flusher
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- Getting old. Sold the ranch. Sold the tractors. Moved back to the city.
My husband and I purchased our first piece of property (12.5 acres) near Augusta, GA 5 days ago!!! After doing a more thorough walk around, we've decided we need a tractor. The land is relatively flat with 2 ponds, numerous trees where there is good water supply, and a spring fed swampy area that we'd like to cultivate into a real creek. We've decided that we need a loader, a mower, an auger, and a backhoe (we may decide to rent this as needed).
The seller suggestest we get a tractor w/ 35 hp. The numerous hours I've spent online doing research suggest 35 hp, although less hp can run the attachments, the tractor tends to wear out sooner. Now I've discovered PTO. What is the difference, pros/cons between the different types? My husband is set on a Deere. The 4005 has continuous live PTO, the 4105 has independent PTO at a considerable price increase.
Any input would be extremely appreciated.
I bought 10 acres of flat pasture land in Jan05 and in May05 bought my first tractor, a Kubota B7510HST (21 hp 3-cylinder diesel engine, 17 hp pto, 4WD, power steering, hydrostatic transmission) with the LA302 FEL (4-ft wide bucket). $12.6K plus tax.
Used it for 3 years to do all the tasks you listed except backhoe work. Hired that work out since there are many guys with tractor-loader-backhoes (TLBs) around here competing for those jobs and they work cheap.
The pto on that B7510 is the independent type and there are two of them--a 540/960 rpm rear pto and a 2500 rpm mid-pto for mid-mount implements like lawn mowers. You can only use one at a time. My rear mounted, pto-driven implements included a 4-ft brush hog rotary mower and a 4-ft rototiller.
For a first tractor, you would be well advised to find one around 30hp (pto) with the features I listed for that 7510. That way you can ease into tractor ownership relatively painlessly.