hayden
Veteran Member
And here's something else to think about. You have an ATV and use that a lot for a variety of tasks. Consider NOT buying a tractor, and instead get a mini excavator. Not one of the tiny piece of $hit things, but a 4-5 ton kubota or other quality brand. Dealing with that downed log in your picture would take literally seconds. You can dig, grade, and ditch trails, install culverts, reach up and grab hanging limbs, pull out or knock over trees that are in the way or growing into your trails. And an excavator works sooooo much better than a tractor mounted backhoe. For all my property maintenance, including miles of trail maintenance, I use an excavator for 5-10hrs for every hr that I use my tractor. The only way I use my tractor for trail maintenance is with the rear rotary mower to keep grasses cut. And you could potentially do that will a pull-behind mower and the ATV.
Only you can figure out what the right answer is for your needs, but give some thought to the above. The only down side to an excavator is that you need to track it everywhere, and the tracks chew up the ground more than a wheeled tractor, but that's not the end of the world unless you are on a finished lawn. And with some practice, you can do a lot of maneuvering with minimal ground damage.
Only you can figure out what the right answer is for your needs, but give some thought to the above. The only down side to an excavator is that you need to track it everywhere, and the tracks chew up the ground more than a wheeled tractor, but that's not the end of the world unless you are on a finished lawn. And with some practice, you can do a lot of maneuvering with minimal ground damage.
