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.

 

[Bob77064]

Welcome

 

[NHmitch]

Welcome to New Hampshire, and TBN. I think that you are really going to enjoy living here, and this is a pretty AG friendly state, so you should be able to set up a nice small farm on your new property. Again, welcome, and what the of work would you doing on a tractor, on your new property?

 

[02603sec]

Hey I don't miss the Chicago weather at all in NJ/PA and welcome the East Coast. Most of my old friends from Chicago that moved, moved west or south. Not East. Sounds like a nice place up their in NH.

 

[Thomas]

Welcome to Granite State.
Living in country what you make of it,and it can be very peaceful.
Tractor shioping,you may have to travel little but do take your time also keep in mind your dealing w/the 4 seasons.

 

[chad22]

Welcome aboard from Kansas.

Chad

 

[kensnelling]

Welcome to the forums from Oklahoma.

Ken

 

[jahman4]

2 tractors - that's not an idea I'm opposed to. I'm planning on getting a decent CUT and going from there.

 

[jahman4]

Well, we need to clear and/or maintain about 7 or 8 acres of hilly, somewhat rocky land that's broken up into 4 sections. We'll have 2 horses so dealing with manure and hay, etc. will also be key. Eventually we may cut some trails and dealing with the trees and rocks in those areas will be an issue.

 

[meburdick]

2 tractors - that's not an idea I'm opposed to. I'm planning on getting a decent CUT and going from there.

Me either. The wife has her own thoughts on it, but...

Anyway - understanding whether you need to focus more on the smaller or the larger work might help you decide "which one first". And, that would give you an idea of how much larger / smaller the other one might need to be to be appropriate.

BTW... I failed miserably in the beginning to welcome you to TBN and to NH (as a former resident looking to move back).

 

[meburdick]

Well, we need to clear and/or maintain about 7 or 8 acres of hilly, somewhat rocky land that's broken up into 4 sections. We'll have 2 horses so dealing with manure and hay, etc. will also be key. Eventually we may cut some trails and dealing with the trees and rocks in those areas will be an issue.

Things like manure, dirt, gravel, mulch... All handled well by a good sized bucket. The larger rocks are better handled (believe it or not) by pallet forks. As long as your loader has the power to lift them, and the fork tines are rated for the weight, you can move boulders around with relative ease compared to using a bucket.

The hay may well be handled by pallet forks, or you may make better use of a hay spear (possibly front mounted, or 3PH mounted).

With regard to forks - I can vouch for the product and company integrity of Arillian. Those forks come as a frame plus two tines, and the tines can be removed to install a 3PH adapter (which would allow you to mount things like a 3PH spear up front). They're fantastic quality, light weight, and very well engineered. They were designed specifically to fit John Deere Quick Attach mounts, and I know there was additional work done to make them fit the pin-on loaders as well. I don't believe they were ever extended to fit other mount systems from non-JD tractors.