New house, New Tractor? BX2370 vs B2301
Hey all
New to the tractor world. Here's my situation:
Recently purchased a bank repo house. The landscaping around the house was never done when the house was built and the driveway needs some work. So short term use for the tractor would be:
-Shaping the yard around the house
-Digging a ditch/swale between my property and the neighbors
-Crowning the driveway and small swales on each side
-Add 6" of gravel to the driveway to raise it above the field to keep water off
-Spread topsoil around the property for lawn
-Widen the driveway next to the house for the trailer
-Build small "Mountain bike pump track"
Long term use for the tractor once all this is done would be:
-Cutting the grass
-Once I'm done traveling for work blowing snow on the driveway 300' long and 50' wide at the wouse(for now I pay someone to clean it while I'm away).
-Small garden
-Possibly use to build small camp and cut wood on wood lot (very long term plan and depends heavily on work situation to fund this)
With all that, ive been looking at Kubota and John deere tractors. Kubota dealer is down the road and seems to also have better pricing and seems to be what I have been leaning towards. Kioti, TYM, Branson, Massey are all either too far or they are RV dealers that have recently started selling tractors and I'm worried about tractor knowledge with those companies mainly selling RV's.
The tractor I WANT is the B2301 for the bigger size and ground clearance if I ever do use it in the woods. But realistically once everything around the house is done mowing and snow removal will be its life so the BX2370 seems like a smarter idea. Also seems like a smarter idea once I went to the dealer and looked at the physical size of the tractors side by side. I want to stay away from owning 2 pieces of equipment like a dedicated mower and also I still have to confirm but I think I have to stay under 25HP for the insurance to fall under the house coverage.
So with everybody's knowledge do you think the BX is capable of doing these tasks with a loader/toothbar, box scraper, and of course mower and blower once its all done?
Should I just rent equipment or pay someone for the short term work and buy a lawn tractor to mow and blow snow with? My thoughts were The money I would spend paying someone would almost pay for the tractor.
Driveway needing crown and small swales on each side as well as add 6" of gravel.
Pad next to house for trailer. Remove 6" soil and replace with gravel and build up level with driveway gravel.
Field to be turned into lawn to tie into neighbors lawn.
Steep slope (1/3 from right side) to be rounded out smooth (debated retaining wall) to allow for grass/mowing.
Pad under deck to be turned into implement storage and possibly tractor storage (prefer to keep it in the garage)
Lawn to be extended to tree line, garden placed along tree line and round out steep slope on left 1/3 of picture.
Driveway needing work.
Stake line showing ditch/swale between properties and to collect water from house/driveway.
Hey all
New to the tractor world. Here's my situation:
Recently purchased a bank repo house. The landscaping around the house was never done when the house was built and the driveway needs some work. So short term use for the tractor would be:
-Shaping the yard around the house
-Digging a ditch/swale between my property and the neighbors
-Crowning the driveway and small swales on each side
-Add 6" of gravel to the driveway to raise it above the field to keep water off
-Spread topsoil around the property for lawn
-Widen the driveway next to the house for the trailer
-Build small "Mountain bike pump track"
Long term use for the tractor once all this is done would be:
-Cutting the grass
-Once I'm done traveling for work blowing snow on the driveway 300' long and 50' wide at the wouse(for now I pay someone to clean it while I'm away).
-Small garden
-Possibly use to build small camp and cut wood on wood lot (very long term plan and depends heavily on work situation to fund this)
With all that, ive been looking at Kubota and John deere tractors. Kubota dealer is down the road and seems to also have better pricing and seems to be what I have been leaning towards. Kioti, TYM, Branson, Massey are all either too far or they are RV dealers that have recently started selling tractors and I'm worried about tractor knowledge with those companies mainly selling RV's.
The tractor I WANT is the B2301 for the bigger size and ground clearance if I ever do use it in the woods. But realistically once everything around the house is done mowing and snow removal will be its life so the BX2370 seems like a smarter idea. Also seems like a smarter idea once I went to the dealer and looked at the physical size of the tractors side by side. I want to stay away from owning 2 pieces of equipment like a dedicated mower and also I still have to confirm but I think I have to stay under 25HP for the insurance to fall under the house coverage.
So with everybody's knowledge do you think the BX is capable of doing these tasks with a loader/toothbar, box scraper, and of course mower and blower once its all done?
Should I just rent equipment or pay someone for the short term work and buy a lawn tractor to mow and blow snow with? My thoughts were The money I would spend paying someone would almost pay for the tractor.
Driveway needing crown and small swales on each side as well as add 6" of gravel.
Pad next to house for trailer. Remove 6" soil and replace with gravel and build up level with driveway gravel.
Field to be turned into lawn to tie into neighbors lawn.
Steep slope (1/3 from right side) to be rounded out smooth (debated retaining wall) to allow for grass/mowing.
Pad under deck to be turned into implement storage and possibly tractor storage (prefer to keep it in the garage)
Lawn to be extended to tree line, garden placed along tree line and round out steep slope on left 1/3 of picture.
Driveway needing work.
Stake line showing ditch/swale between properties and to collect water from house/driveway.
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