B7500

[Anonymous Poster]

hi all, love the site. i've learned a lot from you guys over the last few weeks but still need some more info. i'll be buying my first (and hopefully last) tractor in the next month or so and want to be sure to size it correctly. i think the B7500 will do all i need but would like to hear your thoughts.

i plan to build on a gently rolling 10 acre lot (4 acres of woods and 6 pasture) so the first couple of years the tractor would be needed for :
landscaping work,
dragging firewood/logs/anything else that may get in the way. no trees really, i can cut up and then move.
moving small to medium size rocks - only a few and i can move them by hand but can't lift them.
pulling fence posts - wood and metal
digging post holes
bush hogging
pushing snow
create a driveway.
after the first couple of years i figure it'll become mostly a mower, snow pusher and driveway maintenance machine.

i feel pretty confident it'll do most of these things but am worried it may be a little small for the initial driveway work. my plan is to use a box blade and loader to scape the topsoil down a few inches before bringing in the gravel. the drive is about 350 feet, drains well, no ditch work etc.. is the b7500 strong enough for this? can it pull a box blade through what i would call normal topsoil? will the loader handle the heavier loads of gravel. can it get fence posts out of the ground?

i know bigger is usually bettter but i think the b7500 is plenty big enough for my long term uses and fits in my budget better than the bigger machines BUT i'd be disappointed if i can't use it for the drive work. would i be better off with a 2410? 2710?

looking at b7500 HST, 4wd, 302FEL, 4 foot bushhog, 4 foot box blade, have access to post hole digger and will buy finish mower in a couple of years.

any thoughts are appreciated.

thanks

BaldGuy

 

[Bird]

<font color=blue>would i be better off with a 2410? 2710?</font color=blue>

Sure you'd be better off with the bigger tractor, if you don't mind the additional cost. However, I did all the things you mentioned (except playing in the snow/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif) for 4 years with a B7100 before trading up to the B2710. It'll just take a little longer and not be quite as comfortable as the bigger tractor. How big a hurry are you going to be in and how much do you want to spend?/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[GlueGuy]

BaldGuy,

Didn't I see your post aboutthis same thing somewhere else?

At any rate, I have a B7500 equipped as you specify, and I use it to take care of a 4,300' driveway. It's plenty big enough, and works great. Although I usually have to make a few passes on each section section of the driveway. I would think that 350' would be a cakewalk for a B7500.

The GlueGuy

 

[Egon]

Good morning BaldGuy from another BaldGuy:
As per Birds comments on the 7100 as I have one also. It will do all you have indicated and more. I have a 72 in. mid mount mower and the 7100 handles it easily. For sure the 7500 would do.
Egon

 

[BaldGuy]

i posted this in "pricing" first then realized it should have went to "buying" so reposted it there.

thanks for the input.

BaldGuy