Land Plane Recommendations

[farmer frank]

Hi all. Quick side story...........I had $$$ tied up with EA on a land plane/grader, which I did finally manage to get back from my bank. I dodged a big one there, and I recommend to anyone else who has money tied up with them to contact the bank you paid with and file a dispute. My bank told me that since more than 3 months had passed that they might not have jurisdiction to obtain a refund on my behalf, but I insisted they file a claim, and it worked!! Yippee!!!

So, now that I received a refund, I can now consider another model. I like the look and price of the Catawba Attachments land leveler compared to the Land Pride and the Homestead. Catawba offers a 7ft implement for $2,255. Homestead is about the same price, and doesn't look quite as beefy. I haven't checked on the price of the Land Pride, because the Catawba looks more sturdy than that one also. The Catawba has 4x4 beams vs the 4x3 on the Homestead.
https://cattachments.com/product/land-leveler/
https://homesteadimplements.com/land-plane-pinnacle-series/

Are there any other models I should consider? Anyone else bought the land leveler or anything else from Catawba?

Thanks in advance for any recommendations!

FF

 

[Camoranger0764]

FF, I purchased a Grapple from Catawba.. I'm Very Pleased with it. I spoke with Cody @ Catawba 6 or 7 weeks before they started selling them. "Great People" to deal with!! Will definitely order from them again.
Very Well Built and was delivery within 2 days after I placed the Order.

 

[ajschnitzelbank]

I thought the Woods I had was very nice. If there are dealers near you may be worth checking the price.

 

[Matt Ellerbee]

We have a 6’ dirt dog at work. Works very well for our gravel parking lots, and gets used hard. I replaced the skid shoes some months back.

This is behind our MX5100 with turf tires.

 

[mcmxi]

Hi all. Quick side story...........I had $$$ tied up with EA on a land plane/grader, which I did finally manage to get back from my bank. I dodged a big one there, and I recommend to anyone else who has money tied up with them to contact the bank you paid with and file a dispute. My bank told me that since more than 3 months had passed that they might not have jurisdiction to obtain a refund on my behalf, but I insisted they file a claim, and it worked!! Yippee!!!

So, now that I received a refund, I can now consider another model. I like the look and price of the Catawba Attachments land leveler compared to the Land Pride and the Homestead. Catawba offers a 7ft implement for $2,255. Homestead is about the same price, and doesn't look quite as beefy. I haven't checked on the price of the Land Pride, because the Catawba looks more sturdy than that one also. The Catawba has 4x4 beams vs the 4x3 on the Homestead.
https://cattachments.com/product/land-leveler/
https://homesteadimplements.com/land-plane-pinnacle-series/

Are there any other models I should consider? Anyone else bought the land leveler or anything else from Catawba?

Thanks in advance for any recommendations!

FF

It's good to hear that you got your money back, but this whole Catawba thing keeps getting weirder. EA called their land plane a land leveler but no one else did, and Catawba appears to be using the same yellow color. What the heck is going on? Regardless, weight is your friend with these implements so I'd look at the Land Pride GS2584 over the Catawba and Homestead.

Catawba 7ft = 578lb
Homestead Pinnacle 7ft = 549lb
Land Pride GS2584 7ft = 846lb
EA Land Leveler 7ft = 786lb

 

[D2Cat]

It's good to hear that you got your money back, but this whole Catawba thing keeps getting weirder. EA called their land plane a land leveler but no one else did, and Catawba appears to be using the same yellow color. What the heck is going on? Regardless, weight is your friend with these implements so I'd look at the Land Pride GS2584 over the Catawba and Homestead.

Catawba 7ft = 578lb
Homestead Pinnacle 7ft = 549lb
Land Pride GS2584 7ft = 846lb
EA Land Leveler 7ft = 786lb

Your skepticism may require more investigation to put you at ease. The young engineer at Catawba had made a few post on another forum when EA was recognized as "robbing Peter to pay Paul". He made those aware of what they made, how they made them, what new products they were coming out with, where they were located, etc.

I'm confident you'll discover Catawba is in no way associated with any individuals associated with EA and are competition for similar items trying to generate business from EA's demise.

