New Tractor

[Someday isle]

We bought our property In June 2016. At the time I had storage challenges and didn’t want to spend a bunch of money after buying the property. Two years ago we built a new house with a bigger garage. I’ve said since the first year that if I had one do over I’d have bought a tractor instead of an ATV. That first summer I bought a Can Am Outlander 450. It did great service for me. A pull behind disc and a cultipacker did admirable work on our food plots and logging road Clover trails but it was a lot of work. I love my DR mower and it’s not going anywhere but I spend a lot of time mowing behind that thing. So it was time for a tractor. We sold the ATV and last week I bought a brand new Kubota B2601. Implements to go along with it are a Four foot rotary cutter, a four foot disc, a 54 inch box blade, an Fsp 500 spreader, and a 54 inch quick tach loader with the skid steer quick attach couplers, and a quick hitch. All landpride attachments. Price out the door was $24,410 including an 18 foot trailer. The trailer isn’t much to write home about and honestly I plan on replacing it with a better unit. Overall it was a great package price. I think It’s the perfect size tractor for our small property and it fits in my garage with room to spare. I’m keeping the implements under a carport out at our property and the tractor and spreader make their home in then garage at home.

 

[Someday isle]

The dealer loaded everything on the trailer with two ratchet straps. I’ve since bought chains and binders for transport. While nothing moved under the straps that first day I wasn’t very confident with the setup. I plan on using chains to chain the tractor down in all four corners and then use the straps on Any attachments I’m transporting. It’s my understanding from reading Missouri’s regulations that that’s what’s appropriate for transport. I’m a safety first guy anyway but I also already love my tractor and don’t want to take any chances. I figure an extra few minutes to anchor it properly is worth the time.

 

[Someday isle]

I was also very conscious of ballast so I made sure to have them load the rear tires with fluid. They use a methanol mix. I can already tell the difference between the test drive and when I took delivery. On the first day I took ownership our road got washed out from heavy storms so I spent Day one hauling and spreading gravel. I hooked up the rotary cutter for extras ballast and between that and the rear tires it was very stable to work with and I learned a lot that first day getting comfortable with the tractor and loader. In a couple weeks it’ll be time to mow the roadside and maybe put in some summer food plots. I’m excited to say the least.

 

[iceman10]

Looks great ! I am going the same route with an L3560 as a retirement gift to myself in 2023 which cannot get here soon enough!!


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[ghilliehunter]

We bought our property In June 2016. At the time I had storage challenges and didn’t want to spend a bunch of money after buying the property. Two years ago we built a new house with a bigger garage. I’ve said since the first year that if I had one do over I’d have bought a tractor instead of an ATV. That first summer I bought a Can Am Outlander 450. It did great service for me. A pull behind disc and a cultipacker did admirable work on our food plots and logging road Clover trails but it was a lot of work. I love my DR mower and it’s not going anywhere but I spend a lot of time mowing behind that thing. So it was time for a tractor. We sold the ATV and last week I bought a brand new Kubota B2601. Implements to go along with it are a Four foot rotary cutter, a four foot disc, a 54 inch box blade, an Fsp 500 spreader, and a 54 inch quick tach loader with the skid steer quick attach couplers, and a quick hitch. All landpride attachments. Price out the door was $24,410 including an 18 foot trailer. The trailer isn’t much to write home about and honestly I plan on replacing it with a better unit. Overall it was a great package price. I think It’s the perfect size tractor for our small property and it fits in my garage with room to spare. I’m keeping the implements under a carport out at our property and the tractor and spreader make their home in then garage at home. View attachment 34770View attachment 34771View attachment 34772View attachment 34773View attachment 34774

Looks great! I have an L2501 and love it.

 

[Teeder]

Looks good!
I have a B2601, also. Don't know how I ever got along without that bucket!

 

[yoderjac]

I have an older B-series tractor that I bought at auction years ago. It puts my Kioti to shame when it comes to time in the shop. I have a belly mower on it and mostly use it around the house to mow the lawn and clear snow from the driveway with the loader. I did use it at the farm when I first started, but it quickly became evident it was undersized for my scale of operation. There are some tasks where wit works great and it is more fuel efficient for those tasks.

When I picked up my Kubota after buying it on an on-line auction sight unseen, I found it had rental company stickers on it. I don't know how many owners it had before me, but it was run hard. I had one issue where I had a leak and had to have the fuel tank replaced. Other than that, it has had no significant repairs I've had it over 15 years and it is running great.

Thanks,

Jack

 

[Teeder]

It sounds like we use ours similarly. I use mine for lawn mowing, running a 4' tiller for the garden and snow removal when we get more than the snowblower can handle. I have a Ford 4610SU for bigger work, running a 5' brush mower, light discing, and pulling firewood logs out of the woods.

