tacticalturnip
Elite Member
1. yes
2. No, you don't. Not for how you explained you're using a tractor..
All you need is a tractor set up to weigh 4000 lbs with 25 hp...
A backhoe simply is complicating things.
Here's the problem with tractor forums: 1. you will get advice based on "personal" experience which may or may not pertain to you whatsoever.
2. It is very easy to spend someone else's money.
3. People have different attitudes toward tractoring with the predominant one being: always get a bigger tractor than you think you need which may pertain 80% of the time and thus, appears to give the idea credence.
4. The entire point of this forum with its plethora of opinions, is to sift through all the contributions, be honest w yourself, get educated and arrive at a decision based on YOUR needs.
I work for a company that sells tractors. We are very careful not to under sell or over sell customers.
We "listen" to the customer first and foremost on what they wish to do w their machine.
Based on this compilation of information, we then give the customer choices within their range of explanation of usage and price point.
We very seldom, if ever get customers with "buyers remorse" if they explained their usage accurately.
Even in the totally rare instance ( like 2 in the seven years I've been there) of that happening, we simply trade them out of their current machine and give them what they paid for it toward the trade.
That acts like a "safety net" to assure the customer that they have their hand held if need be.
We are not the only company that does this sort of thing where virtually "no purchase or tractor chosen mistake can be made without it being covered".
This is the brand we sell. I believe there is a Mahindra dealership near you in Thomasville Florida.
This or another brand in this size range, is all the tractor you need for your explained usage.
That's a lot of really good advice; also you're right about the nature of forums, and of the opinions to be found on them. I'll admit, it can be much to easy to push ones home team, so to speak.