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The rear forks I am definitely going to check out. When we get snow we tend to get what the weather forecast calls "lake effect snow" and it drifts up. If we get 10" of snow, I might have a driveway 10" deep, or I might have a driveway where the road end is clear to the gravel but the house...

Thanks, I couldn't see how it would work, but worth asking. Will the 3pt be that bad? I always see guys sitting kinda sideways, thought it could work not bad?

Happy wife, happy life, that's usually my line lol. In reality, my wife is a very rational person, if the L turns out to be a better fit for our needs ( both are neck-and-neck at this point) or better deal by a significant amount, she will be the first to point it out. And you are correct...

Would love to own an L60, but the price-tag is just not going to happen lol. All of them are pretty good, makes the choice / criteria for choosing difficult. We have looked at the R14's online, haven't seen any in real life. How bad do they tear finished ground? What is the puncture resistance...

So for loader work, moving lumber etc around, digging leveling, the weight difference of the two tractors isn't really that relevant? That is helpful info, I watched the Messicks tire videos as well, if we could get turfs with the puncture resistance of R4's there would be no question we would...

Yeah, initially I thought R4's for puncture resistance especially, but have been hearing that R3's are better for winter, and a lot wider for better spreading the weight out. Seems the wet vs weight is another factor we should look more closely at.

Well, I didn't mention it straight off because I guess I have become so accustomed to it I just plan around it and didn't really think about it. Also, generally as we would probably go north, the soil is pretty thin over the rock most places, any real top soil we would be bringing in for the...

What tires did you go with? I am reconsidering things after Sheepfarmer's post. A lot of what I believe would be the "heavier" jobs for the tractor would be during construction of our place, after which loader work, snowblowing, maintaining trails with a bush hog etc. are the ongoing tasks...

Thanks, those are fair points. I hear you on the wet. It's high water table here and quite wet. I can't mow with a zt yet. My neighbour buried his lawn tractor yesterday. Last year near the end of June another neighbour sank a dozer, had to get a high hoe in to get it out. Weight isn't a...

Thanks, that is a good step-back and look at the big picture opinion. Maybe we are getting carried away with trying to "swiss-army-knife" a tractor. The part I bolded is what we would do if we woke up much wealthier lol. Perhaps over time that is how it will play out. Getting a tractor that...

Thanks, I agree that it's not apples to apples, it is dollars to dollars though +/-. It's something I was told a long time ago and have found to be true of many things, "better to buy the best-in-class of what you can afford than the entry level of a class you can't". The 2650 has all the...

Thanks, appreciate hearing your choice and reasons. Is the digital well- backlit for night? I never did turn the lights on:eek: My wife really prefers the idea of a MMM so the front PTO would eventually get used. That said, she says she could get used to a 3pt, the mmm just has familiarity...

Thanks for your reply. I expect that while blowing snow in the winter I would curse myself for the lack of cab:(, I have found the cab to be less handy in the woods and years ago while using company tractors I preferred the open station kind of set-up for being on and off the tractor so much...

Thanks for the reply, I was unaware that there were two versions of the backhoe until yesterday. Both you, and (surprisingly on a weekend) a salesman pointed that out. I will have to check into what is available to us We were not planning on owning the backhoe for now. Currently it would be...

This will be a long post, I apologize for the length but hope that you will bear with me and afford us some of your expertise. Thanks in advance. My wife and I are going to / have been pricing a tractor before the finance cut-off at the end of the month and see if the math works out for us or...