Trouble Convincing Signifcant Other to Buy SCUT
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VH5150
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Hey! They must all have the same playbook!!
Ha! I was thinking the same thing
HillStreet
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VH,
You're in a tough spot buddy. My wife and I bought land in your neighboring state and built a house in 2009. We moved in when it was substantially completed and knew we had a lot of yard work come summer.
I shopped for tractlors for 3 months, and finally bought one on my way home from work one day. I got home and kinda said "a guy will deliver a tractor Monday and park it beside tlhe garage". Her reaction was reserved but her normally easygoing manner ran a temperature for a few days.
It was very clear that we needed a machine on this property. A contractor gave us a price of $30k+ to grade and landscape the property (3+ acres mowable, 2+ acres graded and groomed). So, $17.5k for my B2320 Kubota with blower and FEL was a relative bargain.
We graded, dug, moved gravel/stone/loam/mulch, york raked, planted trees, moved firewood, hauled stone, and moved snow. It more than paid for itself because the property looks like a park and we have a nice tractor. My son gets the tractor when I'm gone, it should last many more years. My friend in VT has had his Kubota for 26 years without trouble, so the money he paid for it back then is just a distant meaningless memory. (Hey, people buy expensive cars and most of them turn to junk sooner or later).
I initially was ready to buy a Sears 26hp mower with snow blower, chains, wheel weights, and cart for somewhere around $6000. That would have been a HUGE mistake as it would not be the right machine, nor would it keep up with the work the Kubota does.
I guess my point is this: with a tractor, the work is easier, faster, better, and larger scale. With a tractor, you can undertake projects you never would have before, or had to hire out. When I say better, I mean grading land or moving snow results in more utility of the land or driveway. Easier---you just don't know all the things you can use a bucket for.
So, if you're in a position to own a Kubota, and you have the work for it, Kubota financing now is a good program. My wife is very practical, and she knows now that we probably could not live on this hill without the tractor. (Hiring a plow & sand guy would buy a new tractor in 4 years).
Take your wife to a dealer to kick the tires. She may not turn the corner on tractors, but hey, it might inspire some sort of compromise with something near and dear to her. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
You're in a tough spot buddy. My wife and I bought land in your neighboring state and built a house in 2009. We moved in when it was substantially completed and knew we had a lot of yard work come summer.
I shopped for tractlors for 3 months, and finally bought one on my way home from work one day. I got home and kinda said "a guy will deliver a tractor Monday and park it beside tlhe garage". Her reaction was reserved but her normally easygoing manner ran a temperature for a few days.
It was very clear that we needed a machine on this property. A contractor gave us a price of $30k+ to grade and landscape the property (3+ acres mowable, 2+ acres graded and groomed). So, $17.5k for my B2320 Kubota with blower and FEL was a relative bargain.
We graded, dug, moved gravel/stone/loam/mulch, york raked, planted trees, moved firewood, hauled stone, and moved snow. It more than paid for itself because the property looks like a park and we have a nice tractor. My son gets the tractor when I'm gone, it should last many more years. My friend in VT has had his Kubota for 26 years without trouble, so the money he paid for it back then is just a distant meaningless memory. (Hey, people buy expensive cars and most of them turn to junk sooner or later).
I initially was ready to buy a Sears 26hp mower with snow blower, chains, wheel weights, and cart for somewhere around $6000. That would have been a HUGE mistake as it would not be the right machine, nor would it keep up with the work the Kubota does.
I guess my point is this: with a tractor, the work is easier, faster, better, and larger scale. With a tractor, you can undertake projects you never would have before, or had to hire out. When I say better, I mean grading land or moving snow results in more utility of the land or driveway. Easier---you just don't know all the things you can use a bucket for.
So, if you're in a position to own a Kubota, and you have the work for it, Kubota financing now is a good program. My wife is very practical, and she knows now that we probably could not live on this hill without the tractor. (Hiring a plow & sand guy would buy a new tractor in 4 years).
Take your wife to a dealer to kick the tires. She may not turn the corner on tractors, but hey, it might inspire some sort of compromise with something near and dear to her. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
smitesmash
Silver Member
I'm kinda in the opposite boat. We bought a Kubota L45 construction tractor for our 20 acres to start clearing and building. Now I'm suggesting that we also could use a riding lawnmower. Mostly because driving aL 45 with a brushhog through the Salom of trees that we have is a exercise in frustration and bent parts, and accidentally Knocked over trees.
grm61
Platinum Member
You have the hard part over with, you have a tractor, and can do a lot of work with it.
I think the OP would be happy to have your troubles.
A riding mower, for most, is much easier to acquire than a tractor.
RBA50
Silver Member
Arlo has the same problem with Janis!
lilranch2001
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After I divorced mine, I was able to buy whatever I wanted
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HillStreet
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After I divorced mine, I was able to buy whatever I wanted
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I know what you mean, but I had to wait a few years to buy a tractor--- had to pay for the house a second time. All better now.
GPintheMitten
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Haven't read the whole thread but it reminds me of my first wife. I ruined my back doing work for years with inadequate equipment. 2 wd trucks, a piece of junk lawn mower, shoveling snow by hand and getting stuck in snow drifts or muddy drive. I finally got a Ford 2N but still no loader. I tried to back up my 2 wd truck up to a bumper pull horse trailer in even mild snow and it was hard to get the hitch line up.
I got really tired of trying to talk the wife into buying the right stuff. But I was always the one who had to get things done and break his back in the process.
Too bad I didn't just get what I needed when I needed it. You don't always have to ask permission.
Now I'm married to a woman who doesn't fight me in making decisions about such matters. She doesn't want me to sacrifice my body or health.
Even my kids shake their heads about how I needed 4wd drive trucks and a loader tractor but their Mom wouldn't hear of it.
Don't be that guy.
I got really tired of trying to talk the wife into buying the right stuff. But I was always the one who had to get things done and break his back in the process.
Too bad I didn't just get what I needed when I needed it. You don't always have to ask permission.
Now I'm married to a woman who doesn't fight me in making decisions about such matters. She doesn't want me to sacrifice my body or health.
Even my kids shake their heads about how I needed 4wd drive trucks and a loader tractor but their Mom wouldn't hear of it.
Don't be that guy.
timster2
Platinum Member
When I decided I wanted a BX I priced a new one and they were a bit out of my price range. I had added up the cost of a good riding mower, snow blower or ATV with a plow and for a few grand more I could own a used BX. After months of searching I found one with only 104 hours on it with a loader, plow, and belly mower. The mower had never been mounted and was new. The previous owner had used it to clear snow from his driveway and not much more. As a bonus the machine had just been serviced by the dealer all fluids changed!
The machine is my Swiss army knife of yard work. Recently my wife has driven the tractor more and more. End of the season last year she told me she wanted to try mowing the lawn! As the body is wearing out the BX is picking up the slack.
The machine is my Swiss army knife of yard work. Recently my wife has driven the tractor more and more. End of the season last year she told me she wanted to try mowing the lawn! As the body is wearing out the BX is picking up the slack.