ironpony said:another possibility, depending on the contour of your property is a golf cart
they have good power, automatic trans, very stable almost bullet proof
i use one all the time, 1970's yamaha some situations looses traction but i only have the
street tires i am sure knobbys would help use it for pulling the trailer, spreader, sprayer
just a thought and depending on local laws might be able to run around the neighborhood with it
lowroadacres said:I find it interesting that so many people use atv's for hauling wood out of the bush. I have done it too but I find that a small tractor is far stronger unless one buys a large atv. We have used a variety of tractors over the years but currently we use a 20 hp hydrostatic Ford/New Holland (pre-boomer).
My favorite tractor over the years was our little farmall A. That little stinker could pull and it had an add on three point hitch. While it was not fancy it was stone cold reliable.
Given how inexpensive and cheap to operate most models of older tractor can be I would encourage people to consider tractors ahead of ATVS. Granted, an atv can go much faster and has more potential uses like playing, hunting, etc....
oldspark said:Is a 250 cc big enough for log work. I would like something like that if it would handle the job.
lowroadacres said:I find it interesting that so many people use atv's for hauling wood out of the bush. I have done it too but I find that a small tractor is far stronger unless one buys a large atv. We have used a variety of tractors over the years but currently we use a 20 hp hydrostatic Ford/New Holland (pre-boomer).
My favorite tractor over the years was our little farmall A. That little stinker could pull and it had an add on three point hitch. While it was not fancy it was stone cold reliable.
Given how inexpensive and cheap to operate most models of older tractor can be I would encourage people to consider tractors ahead of ATVS. Granted, an atv can go much faster and has more potential uses like playing, hunting, etc....
We have many tractors on the farm, but I never use them for gathering wood, for several reasons. I use my ATV because the 80 acres that I have been doing most of my cutting in for the last several years has narrow trails. All the trails are also foodplots for the wildlife. The ATV is much easier on the crops growing in the trails than a tractor is. A tractor also uses more gas, is harder to get on and off of, is bigger, and more cumbersome in the woods. It also weighs a lot more. When I go through the brush off-trail and weave through the trees with my ATV, the saplings that get ran over will spring back up. A tractor mashes them flat and breaks them off. A tractor is also generally louder. My ATV is quiet enough that I drive right up to the deer and other critters without scaring them too much, then I can take their picture and watch them.Peter SWNH said:lowroadacres said:I find it interesting that so many people use atv's for hauling wood out of the bush. I have done it too but I find that a small tractor is far stronger unless one buys a large atv. We have used a variety of tractors over the years but currently we use a 20 hp hydrostatic Ford/New Holland (pre-boomer).
My favorite tractor over the years was our little farmall A. That little stinker could pull and it had an add on three point hitch. While it was not fancy it was stone cold reliable.
Given how inexpensive and cheap to operate most models of older tractor can be I would encourage people to consider tractors ahead of ATVS. Granted, an atv can go much faster and has more potential uses like playing, hunting, etc....
If I had property like Quads, I'd have one. But there's no way I could get a tractor on my logging trails. Too narrow and rocky. Plus the lack of suspension would beat the hack out of my backside.
PS...From the POV helmet-cam, it looks like I'm whipping thru the woods, but I'm only doing about 4 or 5 mph.
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