 

[mcmxi]

Hi all. Quick side story...........I had $$$ tied up with EA on a land plane/grader, which I did finally manage to get back from my bank. I dodged a big one there, and I recommend to anyone else who has money tied up with them to contact the bank you paid with and file a dispute. My bank told me that since more than 3 months had passed that they might not have jurisdiction to obtain a refund on my behalf, but I insisted they file a claim, and it worked!! Yippee!!!

So, now that I received a refund, I can now consider another model. I like the look and price of the Catawba Attachments land leveler compared to the Land Pride and the Homestead. Catawba offers a 7ft implement for $2,255. Homestead is about the same price, and doesn't look quite as beefy. I haven't checked on the price of the Land Pride, because the Catawba looks more sturdy than that one also. The Catawba has 4x4 beams vs the 4x3 on the Homestead.
https://cattachments.com/product/land-leveler/
https://homesteadimplements.com/land-plane-pinnacle-series/

Are there any other models I should consider? Anyone else bought the land leveler or anything else from Catawba?

Thanks in advance for any recommendations!

FF

Buy this before someone else does! It's a great price for a serious land leveler.

For Sale: EA 7' Land Plane/Leveler

Everything Attachments Land Plane/Leveler, 7' wide. Perfect for maintaining and smoothing gravel roads and parking lots. I don't use it enough, so it's up for sale. Shows signs of use, but in very good condition -see pics. It fits both Cat1 and Cat2 tractors. I can load onto your trailer. 10...

www.orangetractortalks.com

 

[mcmxi]

Your skepticism may require more investigation to put you at ease. The young engineer at Catawba had made a few post on another forum when EA was recognized as "robbing Peter to pay Paul". He made those aware of what they made, how they made them, what new products they were coming out with, where they were located, etc.

I'm confident you'll discover Catawba is in no way associated with any individuals associated with EA and are competition for similar items trying to generate business from EA's demise.

I saw some posts from the guy at Catawba, but there's something going on. I'm well aware that many companies don't want to divulge inside information. I've been sending NDAs out for years to various companies and have signed some myself, so it's unlikely that anyone at Catawba would share information about their inner workings, just as many companies that "manufacture" a product won't share information on vendors they're using for various parts or the entire thing.

I made the point before about disc harrows and folding cutters from companies like Bush Hog, Rhino Ag and Dirt Dog and they all seem to be the same rebranded product so who is actually making them? Many of these companies want to sell the story that they design and build products, but many simply buy implements from who knows where, puts some stickers on them and sell them.

 

[ferguson]

More time than money

 

[biketopia]

I have a Catawaba Land plane. The thing is a stout and built unit. I picked it up from a local implement guy that sell's them in Richmond Va for less than their posted price online, I wouldn't hesitate to purchase another item from them.

 

[DustyRusty]

Buy this before someone else does! It's a great price for a serious land leveler.

For Sale: EA 7' Land Plane/Leveler

Everything Attachments Land Plane/Leveler, 7' wide. Perfect for maintaining and smoothing gravel roads and parking lots. I don't use it enough, so it's up for sale. Shows signs of use, but in very good condition -see pics. It fits both Cat1 and Cat2 tractors. I can load onto your trailer. 10...

www.orangetractortalks.com

It is in farmer Frank's neighborhood of Southern Appalachia.

Southern Appalachians include the State of West Virginia, southwestern Virginia, eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, western North Carolina and South Carolina, northern Georgia, and northeastern Alabama

 

[mcmxi]

It is in farmer Frank's neighborhood of Southern Appalachia.

I was thinking it was kind of in the vicinity of @farmer frank but wasn't sure.

 

[DustyRusty]

This is a good example of why people should be a little more specific about where they live.

 

[johnjk]

I tried to go ABI but they were not that interested in my business. They did email me today wondering why I never ordered, so I resent them the email where I stated I wanted to order one and discuss delivery. Their response at that time was a very short “we don’t have any.” No offer to put me on the build schedule or set any tentative dates so I moved on and ended up with a Land Pride 6’ Land Plane for my B3200 from my local Kubota dealer for $120 more. I am very pleased with my purchase. Anyway, the Land Pride unit works great and I was able to drive over and get it the same day. Quality and ease of use is excellent. I’ve discovered that keeping the speed up (2000 RPM and in M), stay in 4WD and have a bucket of stone for front ballast really helps with a small tractor.