Tractors

[moparmadman40]

Just wondering who's got a tractor, what make, model, and what you use it for mostly.

I have a Kubota BX1850, use it for mowing, fencing, clearing brush, and most recently putting in an approach and road on my land. Its small but man does it do some work! half the time I wish it was bigger and the other half I wouldnt be able to do the job with anything bigger.

 

[pfi572]

First purchase that should be bought when owning acreage.
I have a 2320 JD and it’s been great .
Mower , forks , tiller and blah blah.

 

[team dirt]

I’ve got a 2007 JD 3203. Bought brand new and now have around 600hrs. Best thing I ever bought. Get a box blade if you own a tractor. It’s amazing the work you can do with one of them. Makes a real nice job of leveling driveways also.

 

[TDR]

JD 4700. Had it for many years and has been pretty good. Looking at the new Kioti’s at Elk Island Sales. Those are some sweet machines. Messed around with a 40 hp with a cab and hydrostatic. I am going that way next time. It is so smooth.

 

[DaveB]

I have a Massey GC 2300...little 4x4 diesel. Has bucket, 60" belly mower and box blade. Like Pfi572 said, first thing you should get when you move to an acreage. I bought mine used with 500 hrs on it. I used it to do most of my landscaping....I had trucks and real tractors to do the bulk work when the house was being built. Did all the driveways and gravel spreading with it, and cut the lawn for the first 3 years with it. Now I just use it to haul potatos at harvest, touch up the driveway, and move big snow drifts....but I wouldn't be without it. Oh...my neighbor has a 23 HP Kubota and I borrow his tiller and use the Massey to till the garden.

 

[pfi572]

LOL Dave ?
Yes I do the exact same thing with my buddy across the road .
We have different attachments and share .

 

[AreWeThereYet]

Just wondering who's got a tractor, what make, model, and what you use it for mostly.

I have a Kubota BX1850, use it for mowing, fencing, clearing brush, and most recently putting in an approach and road on my land. Its small but man does it do some work! half the time I wish it was bigger and the other half I wouldnt be able to do the job with anything bigger.

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I mayhave a service manual for you if you don't have one,.. I will have to look.

 

[AreWeThereYet]

Found a service manual for your tractor if you want it.

 

[coolcam]

Cutest little backhoe you’ve ever seen...

It’s super handy. I put a back blade or snowblower on in the winter, depending how much it snows. Also have a front sweeper and a box scraper. I’d like to find a light set of pallet forks for it next.

I don’t have much lawn, and there are too many trees to mow around, so I went with a separate mower.

 

[pfi572]

Cutest little backhoe you’ve ever seen...

It’s super handy. I put a back blade or snowblower on in the winter, depending how much it snows. Also have a front sweeper and a box scraper. I’d like to find a light set of pallet forks for it next.

I don’t have much lawn, and there are too many trees to mow around, so I went with a separate mower.

I use the forks probably the most . Get the lightest you can as loader is only good for 700 ish pounds anyway .
I ended up with Frontier pallet forks as they had the lightest .

 

[kovs]

3038e diesel. Bought with 120hrs now 500. Came from guy with cultivator, rotor tiller, snow blower
Have since bought a hyd angle rear blade, 72” finishing mower.
Built my own yard drag just like a road boss grader which work awesome.
Re purposed an old blade into a quick attach in place of bucket
Added a 2 spool hyd valve ( looked on parts fische how deere did it and spent $450 instead of $1200
Added a 300lb weight on front bush guard and 2 rear wheel weights(300lbs total) Much better for bucket of dirt with no rear attachment on and better steering with snowblower if you get on any angle or hill.
With hyd I have power chute and rigged up a linear actuator for the chute tip and top.

 

[coolcam]

I use the forks probably the most . Get the lightest you can as loader is only good for 700 ish pounds anyway .
I ended up with Frontier pallet forks as they had the lightest .

Where did you get the forks? I looked at the JD ones and they are way too big.

Edit- just looked at the website. Did you get ap11? Are you using a 1 series?

 

[pfi572]

Where did you get the forks? I looked at the JD ones and they are way too big.

Edit- just looked at the website. Did you get ap11? Are you using a 1 series?

Sorry they are HLA’s. Bought at JD dealer.

 

[Dawizman]

I've got a JD 3120. Clears the driveway pretty decent at home and at the lake. Also tills a mean garden with the 5ft tiller.

 

[busted2x]

Massey 135, Massey 165, bobcat, and a 580k backhoe. Bought the 165 at the same time as the land, got some impressive stuff done with that front end loader. But after having the bobcat for a while now, the tractors rarely get used, just drag the box blade on the drive way now and then.

Anyone wanna buy a Massey 165 with a front end loader? Lol.

 

[Rotax_Kid]

I use the forks probably the most . Get the lightest you can as loader is only good for 700 ish pounds anyway .
I ended up with Frontier pallet forks as they had the lightest .

I bought a set of forks for my deere from a small manufacturer on Kijiji, based in Spruce Grove about 3 years ago. They were fairly cheap, $450ish, light (~180lbs total), but weld quality was a little suspect. Forks were great. I did some rewelding and I've lifted more than I ever thought I would with these. You can put anything on a pallet and move it around. With my 2520, with counterweight, I've lifted very close to 950lbs total, borderline rear tires in the air and reliefs blew off, but it still did it.

This is my handy guy. When we first moved to our acerage I had a 2305. It was a great little machine, and possibly the best lawn mower I've ever used. I did a lot of work with it. After 3 years, I sold it with almost 500 hours on it when it became just a little too light for what I was doing.

I bought a 2520 in 2013. It was one of the last 2520's built prior to the newer R series. The newer series doesn't include this size and it was exactly what I wanted. I do everything with this machine - move dirt, blow snow, push snow, till, spray, mow grass, move trailers, ripped irrigation in, it's endless. Been a fantastic machine. Can I use is a original vinyl cab. Works so nice in winter. I had these for both my 2305 and the 2520.

Snow Push is homemade. Built this last year. It's 72" wide and as long as I have traction, the tractor has enough jam to push it along as long as it's not too wet. If anyone's interested, I made a full set of drawings for this. Cost me about $350 to build. It does have a UHMW Cutting edge on the bottom, picture was before I mounted it.

 

[pfi572]

Thanks R_K
Yes to a touch bigger tractor . I was going to upgrade my 2320 last year but changed my mind quick . Lol
Went in and priced out a non current with JD cab and was at 50g in no time and told him to stop .
Shopped around for a few months and picked up compact loader “Cat 297c XPS”and just kept the 2320 .
You can’t beat the little tractors for ease and low cost Maintance IMO.

 

[moparmadman40]

service manual would be great, is it a digital or hard copy?

 

[AreWeThereYet]

service manual would be great, is it a digital or hard copy?

I'll try emailing it, I'm not home right now so you can just PM me your email and I'll try later. If it doesn't work I'll just upload to a file site.

 

[teeroy]

I've got a 1533 Massey. 33hp, been a great little tractor. rough cut mower and roto tiller get the most use in the summer, rear blade and front end loader in the winter.