Need help picking a tractor

[john_bud]

It is not the HP, but how you use the HP that really matters- Jay

A buddy once used a similar line about it not being the size of the boat, but the motion of the ocean. He was rebuked with "what good is a dingy in a hurricane?". Funny thing, we weren't anywhere near the ocean or even a lake at the time of the conversation. Never did figure that out....

Back to tractors, I would get a slightly larger than BX class machine. 7800 or B3030 or similar Mahindra, Kioti, JD, NH. If it is a seasonal place, mowing head high weeds will be less of chore. Get a machine that can handle 5 foot implements. Very common, cheap and big enough to get some real work done.


jb

 

[jbrumberg]

jb:

Who rebuked him, his wife ? Now you have me , but I agree with a tractor in the mid 20's to low 30's HP range. Jay

 

[Soundguy]

I know a buddy that used that same boat/ocean line.. and was rebuked by his lady talking about the 'dingy'.. he came back with something about ' he thought he was only going out on a lake.. and didn't realize it was an ocean'... that landed him in trouble!

Soundguy

A buddy once used a similar line about it not being the size of the boat, but the motion of the ocean. He was rebuked with "what good is a dingy in a hurricane?". Funny thing, we weren't anywhere near the ocean or even a lake at the time of the conversation. Never did figure that out....

Back to tractors, I would get a slightly larger than BX class machine. 7800 or B3030 or similar Mahindra, Kioti, JD, NH. If it is a seasonal place, mowing head high weeds will be less of chore. Get a machine that can handle 5 foot implements. Very common, cheap and big enough to get some real work done.


jb

 

[john_bud]

I know a buddy that used that same boat/ocean line.. and was rebuked by his lady talking about the 'dingy'.. he came back with something about ' he thought he was only going out on a lake.. and didn't realize it was an ocean'... that landed him in trouble!

Soundguy

I don't know about dingy's, but an 8n was about 20 hp and much heavier than a bx1800.

 

[Soundguy]

20 hp? That was a worn out 8n. Try 27 if in decent condition.

soundguy