Compact Tractor

You only have to load the FEL and then you can dump it out and go get another load. With a pickup you need to load and unload and then stack.

The range of compact tractors in terms of overall weight and FEL max weight rating is very wide. A lot of tractors I see here can be classified as subcompact utility tractors (sub-CUT). The larger compact utility tractors (CUT) can be pretty large

The one pictured in my avatar is a JD 4600 CUT (43hp 4-cylinder Yanmar diesel). It has 6' bucket that can hold over 1/6 cord of split rounds stacked in an orderly fashion and it's max weight rating is ~2950 lbs at pivot point. This was one of the larger CUTs offered by JD at the time, but there are some larger tractors that are classified as CUTs by the manufacturers.

I've been meaning to get more pictures of this tractor with different implements and wood loads, but this is the one of the few I have right now. For size reference, that's a 35-ton Huskee on the back.

Joful said:

My tractor holds more than 1/4 cord, between the FEL bucket and my little poly tub wagon:
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Great point on the cart/wagon. I have that exact poly tub wagon I think. Its a fantastic cart. And I'm not traveling a huge distance so there is nothing magic about 1/4 cord. With the FEL I might be able to dump the load right on my porch to make stacking that much quicker.

That is a nice green tractor. Great house too. I grew up in a stone house.

Seems like I have seen this post in another forum somewhere?

But Yea a tractor is very use full. When I bring my tractor back from my farm property to my house on 3/4 acre I was supp rised what I use it for on there. I only have a boom pole and no loader but I found I was lifting all kinds of stuff with it!

Okay, guys... OP was looking at a Kubota BX 2370 for chores on his little 2.5 acre lot. You're just a wee bit out of his class.

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We're just pointing out capabilities and limitations of various tractors. A new sub-CUT may be disappointing while a used CUT would perform the required tasks at the same price.

Here is a picture of my ym2000

Jags said:

Neat little tractor. Do you have other attachments for it?

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if your asking me , yes I do. I have a bush hog rdf 720 or whatever the lingo on the side discharge finish mower is...its a 72" cut. its really my uncles but he do sent use it and I maintain it and use it. I have a slip scoop/pond scoop...never used it. painted it up but havent ever used it?? I have a boom pole to lift objects. I have a 4.5 ft disk harrow for food plots and a 4ft box blade to smooth my roads etc. those pipes up front are my ball EST to keep the front down. that rusty metal one is solid 3" bar steel and weighs maybe 80lbs the blue pipe is 3" ID pipe filled with lead and capped and weighs about 100lbs. so I have about 180 lbs maybe a bit less out front to hold it down. I need it with the disk as I ball EST it down with over a 100lbs and it hangs way back. it will make u have to turn with the brakes still if I put too much weight on it. And since I put windshield washer fluid in the tires it will pull the disk like no bodies business!!

is great on fuel too. even turning the 72" finish mower in tall grass will use around a gallon an hour maybe more or less based on load and I can Bush hog about an acre an hour maybe a tad more ?

TreePointer said:

We're just pointing out capabilities and limitations of various tractors. A new sub-CUT may be disappointing while a used CUT would perform the required tasks at the same price.

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Oh, I definitely agree. The whole sub-CUT class is only a good fit for folks that have more money than space, as you can't find many good deals used (too new), and their capabilities are so severely limited. However, there's still a very wide gap between a sub-CUT and an 11,000 lb / 43 hp machine! If I had 2.5 acres, I'd be looking at a used CUT in the 20 - 25 hp range with a loader and full cat.1 hitch. Deere 750, 850, 855, 955, 2500, etc. Any machine that size (that I've used) has no trouble getting over the side of a pickup bed.

Lager tractors absolutely have their down side. I have a New Holland 75 Workmaster diesel with 65 PTO H.P. with a FEL, it's a category/tier 2 tractor and 140 acres. About half the time it's almost too big. The only reason for the cat-2 need is no till planting in CRP ground. The FEL is nice but not that nice. As much as it can pull, which is a LOT, the FEL isn't made for felling trees. Eventually I'm going to move on to a skid steer.

The cost associated with the compact tractors is insane. My tractor is 10 years old with a lot of hours...but...it's been very well maintained. There's nothing wrong with it. I saw one on CL a while back that sold for $11,000 (probably less). You could pick up a smaller cat-1 tractor for even less and pick up a brand new commercial zero turn mower and still come out ahead.

I'd sell this tractor now, for $12k or $13k but I just renewed a CRP "grant" and have to burn off those fields and replant them. The only other reason I'm half tempted to keep this tractor is the sickle mower for mowing around 2 ponds and a lake. But if I get a skid steer I can tackle that even easier with the right attachment. Not to mention process wood would be even easier.