recommened a tractor for 600 acres.+800ac

[flyingbrass]

I just bought 600 acres of timberland. Mostly hardwood. Some natural pine, some regenerating hardwood, little pine plantation, but mostly hardwood. Some of it is really steep. I got it to have a place for me and my 2 boys to deer hunt. I leased the 50 acres next to it also. Then I have another deer lease for the 3 of us an hour away and its 800 acres. I have a L2350 with a 4 foot bush hog, another 4 foot bush hog, and a disc the same width. I need a bigger tractor with a FEL. I like the L3301, L3901, L4701, Grand L4060, and the mx5200. I know I need to get a box blade, 5 and/or 6 foot bush hog, and maybe a fertilizer spreader. Someday I'd like to add a grapple as well. I have a good road system. Everyone says bigger is better but I'm afraid I'll buy too big and can't get it in the woods. I don't have a barn built yet either so that complicates things too. Also, since I bought the land I'm a little cash poor so I'm not in a big hurry. Any recommendations? thanks
edited to add.
mostly just going to do food plots and clean up after they harvest trees. going to bush hog some of the marginal stuff that is growing and get it back in to a small food plot or replant in pines

 

[D2Cat]

I'd consider, since you mentioned watching your cash flow, finding another hunter you trust who owns a tractor like you think you need and work out a trade. He hunts for you using his tractor.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

This comes to mind!

Followed by this:

 

[flyingbrass]

thanks for the responses.
D2Cat, I don't play well with others so I hate to borrow anything, I ain't letting anybody hunt my new place, and I'm way to hard on anything so I might borrow an anvil but that is about it. Don't ever buy an atv or 4WD truck from me. It will have been abused badly.
North Idaho Wolfman, That is a cool rig there but it aint orange!
I really guess my 2 best options are L4701 or MX5200. I'll just have to get by until I can get caught up on my savings for toys. It has been fun looking for a new tractor though.

 

[TripleR]

I'd go with an MX5200/5800 or any of their predecessors MX5000/5100 if you can find one in good shape. I would put fluid in the tires set to max width and some wheel weights.

 

[aarolar]

I have been very happy with my MX4800 so far but honestly depending on what you are planning on doing I would be looking at something in the 70hp range for that much acreage.

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[jpf]

that looks like my place when they thinned it.
also for most every stump you see today you will have a hole in the ground in 5-6 years where the stump has rotted out.
you will need a loader to fill in as needed.
happy hunting!

 

[skeets]

Can we all come to your place and hunt too
Thats cool I dont play well with other either

 

[aeronutt]

Consider adding a skid loader to your arsenal instead of a traditional tractor. I know this goes against the "orange" theme, but my Bobcat T190 has been absolutely fantastic in doing trail work, land clearing, tree harvesting, road building, and brush stacking. It is a very compact and highly maneuverable machine with a LOT of power in a small space and there's just about no end of useful attachments available to expand the functionality. Root grapples, post hole augers, stump grinders, grapple buckets, land planes, tree shears, and pallet forks are some of the more popular ones. Auxilary hydraulic flow is 16 GPM on mine and the newer tractors are even higher than that so there is plenty of flow available for powering attachments. With a skid loader plus the Kubota L2350 you already have, you could do a fabulous job of building food plots and maintaining trails through those properties.

 

[flyingbrass]

Consider adding a skid loader to your arsenal instead of a traditional tractor. I know this goes against the "orange" theme, but my Bobcat T190 has been absolutely fantastic in doing trail work, land clearing, tree harvesting, road building, and brush stacking. It is a very compact and highly maneuverable machine with a LOT of power in a small space and there's just about no end of useful attachments available to expand the functionality. Root grapples, post hole augers, stump grinders, grapple buckets, land planes, tree shears, and pallet forks are some of the more popular ones. Auxilary hydraulic flow is 16 GPM on mine and the newer tractors are even higher than that so there is plenty of flow available for powering attachments. With a skid loader plus the Kubota L2350 you already have, you could do a fabulous job of building food plots and maintaining trails through those properties.

