Newbie from PA

hbracerx · Apr 28, 2015

Hi everyone,

Just bought a house with 10 acres. probably 2 to 3 acres of grass (yuck) I'll need to take care of, 100 yrd drive to maintain/plow, garage to build, things to move, etc, etc. I've been reading posts for a while now, decided it was time to log on and say hello. Lots of great info and people on here. I'll be making an official "help me pick a tractor" post once I learn enough to ask more intelligent questions and find out what dealers have in the area. Until then...HELLO.

Tom

timswi · Apr 28, 2015

Welcome to TBN :welcome: From a fellow PA'er for better or worse.

davesl708 · Apr 28, 2015

Hi. Welcome

millsan1 · Apr 29, 2015

Welcome. I am in Eastern PA and just bought my first tractor, BX25. If you are near, feel free to stop by and check it out. Sounds like we have similar home sites.

mguitas · Apr 29, 2015

:welcome:

Ed of all trades · Apr 29, 2015

Welcome from Va

Wagtail · Apr 29, 2015

G'day Mate and welcome to TBN from Downunder.

Enjoy the site.

RedNeckRacin · Apr 30, 2015

Welcome from Western PA!

hbracerx · May 1, 2015

Thank you everyone.

Millsan, looks like you're about 80 miles away. If I find myself headed your direction, I may take you up on your offer to stop by.

Redneckracin, what kind of racing do you do? Ever make it to Rolling W Ranch north of Pittsburgh?

Tom

RedNeckRacin · May 2, 2015

hbracerx said:
Thank you everyone.

Millsan, looks like you're about 80 miles away. If I find myself headed your direction, I may take you up on your offer to stop by.

Redneckracin, what kind of racing do you do? Ever make it to Rolling W Ranch north of Pittsburgh?

Tom

Funny story tom, I have had the same forum name since I was on a grandprix forum. I never raced competitively, but I have ran the flashlight drags at the clarion airport. I also have a cr500 that is pretty wicked! Never been to rolling w, where is it at? I travel to pitt pretty regularly and I also went to school there!

vulcancowboy · May 2, 2015

Welcome from central PA.

hbracerx · May 2, 2015

RedNeckRacin said:
Funny story tom, I have had the same forum name since I was on a grandprix forum. I never raced competitively, but I have ran the flashlight drags at the clarion airport. I also have a cr500 that is pretty wicked! Never been to rolling w, where is it at? I travel to pitt pretty regularly and I also went to school there!

Rolling W Ranch is just outside of Butler. It's an offroad track, very nice place/people. I've been making the trek to race buggies there for some years now. More than once I've seen someone there with redneck racing on their vehicle , I was wondering if that was you.

hbracerx · May 2, 2015

vulcancowboy said:
Welcome from central PA.

Hi Cowboy,

Looks like you're just down the road. Thanks for the welcome. How's the L3400 treating you?

Tom

hbracerx · Jul 25, 2015

Just an update for those that are interested. I ended up buying a Kubota B3200. 5yrs old, 280 hrs, very nice machine, well kept. No backhoe, seriously considering the option but it's a spendy proposition. In the interim looking for a box blade and landscape rake to work on driveway maintenance and re-landscaping once the bank for the garage is dug out. I'll have many yards of dirt from that. I'll have the excavator put in some real drainage while they're here so driveway maintenance is no longer a weekly project. Doing lots of reading to see what it will take to add a top and tilt as well to make those projects a little easier.

Tom

vulcancowboy · Jul 25, 2015

hbracerx said:
Just an update for those that are interested. I ended up buying a Kubota B3200. 5yrs old, 280 hrs, very nice machine, well kept. No backhoe, seriously considering the option but it's a spendy proposition. In the interim looking for a box blade and landscape rake to work on driveway maintenance and re-landscaping once the bank for the garage is dug out. I'll have many yards of dirt from that. I'll have the excavator put in some real drainage while they're here so driveway maintenance is no longer a weekly project. Doing lots of reading to see what it will take to add a top and tilt as well to make those projects a little easier.

Tom

Glad you found a new toy, I mean tractor! I think that is about the same size as my L3400 which I'm very happy with. Post some pics for us.

hbracerx · Jul 25, 2015

I actually took a couple pics today but they didn't come out well. Will get some tomorrow.

Tom

TBN Support · Jul 26, 2015

Looking forward to seeing the pictures! :cool2:

hbracerx · Jul 26, 2015

ok, let's try this....

It's fairly overcast, storm brewing, so pics aren't the brightest.

Hmm, somehow some appear to have attached as thumbnails, others directly into the post. Not sure what I did. Anyway, enjoy. If you're like me, you enjoy pics.

I went to look at a used landscape rake today, unfortunately it was too used

Tom

vulcancowboy · Jul 26, 2015

Looks like a brand, new tractor, very nice. BTW, where in PA are you?

hbracerx · Jul 26, 2015

Yes, it certainly is like new. Only 280 hrs, lived in a garage, very well cared for by the previous owner. I really like it so far.

I'm outside of Ashland PA (an hr north of Harrisburg).

Do you happen to have the Kubota quick attach for your FEL bucket? I'm interested in adding it to mine but not sure if I could use my bucket or if I'd have to buy a different one.

Tom