel until I build a house in a couple of years. The Tractor will be left in the garage/workshop (toybarn) with the gravel driveway
The land is fairly flat, in a wooded area that gets lots of snow. As I mentioned, this is a 2nd home, so I am not there to take care of the snow when it falls. I often arrive to find 4 foot of snow in the drive way. The tractor will be garaged, but will have to dig its way out from the garage/workshop (via the graveled driveway). The snow may have fallen, melted some, froze some etc., so there will likely be large chunks of ice to remove. This is particularly so near the end of the driveway where the commercial road plower has piled up a berm while making his passes on the road. Once I dig the gravel drive out I can then run the tractor down to the other piece of property and work on its driveway. One concern I have is whether to get a front or rear snowblower. I have read many posts on this, and I understand the pluses and minuses of both – my neck doesn’t turn as well as it used to. In my case though, I am leaning towards the rear mounted blower so I can use the FEL to help with ice berm removal. The berms get to be 4 or 5 feet high and pretty much solid ice. Do the rear and front mounted blowers have the same snow/ice blowing power? Do they work okay on a gravel drive? Do you think the blower can take care of the ice berm? If so, I would be more inclined to get the front blower. Also, how hard it is to switch from a front mount blower to the FEL and back again?
Any suggestions on this would be greatly appreciated.
When the snow is gone, I have a fair amount of lot preparation to do - earth moving (loose soil – no rocks). The land has lots of pine trees on it, many of which will have to come down, so stump pulling/digging will be a necessity. I also have to dig several ditches, prepare for a new house etc. In a couple of years, the tractor will be used primarily for snow removal with some lot clean up etc.
This is a great forum for someone like me. I like to buy quality equipment and it is great to be able to read about other peoples experiences before writing the check.
Friver
