Thanks. That's helpful. My tractor isn't fitted with the front end, so I have to use the 3 pt. At 881, it sounds like the 70-80 lb lighter of the 48" Land Pride (Kubota) may be really important. It's just not the steel; it's the extra gravel the 5' would pick up. Here are some pix of my back...
I have an extensive graveled parking area plus drive. I've recently had the entire area re-graveled. There is one slope connecting the parking area and the drive. My contractors advised purchasing a grader-scraper for the gravel, which tends to migrate downhill/downstream over time. The little...