New from NH

[jahman4]

I live in NH with my wife on 18 acres. It used to be an old dairy farm. Half is cleared, half wooded. There is a large barn and we're planning to clean it up, add some horses and who knows what else. Used to live in Suburban Chicago so it's quite a change and we're both new to tractors and rural living. We don't have a tractor yet but that will be remedied shortly...

This looks like a great forum!

 

[brin]

Welcome...my wife and I used to live in Des Plaines....many years ago....

 

[257NH]

Welcome to TBN and welcome to NH alsh and welcome to the june heat wave!
Brian

 

[mguitas]

:welcome:

 

[Pixguy]

Good luck with this new chapter of your life.

You should find NH and this forum full of great people willing to share their knowledge. Enjoy!

 

[creekbend]

Good to have you aboard. Best wishes.

 

[TripleR]

Welcome to the forums, I spent a week in Chicago when one of my sons was in the Navy; interesting place, I can't even imagine living there, enjoy your new home.

No offense meant on your home, I don't like Kansas City or St. Louis either.

 

[jahman4]

Well thanks for the warm welcome! We've been very happy with the move - NH is a beautiful state and everyone has been very friendly. This tractor buying process is a little insane. There's so much to consider. Anyway, cheers folks. See you in the forums!

 

[meburdick]

I would imagine that Rochester and/or Portsmouth would be equipped with some different dealers. And, a good dealer is something you want to get as part of a purchase.

With that much land, and with only part of it clear, you may have a variety of different tasks for tractors. Without knowing your exact intentions, I'm initially thinking you may very well want TWO machines... A SCUT type machine that can do the "everyday" smaller jobs, including finish mowing. Then a much lager machine that will do the real heavy work... Post hole digging, backhoe work, moving large amounts of material, moving hay bales, etc.

Or, you could get yourself a decent sized CUT that can do quite a bit of heavy work and will even venture into the smaller work a bit. Then, for the finish mowing and such, a larger riding mower.

 

[meburdick]

I would imagine that Rochester and/or Portsmouth would be equipped with some different dealers. And, a good dealer is something you want to get as part of a purchase.

With that much land, and with only part of it clear, you may have a variety of different tasks for tractors. Without knowing your exact intentions, I'm initially thinking you may very well want TWO machines... A SCUT type machine that can do the "everyday" smaller jobs, including finish mowing. Then a much lager machine that will do the real heavy work... Post hole digging, backhoe work, moving large amounts of material, moving hay bales, etc.

Or, you could get yourself a decent sized CUT that can do quite a bit of heavy work and will even venture into the smaller work a bit. Then, for the finish mowing and such, a larger riding mower.