 

[bjseiler]

I have a L2501 and love it. Sometimes I wish it were bigger like when trying to find a no till planter but most of the time it is enough for me. Grapple from everything attachments is probably my favorite attachment.

 

[Bassattackr]

I have a L2501 and love it. Sometimes I wish it were bigger like when trying to find a no till planter but most of the time it is enough for me. Grapple from everything attachments is probably my favorite attachment.

Genesis 3? Might have to go pull behind depending on your 3 pt capacity..??

 

[Bill]

Congratulations on the news toys.

 

[Someday isle]

Yep! Hoping to use it for food plots for the first time in the next week or so. It’d be nice if a new shiny tractor would make it rain.

 

[j-bird]

I would suggest using the box grader as ballast for the loader when needed. It's more compact and doesn't stick out so far and limit your mobility. Also be careful with ballast on the back should you remove your bucket or loader.... I had removed my bucket once as I was mowing along a fence row and wanted to reduce the chance of snagging the wire fence with the bucket. That evening I went out to put it away and I throttled it up, put the mower in the air, put it in gear and my foot slipped off the clutch. It pops one heck of a wheelie!!! And I about filled my pants!

Some goodies I don't see...a blade (for snow if applicable), sprayer (great for spraying chemicals for weeds or for spraying fruit trees - get ne with a hand wand option for spot spraying - they are also nice firetrucks if you do burns), plow (I don't use a plow often but they work great just to break the surface tension of the soil and bust thru roots and sod or work in green manure and the like), and a spreader....if you get one...you want as much plastic as possible as many fertilizers are pretty rough on painted steel...they are great for spreading pel lime, fertilizer, road salt and larger seed.

Looks like you got some nice stuff and good call on the pallets to keep the stuff up off the ground.

 

[Bassattackr]

a spreader....if you get one...you want as much plastic as possible as many fertilizers are pretty rough on painted steel...they are great for spreading pel lime, fertilizer, road salt and larger seed.

This is next on my list as well! Only so many acres an earthway spreader can do. Especially when you use it for fertilizer also.. Lots of walking!

 

[Nightvision]

This is next on my list as well! Only so many acres an earthway spreader can do. Especially when you use it for fertilizer also.. Lots of walking!

A 3 point spreader is the first thing I ever bought. My dad had the tractor but only a harrow. I put out iron and clay cowpeas and fertilizer on a 3.5 acre field with a 5 gallon bucket and a earth way spreader. When I finished, my arm was a mess. Cramping and bruised. Went straight to the house and wrote him a check. Some of the best $$$$ I’ve ever spent.

 

[Bassattackr]

NV - I think you and I had similar experiences.. I fertilized and seeded about 4 acres so far this year.. I'm worn out just thinking about it.

 

[Someday isle]

A 3 point spreader is the first thing I ever bought. My dad had the tractor but only a harrow. I put out iron and clay cowpeas and fertilizer on a 3.5 acre field with a 5 gallon bucket and a earth way spreader. When I finished, my arm was a mess. Cramping and bruised. Went straight to the house and wrote him a check. Some of the best $$$$ I’ve ever spent.

I bought a spreader when I bought the tractor too. It’s the Landpride FS 500. Poly funnel. I don’t leave it out at the property though. It sits in my garage at home. I didn’t use it for seed this year as I don’t have that much food plotting to do - maybe an acre and a half. But for fertilizer and palletized lime it’s a lot better than that little tow behind or walk behind I’ve been using the last five years.

 

[WeedyJ]

Funny, I just bought the Swisher tow behind spreader today. Thought about one for the tractor, but sometimes I'm spreading when the tractor is in use planting or packing. Way more expensive, but should last.

 

[4wanderingeyes]

Just going through some old compact tractor posts, since I am doing some research for one. For those of you that have and went with the smaller/sub compact tractors, are you happy with them? Or do you wish you went with the bigger models?

I kinda want an all purpose tractor, belly mower for the yard, a loader to haul, spread, and level spots in my growing yard, snow moving, firewood assistance, and of course some food plotting. My food plots are getting smaller, but I am still doing over an acre.

I have been looking at John Deere’s, I was looking at a 3038, but I don’t know I need anything that big, and I was also looking at a 1025R, but it seems so small.

I am open to other brands, but would like something in the 20-35hp range.

Do you guys wish you went bigger? Or are you satisfied with the smaller compact size?

 

[Buckly]

That’s a situation that comes up time and time again on tractors . Time and time again I come to the same conclusion. You need 2 tractors. One for plotting and habitat work and one for mowing the lawn.