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Question re: tractor. Compact + mower vs. sub compact with drive over mower
Apr 3, 2020, 9:09 PM
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Question re: tractor. Last year I asked John Deere vs other makes.
It was towards end of summer I think so I wanted to wait until about now to buy one. Question is sub compact vs compact?
My FIL thinks I should get sub compact. Drive over mower. Comes with front end loader and bucket for 20k as well as the drive over mower. Positives: all in one device. Basically I have about 10 acres I’ll have to keep. Maybe 7 or 8 I figure I’ll Bush hog and the other 2 or 3 I’ll keep like a lawn. I’ll have a garden that would be just large enough to be a pain in the butt to till but probably on the small side for a tractor.
My way of thinking is do I want a sub compact that is probably not as good a tractor as a compact and not as good a mower as a mower is. Or should I get a little bit more tractor and get a compact along with a little bit more of a mower in a dedicated mower. Thoughts? Anybody with a sub compact that loves or hates it? TIA!
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Re: Question re: tractor. Compact + mower vs. sub compact with drive over mower
Apr 3, 2020, 9:24 PM
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I don't have any answers for you, but I do have an opinion. That a lot to keep up IMO for a sub anything, especially if you need it to last for years down the road. One good thing about having a compact diesel tractor, you can get about any kind of attachments that you will ever need/want to use for them, and taken care of, they will last you your life time without any major cost....
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That’s kind of what I’m thinking if I’m overworking the subcompact
Apr 3, 2020, 9:27 PM
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Will it wear down sooner vs an adequately sized can it last quite awhile if o get the implements I need
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Re: That’s kind of what I’m thinking if I’m overworking the subcompact
Apr 3, 2020, 9:34 PM
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Sub anything means to me light duty with the exception of a firearm, and light duty being use to keep up that much land will be over worked IMO lovingit. Sub compact is an oversize lawn mower type tractor, that really isn't a tractor at all!!!
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thanks!***
Apr 3, 2020, 9:36 PM
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Re: thanks!***
Apr 3, 2020, 9:45 PM
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I can say that if it was me, no doubt I would buy a small tractor with a diesel engine that would be capable of being a tractor. Real tractors are made to work hard and last. One time in my life, I had a small Ford tractor that done anything I needed it to do, and I had it for 20 years, and it was 10 years old when I bought it, and I didn't spend more that a $100 bucks a year in up keep, and it never failed, when I needed it to work, it did just that, and that was often!!! But good luck with what ever you choose!!!
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Get the bigger one. 1. Will last longer and do more. 2.
Apr 3, 2020, 9:47 PM
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Better spend your money fore it disappears into thin air.
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Re: Question re: tractor. Compact + mower vs. sub compact with drive over mower
Apr 3, 2020, 10:23 PM
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Kubota compact diesel. Don’t buy something that does everything....never works out! Several options that do a few things great...if you need a loader used skid steer is the best money you will ever spend and can rent attachments after the bucket and pallet forks that come with most.
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Re: Question re: tractor. Compact + mower vs. sub compact with drive over mower
Apr 3, 2020, 11:13 PM
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I have 8 acres and went with a Kubota BX2380 with a loader and love it. I really wanted a bigger tractor but due to our terrain, we have a lot of hills, I went sub compact. The little diesel has a lot of power and does everything I want it to do. I have a post hole digger, six foot belly mower, & disc, and the tractor performs well with all. I will be using the disc in the morning to turn over the garden. I leave the loader attached all of the time. Love my little tractor.
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Re: Question re: tractor. Compact + mower vs. sub compact with drive over mower
Apr 3, 2020, 11:31 PM
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I almost went green for the drive over belly mower but decided to save $5K and go with the Kubota. I always leave the mower attached, no real need to remove it.
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Re: Question re: tractor. Compact + mower vs. sub compact with drive over mower
Apr 3, 2020, 11:48 PM
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Last October I purchased a Kubota L3901. I purchased a grapple with a third function valve with it. Best purchase I could have made. Able to push trees down a foot in diameter. Also have a bucket, Bush hog and box blade with a 18 foot trailer. Make sure they give you a quick connect between bucket and grapple.
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