I'd love to have a Kubota tractor. And if money were no object, I'd have one!
Around here, even old beat-up tractors are pricey. You start looking at the good stuff, you're looking at over $4000 easy, that's at the lower end of the good stuff. Used Kubotas range anywhere from $6,000 to 35,000.
By way of comparison, about 12 years ago, we bought our 2 bedroom house, (not a great house, very old, needs a LOT of work) and 22 acres for $35,000. Yes, that's cheap, it's a depressed area. And prices were lower12 years ago.
My point is that while you save up for the next 10 years or so for that wonderful tractor, you might want to be able to mow your property. You can rent one, repeatedly, or bite the bullet and buy one. It depends on whether you'll be needing it very often. And how long before you can buy a decent tractor. And yeah, I'd say get a tractor with a ROPS, ours doesn't have one, the DH wanted it anyway, I worry every time he's out on the thing.
You might be able to find a used DR, (if anybody who has one ever actually lets go of it, I wouldn't sell mine, unless I had the cash for the newer one that has a reverse) and not have to put out quite so much for one.
In some wooded areas, (assuming you want to clear the undergrowth, and not just ignore it) even a nice little Kubota can't get in there. So then you'd still need a DR, or a machete, or something, that can get in there.
Of course, you can always fence an area with 2 or 3 strands of electric and run 2 or 3 pigs for a season, that will clear out most of the undergrowth. We did that last year, then butchered the pigs. Pigs get in all kinds of places a tractor can't go. Add a couple of bags of feed a week, and the bonus is you get to eat them.
ETA: The prices on these have gone up a lot, I think ours was only about $1000 when we bought it. I just looked at the prices on the website, and
maybe renting is the better option! Unless you can pick up a used one. The reconditioned ones, on the website, offer some savings, but still...
Around here, even old beat-up tractors are pricey. You start looking at the good stuff, you're looking at over $4000 easy, that's at the lower end of the good stuff. Used Kubotas range anywhere from $6,000 to 35,000.
By way of comparison, about 12 years ago, we bought our 2 bedroom house, (not a great house, very old, needs a LOT of work) and 22 acres for $35,000. Yes, that's cheap, it's a depressed area. And prices were lower12 years ago.
My point is that while you save up for the next 10 years or so for that wonderful tractor, you might want to be able to mow your property. You can rent one, repeatedly, or bite the bullet and buy one. It depends on whether you'll be needing it very often. And how long before you can buy a decent tractor. And yeah, I'd say get a tractor with a ROPS, ours doesn't have one, the DH wanted it anyway, I worry every time he's out on the thing.
You might be able to find a used DR, (if anybody who has one ever actually lets go of it, I wouldn't sell mine, unless I had the cash for the newer one that has a reverse) and not have to put out quite so much for one.
In some wooded areas, (assuming you want to clear the undergrowth, and not just ignore it) even a nice little Kubota can't get in there. So then you'd still need a DR, or a machete, or something, that can get in there.
Of course, you can always fence an area with 2 or 3 strands of electric and run 2 or 3 pigs for a season, that will clear out most of the undergrowth. We did that last year, then butchered the pigs. Pigs get in all kinds of places a tractor can't go. Add a couple of bags of feed a week, and the bonus is you get to eat them.
ETA: The prices on these have gone up a lot, I think ours was only about $1000 when we bought it. I just looked at the prices on the website, and
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