Wow! Good advice! Thanks! I'm glad you responded.

 

[virginiavenom]

Consider adding a skid loader to your arsenal instead of a traditional tractor. I know this goes against the "orange" theme, but my Bobcat T190 has been absolutely fantastic in doing trail work, land clearing, tree harvesting, road building, and brush stacking. It is a very compact and highly maneuverable machine with a LOT of power in a small space and there's just about no end of useful attachments available to expand the functionality. Root grapples, post hole augers, stump grinders, grapple buckets, land planes, tree shears, and pallet forks are some of the more popular ones. Auxilary hydraulic flow is 16 GPM on mine and the newer tractors are even higher than that so there is plenty of flow available for powering attachments. With a skid loader plus the Kubota L2350 you already have, you could do a fabulous job of building food plots and maintaining trails through those properties.

I second this. note that kubota does sell skid loaders and tracked loaders both. their 65 is actually very appealing for the price of a new skid steer loader. check it out, if I wasn't brush hogging mostly it would be on my list.

 

[TripleR]

No doubt, you can do a lot of work with a good skid loader, we had an 854 for about a year then ran out of stuff to do, it was also very rough riding, tore the ground up and slow going from place to place and not very stable on steep inclines. A couple of years ago we had a project ideal for one and rented it for a week. I followed my son around with our M8540 or L5740 straightening up behind him and the results were great saving a lot of wear and tear plus flats on our tractors.

Before buying, I'd rent one for a few days. We couldn't justify tying that much money in one, but when needed they sure can be handy.

 

[bxray]

Consider adding a skid loader to your arsenal instead of a traditional tractor. I know this goes against the "orange" theme.

Wait a minute!
Kubota has one!


Ray

 

[flyingbrass]

Kubota almost has too many options when it comes to buying new, I guess that is a good thing. As a consumer it is great to have options, but I can't help but feel sorry for the dealer who has to stock and floorplan all the different options. I don't need a new tractor for sure but it's about the same thing as trying to buy a good used 4x4 truck. The good ones never come up for sale and the incentives are so good on a new one that you are better off getting a new one and just letting it sit opposed to paying way too much for a used one.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

If I wasn't brush hogging mostly it would be on my list.

Don't let that stop ya!

 

[virginiavenom]

yeah, but hydraulically driven brush hog is much more expensive on an already much more expensive machine. I'd love a tracked skid steer, but that damn budget is killing me.

 

[sheepfarmer]

I'd like an iddy biddy one to fit in my barns to clean manure out of the sheds and lift stuff into the hay lofts. And pull the snow out of the alley. The 21 feet from FEL to back blade on my tractor is a killer in small spaces. Time to play the lottery again.

 

[wardsfarmnj]

I'd like an iddy biddy one to fit in my barns to clean manure out of the sheds and lift stuff into the hay lofts. And pull the snow out of the alley. The 21 feet from FEL to back blade on my tractor is a killer in small spaces. Time to play the lottery again.

Toro Dingoes and things like that are great for this. We had one for awhile picked up at an auction not even sure what brand it was but we got it dirt cheap, had a little platform you could stand on but it really did a nice job for small tight spots

 

[bigbobva]

I have about 200 acres of forestry on my 250 acres. I bought an older T300 with the Kubota diesel and I love it. I have a CA attachments Super Duty root grapple and it my most used tool on the farm. It is much more maneuverable than any of my tractors in the woods. My alternative is my M7040 but it is nearly impossible to see the cutting edge where the T300 you can see everything because of the seat location. For farm use I love my new M135! It has been nothing short of amazing... For a midsize I would recommend the MX series because of the low center of gravity. I bought a MX5800 last year and it climbs my mountain hills with no problem and sticks at 20 degree side angles without feeling like you are going to kiss the dirt... Plenty of power and mine only recycles every 20-25 hours.

 

[flyingbrass]

still looking, maybe leaning towards getting a HST model