cholland
Silver Member
Found TBN a few months ago when I got serious about buying a tractor. Finally joined so I can contribute to the discussions.
We have 19 acres in the California foothills a bit north of Yosemite. There are several mine adits from the 1850s gold rush era on the property. Mostly oaks with some open field, some lava cap area, and a lot of brush and poison oak and rocks. So many rocks. Over the past 15 years I have rented dozers, excavators and backhoes to get certain things done like improving the road, leveling a building site, new water lines and a little brush clearing. We finished building a small house 5 years ago. There is a bit of a hill with a switchback but the rest is mostly level with a lot of rocks. There are a couple of tailings piles from the adits.
It's time to get real about maintaining the land. Blading the road, firewood, expanding the garden plot, clearing for fire safety and moving rocks. A person can't keep up without a good tractor. And I'm not getting any younger.
I have researched and shopped and am currently considering a quote on a Kioti CK3510se, with some add ons of course. Hope to be busy logging some seat time in a few weeks.
We have 19 acres in the California foothills a bit north of Yosemite. There are several mine adits from the 1850s gold rush era on the property. Mostly oaks with some open field, some lava cap area, and a lot of brush and poison oak and rocks. So many rocks. Over the past 15 years I have rented dozers, excavators and backhoes to get certain things done like improving the road, leveling a building site, new water lines and a little brush clearing. We finished building a small house 5 years ago. There is a bit of a hill with a switchback but the rest is mostly level with a lot of rocks. There are a couple of tailings piles from the adits.
It's time to get real about maintaining the land. Blading the road, firewood, expanding the garden plot, clearing for fire safety and moving rocks. A person can't keep up without a good tractor. And I'm not getting any younger.
I have researched and shopped and am currently considering a quote on a Kioti CK3510se, with some add ons of course. Hope to be busy logging some seat time in a few weeks.