<font color="blue">Well, Folks...
I did it... Gave him a deposit and have to call him on Monday (though might have to wait till Tuesday, since I've got some kind of stomach flu <sigh>)... have to call him to tell him which attachments to include. Oh, and it already has one remote on it for the Grapple bolted onto the bucket, so I'm having him add the other two. Now, calling him on Monday (or soon as I can) brings me to a need for more advice...
Not so much for which attachments, though I do have a question or two about that in a minute... but more importantly, the only kind of attachments he sells is Land Pride. He is one of their biggest dealers in the entire Northeast. Says that the only New Holland attachments he typically sells are the FEL and BH, and that he finds the Land Pride stuff heavier and better quality.
Certainly, for most of the, they are a bit more expensive than what I can get things for from Northern Tools (including freight) or from other places. So, what I'm wondering is what kind of experience does anyone have with Land Pride, good or bad.
The upside to getting them from the dealer is that they get thrown in on the financing, and right now, cash is limited.
To refresh everyone's memory, I'm looking at the following.
1. 6' Rough Rotary Cutter (RCR1672) - $1180
2. Post Hole Digger w/9" Auger (PD15) - $725 or (PD25) - $845 (and with somewhat rocky soil, I'm inclined to go heavy duty... any advice here would be welcome)
3. 7' Rear Blade (RB2584 - 9 forward, 5 reverse positions 5/16 Moldboard) - $560
4. 7' Landscape Rake (LP1584 5 forward, 7 reverse positions) - $590
5. 6' Box Blade (Scraper) (BB1572 2 Welded Braces) - $625 or (BB2572 4x4 Tubing Main Frame) - $710
Also, I want to get a chain harrow (Multi-Use)... he has one from Delta that's all one piece, while the one from Loyal Roth (or others) has multiple pieces that hook together letting you do different things like raise with the front half and smooth with the back half, and more importantly, with 4' or 6' by 4' long, they would be easier to handle by one person. Also, what size should I be looking for? 8' or 12'? Will mostly be dragging the pastures to break up and spread manure and to dethatch and all that stuff... I think this one will get a LOT of use. They also make a 3 point lift for it (though it's a little pricey)... how valuable is it? How hard would it be to make one? Don't think it should be that hard or expensive to make.
Now, as for what I think I need and what I just want... I suspect that I'll just get the Rough Rotary Cutter, the Harrow, the PHD and either the box blade (scraper) or the rear blade... but here's what I have to do, so give me some advice...
I have some leveling and some ditching to do on the pasture to improve the drainage in the fields, though that's not as big an issue when we don't have the wettest year in history, and I'd either use the rear blade, or the box blade, or the rake to do some of this... what do you all recommend. Remember, I do have a backhoe for more serious ditching.
Secondly, I'll be doing a lot of fencing and clearing of land for more pasture, so the Auger is an important immediate purchase, and the clearing will use the rough mower to bush hog, as well as the bucket, grappler, and back hoe to clear out stumps and such.
Oh, and I have to dress and re-stone (gravel) the driveway (not a long one by most standards, but more than I cold do by hand!) and, so we can turn around, extend the stone portion into an L shape, into what was grass and what's now a horrendous mud pit! I'll be getting at least one large and possibly two large loads of gravel to spread, so is the blade or box blade or rake better for this? Some, like the existing driveway will be light recovering existing stone, but the L shaped portion will be laying down a LOT of stone to build it up and then level it off.
So, thoughts???
And Kozak, thanks for the extremely generous compliment! <smile>... Though I'll confess, we feel the same way about it <proud smile>...
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<font color="brown">Stoney</font>
<font color="#666666">Decisions, decisions... but I bought a TRACTOR!!!!!!!!!! Yeeee Haaaaaaaaa <grin>...</font>
I did it... Gave him a deposit and have to call him on Monday (though might have to wait till Tuesday, since I've got some kind of stomach flu <sigh>)... have to call him to tell him which attachments to include. Oh, and it already has one remote on it for the Grapple bolted onto the bucket, so I'm having him add the other two. Now, calling him on Monday (or soon as I can) brings me to a need for more advice...
Not so much for which attachments, though I do have a question or two about that in a minute... but more importantly, the only kind of attachments he sells is Land Pride. He is one of their biggest dealers in the entire Northeast. Says that the only New Holland attachments he typically sells are the FEL and BH, and that he finds the Land Pride stuff heavier and better quality.
Certainly, for most of the, they are a bit more expensive than what I can get things for from Northern Tools (including freight) or from other places. So, what I'm wondering is what kind of experience does anyone have with Land Pride, good or bad.
The upside to getting them from the dealer is that they get thrown in on the financing, and right now, cash is limited.
To refresh everyone's memory, I'm looking at the following.
1. 6' Rough Rotary Cutter (RCR1672) - $1180
2. Post Hole Digger w/9" Auger (PD15) - $725 or (PD25) - $845 (and with somewhat rocky soil, I'm inclined to go heavy duty... any advice here would be welcome)
3. 7' Rear Blade (RB2584 - 9 forward, 5 reverse positions 5/16 Moldboard) - $560
4. 7' Landscape Rake (LP1584 5 forward, 7 reverse positions) - $590
5. 6' Box Blade (Scraper) (BB1572 2 Welded Braces) - $625 or (BB2572 4x4 Tubing Main Frame) - $710
Also, I want to get a chain harrow (Multi-Use)... he has one from Delta that's all one piece, while the one from Loyal Roth (or others) has multiple pieces that hook together letting you do different things like raise with the front half and smooth with the back half, and more importantly, with 4' or 6' by 4' long, they would be easier to handle by one person. Also, what size should I be looking for? 8' or 12'? Will mostly be dragging the pastures to break up and spread manure and to dethatch and all that stuff... I think this one will get a LOT of use. They also make a 3 point lift for it (though it's a little pricey)... how valuable is it? How hard would it be to make one? Don't think it should be that hard or expensive to make.
Now, as for what I think I need and what I just want... I suspect that I'll just get the Rough Rotary Cutter, the Harrow, the PHD and either the box blade (scraper) or the rear blade... but here's what I have to do, so give me some advice...
I have some leveling and some ditching to do on the pasture to improve the drainage in the fields, though that's not as big an issue when we don't have the wettest year in history, and I'd either use the rear blade, or the box blade, or the rake to do some of this... what do you all recommend. Remember, I do have a backhoe for more serious ditching.
Secondly, I'll be doing a lot of fencing and clearing of land for more pasture, so the Auger is an important immediate purchase, and the clearing will use the rough mower to bush hog, as well as the bucket, grappler, and back hoe to clear out stumps and such.
Oh, and I have to dress and re-stone (gravel) the driveway (not a long one by most standards, but more than I cold do by hand!) and, so we can turn around, extend the stone portion into an L shape, into what was grass and what's now a horrendous mud pit! I'll be getting at least one large and possibly two large loads of gravel to spread, so is the blade or box blade or rake better for this? Some, like the existing driveway will be light recovering existing stone, but the L shaped portion will be laying down a LOT of stone to build it up and then level it off.
So, thoughts???
And Kozak, thanks for the extremely generous compliment! <smile>... Though I'll confess, we feel the same way about it <proud smile>...
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<font color="brown">Stoney</font>
<font color="#666666">Decisions, decisions... but I bought a TRACTOR!!!!!!!!!! Yeeee Haaaaaaaaa <grin>...</font>
