Tractor Sizing Want to trade up What size for me

[Gas Man]

I currently have a B-7500 and I have had the itch for a new machine since this winter:licking:. I can't say the B-7500 hasn't been able to handle anything I have asked her to do but with winter on the way a bigger and heavier tractor is on my wish list.
I have two homes in the Shenadoah Valley that I have to maintain (bad timing with the real estate market) both lots are 6 acres with plenty of rocks some slight grade variations. A big use will be mowing but these are not manicured lawn mostly field grass turned into lawn. I will need to mow around 6 acres and brush cut another 6. This past winter was a killer in regards to snow typical winter has 2 storms that require plowing. Some dirt work mostly just moving material around the yard. Also try to help with road plowing private road sub-division.
I have been looking at and researching two machines the L-3700 SU and the B-3300 SU.
What is the opinion of the board?

 

[johnrex62]

I don't know how much the larger frame on the L3700SU will limit your manuverability. It is the first tractor I have ever owned other than a Scotts lawn tractor (read riding 42" lawnmower ) Compared to the B3300SU it is only 6 inches longer and is 2 inches narrower. Compared to the B7500 it is 16 inches longer and 8 inches narrower. It is surprising to me to find that the L3700 is more narrower than the B series of tractors and not all that longer considering the "beefier build".

I have been able to get the L3700SU almost everywhere I could get the Scotts into. It takes a bit more room to make a u-turn than the Scotts did, but the wheel base is a "few" inches longer I don't know off the top of my head the diff length and width of the Scotts, but let's just say it is substantial with the L3700 being much larger.

I am in the process of thinning out a lot of underbrush and saplings in a wooded area and have gotten into (and back out of) a lot of places that have really surprised me.