Buying Advice Cab or no cab?

   / Cab or no cab? #241  
Congrats on the choice of a T474, I have had mine for 3 years now. I have 396h with no issues on mine, I do all the services on it myself and have made a few toobe videos on this. Right now my TYM is tucked away 35 miles from home due to threat of forest fire 4 miles from my house.
I suppose you could rig a water reservoir on the 3 pt and a hose on the FEL and make yourself a nice red Fire Tractor.

In all seriousness, be safe. I usually think of good ideas like that after the fact.
 
   / Cab or no cab? #242  
I confess I haven't read every single page, only the first and last 10 or so.

But it feels like you might benefit more from a small excavator, with a cab, than a tractor?

Tractors are great for dealing with big areas or mowing. But you originally asked for a "spare pair of hands", which is what an excavator excels at. Moving, clearing, lifting, tidying - without effort. Easy to get into tight woodland.
 
   / Cab or no cab? #243  
I confess I haven't read every single page, only the first and last 10 or so.

But it feels like you might benefit more from a small excavator, with a cab, than a tractor?

Tractors are great for dealing with big areas or mowing. But you originally asked for a "spare pair of hands", which is what an excavator excels at. Moving, clearing, lifting, tidying - without effort. Easy to get into tight woodland.

Or a compromise machine: the Kubota B26 - built specifically to be a landscaping power wheelbarrow and strong spare pair of arms. Expensive, because it is built more toward construction quality. No-emissions. Many dealers won't have one on the floor, but know where they can bring one in from.
This is the 16th year for the B26 - and the model series goes back farther than that. They must be doing something right.

rScotty
 
   / Cab or no cab?
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#244  
Not sure if I mentioned it here before, but yesterday I put a deposit down on a TYM T474HC, which is the cabbed version. After I have used it for a while, I guess I will then figure out whether or not it was a wise decision.
 
   / Cab or no cab? #245  
I'm sure you already know this, but like pictures. Congratulations on the new TYM!
 
   / Cab or no cab? #247  
Going from no tractor at all to a cab with AC in Florida is going to be awesome. We probably won't hear from you again because you'll be on your tractor all the time.
 
   / Cab or no cab? #248  
Going from no tractor at all to a cab with AC in Florida is going to be awesome. We probably won't hear from you again because you'll be on your tractor all the time.

This happens, a lot. Folks purchase their machine and we never hear from them again!
 
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