Paddock, you must me confused with someone else, my only post about hating R4's was the recent one where I also said hated R1's, I was being flip/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif, just meaning in my usual way that I want the best of everything for all uses all of the time, which of course you can't have.
On rough ground (cut off shoots etc) I think the R4s will be a lot more durable then the R1s, and I don't know if the R1s have changed, but these R4s on the
L35 have a huge footprint which is a plus. I get this big footprint with a pretty short tire as well. I think that is what also helps the BX it also has pretty wide short tires for it's size.
I do a lot of travel on grass roads to get firewood, various projects, it just looks nicer without the sod being spun up. A lot of it is under trees and the grass isn't very tough. I haven't taken the
L35 the really gooey stuff, probably won't. I'm looking at a small excavator about 7000 lbs for our bog property. They come with a hoe about the same or a little stronger then the
L35's which is plenty for my uses, and I can always rent a big one if need be.
I sure agree on working the ground when it's "right" I was trying to fix up one area that was a real mess, it was like fixing the frosting on a cake, I realized there wasn't much point when I slapped the loader bucket down a little fast and notice the ground 10 feet away wiggling! I have since began calling that kind of area "jello dirt"/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif