On the fence about buying.

[KiotiJohn]

I don't know if this is a possibility, but could you offer a dig your own sapling thing like a garage sale, but give them away and let people get the ones they want? trees of that smaller size should not be hard for people to dig out. As far as the tractor removing them, if my CK20 can pull that size and much larger out of sandy North Florida soil, that 3054 will do it with ease. The tractor is not really wide and the tread width can be adjusted in and out on the rear. I think you'll get around most of the trees, but you may have to get rid of some as I did. Just a side note, I went to see my dealer today and he had a 5 year old 3054 in for service. The owner stated that it was losing power and the clutch didn't feel right. After lifting up the hood on the tractor the dealer commented how nice it was that the scheduled maintenance stickers were under the hood, mentioned that the oil change at 50 hours etc. The owner said, oil change, never did one. He also had not done ANY maintenacne on the tractor and it had about 1000 hours on it! And it still runs. Rings have gotten a little bad, but it was amazing that the tractor would run at all. The owner is in the contracting business of some sort and worked it hard, but didn't take care of it. He plans to fix the problems and put it back to work. Does that say something for the LK3054? I was impressed. Keep us posted. John

 

[tkwoof]

I thought about that but I don't want a bunch of people trampling all over my field to find that perfect tree. I also have a time crunch of sorts. I thought about contacting a local nursery to see if they would like some, but I haven't yet. I may just dig a bunch up myself and start a small temporary nursery. I'm sure someone wants a couple 10 year old maples, or cedar trees. I also found some gigantic pines in the back, I don't know what kind they are but man are they huge. I'm guessing about 5-6 ft in diameter for the three of them. Maybe I'll call a local mill. anyway thanks for the input.