Hypothetically, if I were to trade the 4.75 in, I would probably replace it with another T4.75, T4.95, T4.105 or maybe even a T5.105 and a skid steer. I know that means that I'd have a tractor AND a skid steer to take care of, but I think that for my needs it would allow each machine to do what is needed of it more efficiently and likely do a better job. The tractor would handle mowing, brush hogging, snow blowing and other standard tractor work, while the skid steer would do the loader work, back filling and grading excavations and some of the other specialized things that skid steers do very well. I'm finding that for fine grading there's no substitute for the control afforded by a hydrostatic transmission and at the same time for doing more detailed work I much prefer being closer to my work with the better visibility that a skid steer provides. I'll say this though, the T4.75 seems to be the best overall compromise for my purposes. If I'm only going to have one tractor, I'm never going smaller than what I've got. For that matter with the cost of the higher PTO powered compacts that I would require to run a big snow caster I don't think I'd ever even consider anything smaller, the utility and ag tractors seem to be a much better value. As it is I'm very happy with what I've got and the only thing that I'll likely add to the stable any time soon would be a a ride on lawn mower to maintain the 1/3 acre or so of lawn that I want to keep golf course like immediately around the house once it's built. With this setup that I have currently I can mow the remainder of my property in half the time or less than I was able to with the Boomer 3040. I'm able to mow more often and do a nicer job and the "field" portion of my property is starting to look more and more lawn like.
As far as catching the bad guys, I'm hoping that as things get colder they will start to hibernate soon. I want to have the time to really put my new snow removal setup through its paces this winter!
