Livesintrees
5 year old buck +
So I want to start doing some research. It seems like one machine is never enough. And neither is the bank account.
On my recently purchased property the tasks and terrain vary. I have a good trail system.
Tasks....
1. TSI aka cutting trees marked by the forestor (I have two chainsaws so cuttings is a non issue) and more importantly getting them out of the woods.
2. The ability to turn the ground over for food plots. The food plots are going to be small in size 1/4 to 1/2 acre. Some of the logging roads I’m in the process of planting and will plant in the future are NOT on level flat land by any means. They go uphill/downhill. Also turning anything around 180 degrees on these is a big factor.
3. Mowing the plots. Plots and logging roads will need to be mowed obviously for clovers or for prepping the plot (mow and turn it over etc). The trail system itself that I travel to access will need no mowing.
4. It would be nice to have the option of a bucket to haul wood or gravel for the road should it need it.
5. Ability to have a snowblade. Yeah I can use the walk behind snowblower if I have to but a blade is easier and faster for the the storms we tend to get here.
6. Storage. I will be storing any machine and implements in the garage (standard height doors). I can always put a shed in the yard but driving across the leech field doesn’t sit well with me.
Now I know a tractor bc of power and PTO is damn fantastic. And powerful. I’m just not sure how well it will do on the steep upgrades where it’ll need to go. I also know I won’t get the speed needed (safely) to pull a disc etc up and down these plot trails. I guess I could do a PTO tiller but again not sure.
A UTV (been looking at the 1100c by Kubota) also has its quirks. It’ll handle everything I need to do. Snow no problem. It’ll turn and handle better. Wood I can toss in the back. Comfort and other use like checking cams and using to haul stands etc obviously pluses. But where I’m unsure of is it’s ability via attachments etc to work the ground, mow etc.
So while I know the answer is like to give myself is get the utv, AND a tractor.....it’s not a reality. Again the terrain is NOT flat. The plots will be kept small (forestor request), and the plot trails are long and fairly narrow.
So I’m all ears. Are there enough available attachments to mow and till the ground making the utv my best choice, or should I look elsewhere. Let’s hear it!
On my recently purchased property the tasks and terrain vary. I have a good trail system.
Tasks....
1. TSI aka cutting trees marked by the forestor (I have two chainsaws so cuttings is a non issue) and more importantly getting them out of the woods.
2. The ability to turn the ground over for food plots. The food plots are going to be small in size 1/4 to 1/2 acre. Some of the logging roads I’m in the process of planting and will plant in the future are NOT on level flat land by any means. They go uphill/downhill. Also turning anything around 180 degrees on these is a big factor.
3. Mowing the plots. Plots and logging roads will need to be mowed obviously for clovers or for prepping the plot (mow and turn it over etc). The trail system itself that I travel to access will need no mowing.
4. It would be nice to have the option of a bucket to haul wood or gravel for the road should it need it.
5. Ability to have a snowblade. Yeah I can use the walk behind snowblower if I have to but a blade is easier and faster for the the storms we tend to get here.
6. Storage. I will be storing any machine and implements in the garage (standard height doors). I can always put a shed in the yard but driving across the leech field doesn’t sit well with me.
Now I know a tractor bc of power and PTO is damn fantastic. And powerful. I’m just not sure how well it will do on the steep upgrades where it’ll need to go. I also know I won’t get the speed needed (safely) to pull a disc etc up and down these plot trails. I guess I could do a PTO tiller but again not sure.
A UTV (been looking at the 1100c by Kubota) also has its quirks. It’ll handle everything I need to do. Snow no problem. It’ll turn and handle better. Wood I can toss in the back. Comfort and other use like checking cams and using to haul stands etc obviously pluses. But where I’m unsure of is it’s ability via attachments etc to work the ground, mow etc.
So while I know the answer is like to give myself is get the utv, AND a tractor.....it’s not a reality. Again the terrain is NOT flat. The plots will be kept small (forestor request), and the plot trails are long and fairly narrow.
So I’m all ears. Are there enough available attachments to mow and till the ground making the utv my best choice, or should I look elsewhere. Let’s hear it!