I Have been Power-Trac dreaming since I first saw MossRoads first reviews of power trac months ago. I figured the buying bug would pass with time, but is has'nt so it must be real. Here is my situation:
I own 2 ½ acres of land in the state of Maine, with a 150’ paved level driveway. Approx. ¾ acre is finished lawn, the remaining property is scrubby stuff with some nice field pines and birches. My wife has done a nice job of putting in flower beds all around the house.
Presently I have a 1994 266H Toro wheelhorse with mulching deck, bagger, and snowblower. I use the tractor to mow, snowblow, bag leaves in the fall, dethatch the lawn and spread lawn fertilizer.
Some additional task that I would like to do, but my current tractor is not suited for it.
·Back yard 1/3 acre. Pull the top soil and sod off, spread some clay and then re-loam and seed. It is all sand underneath which sucks all the moisture out and will not support a lawn. (PT big and small bucket)
·Move loam and bark mulch for my wife’s flower gardens. (PT big bucket)
·Mow down the scrubby vegetation and remove stumps. (PT bushhog and stump grinder). Do some earthwork to level the dips and valleys. (PT small bucket with teeth)
·Break up the ice off of the driveway during the winter (even when snowblowing, the north facing garage will build up ice in mixed wintery precip.). (PT big bucket)
·Move some snow banks occasionally (PT big bucket)
·Pull some downed trees out of the wooded area. (PT tractor with log grapple and chain)
I'm going to keep my Toro since buying a PT snowblower is more than the worth of this whole setup. (the snowblower cost seems several increments higher in cost when compared to the other PT attachments)
My questions for fellow PT owners and test pilots:
1) Does the stump cutter do a good job?
2) Because I'm keeping my existing snowblower set-up, I was not going to order the blade. Your thoughts on this
Give me any of your other thoughts or opinions on my work plans for the PT422
thanks
Duane
I own 2 ½ acres of land in the state of Maine, with a 150’ paved level driveway. Approx. ¾ acre is finished lawn, the remaining property is scrubby stuff with some nice field pines and birches. My wife has done a nice job of putting in flower beds all around the house.
Presently I have a 1994 266H Toro wheelhorse with mulching deck, bagger, and snowblower. I use the tractor to mow, snowblow, bag leaves in the fall, dethatch the lawn and spread lawn fertilizer.
Some additional task that I would like to do, but my current tractor is not suited for it.
·Back yard 1/3 acre. Pull the top soil and sod off, spread some clay and then re-loam and seed. It is all sand underneath which sucks all the moisture out and will not support a lawn. (PT big and small bucket)
·Move loam and bark mulch for my wife’s flower gardens. (PT big bucket)
·Mow down the scrubby vegetation and remove stumps. (PT bushhog and stump grinder). Do some earthwork to level the dips and valleys. (PT small bucket with teeth)
·Break up the ice off of the driveway during the winter (even when snowblowing, the north facing garage will build up ice in mixed wintery precip.). (PT big bucket)
·Move some snow banks occasionally (PT big bucket)
·Pull some downed trees out of the wooded area. (PT tractor with log grapple and chain)
I'm going to keep my Toro since buying a PT snowblower is more than the worth of this whole setup. (the snowblower cost seems several increments higher in cost when compared to the other PT attachments)
My questions for fellow PT owners and test pilots:
1) Does the stump cutter do a good job?
2) Because I'm keeping my existing snowblower set-up, I was not going to order the blade. Your thoughts on this
Give me any of your other thoughts or opinions on my work plans for the PT422
thanks
Duane