getting a tractor need some opinions...
10-31-2009, 03:55 PM
#11
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
I would lean in a different direction. I would hire a dozer or excavator for a day, maybe $750, and get my roads and plots fixed right. Then a small tractor will do the plot planting, etc. A smaller tractor is not made to get stumps out.
10-31-2009, 04:35 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: arkansas
Posts: 3,163
TC is right small tractors are not made to remove stumps. I have a John Deere 990 4x4 and a 801 Ford. Both are 40 horse tractors and the difference between the two is like daylight and dark. The 990 will do twice the work and has way more power pulling implements as the 801. Also the 990 is diesel, I will keep my 801 but I dont think I will ever buy another gas burner.
11-16-2009, 03:58 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Isle, MN
Posts: 1,469
thanks everyone for the advice. I'm still trying to decide what to buy. I almost bought an allis chalmers d17 w/ a trip loader but got cold feet. I'd have problems getting around on my land w/ it. Now i'm on a skid loader kick. since i can't make up my mind i'll probably ponder it over the winter and get something in the spring.
11-17-2009, 07:44 AM
#14
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SW Virginia
Posts: 353
Rackluster,
For uneven ground, what you definitely want to get in a small tractor is a wide fromt and a 3 point hitch. Also, if you get a loader (highly recommended) get one with a hydraulic bucket. Trip loaders are a royal PITA on uneven ground. Similarly, stay away from skid loaders for that purpose.
For uneven ground, what you definitely want to get in a small tractor is a wide fromt and a 3 point hitch. Also, if you get a loader (highly recommended) get one with a hydraulic bucket. Trip loaders are a royal PITA on uneven ground. Similarly, stay away from skid loaders for that purpose.
11-26-2009, 11:31 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Posts: 1,401
Having owned a older Ag tractor and a newer compact 4wd tractor I would be very hesitant to buy an older Ag tractor for what you are wanting to use it for.
The older Ag tractor had decent power and was reliable, but I got it stuck on dry fairly level ground a couple different times (in small dips, etc.)
The compact 4wd tractor I have now seems almost unstoppable in comparison. I've done some amazing things with the loader and a brush hog with it. You aren't going to find one for $3,500 though.
The older Ag tractor had decent power and was reliable, but I got it stuck on dry fairly level ground a couple different times (in small dips, etc.)
The compact 4wd tractor I have now seems almost unstoppable in comparison. I've done some amazing things with the loader and a brush hog with it. You aren't going to find one for $3,500 though.
