I am pretty new to the forum and have been looking at compact tractors for about half of a year now. My wife and I purchased a house with 6 acres in August 2009. We don't have to mow the entire property but we do because we don't want tall standing grass as it can be a fire hazard. Along with that, uncut tall grass looks crappy in my opinion. We also get a decent amount of snow in the winter. When we purchased the house we were able to get a John Deere X534 lawn tractor in the deal and I purchased a snow blade for it. We are able to do everything with that machine but it takes a lot of time. 6-7 hours to mow and 2 hours every time it snows to clear the driveway.
Since we moved in I have wanted to buy a tractor. Growing up on a row-crop farm I wanted to buy a 4440 John Deere with a front blade and a mower. I would be done moving snow in about 10 minutes and less than one hour to mow. That machine is old and very big.
I started looking at compact tractors which really grew on me. The only thing that angers me is they are about the same price as a 4440 which is super lame. Regardless I have been looking at the 4000 series and the 3000 series tractors.
I don't have a good feel for what I really "need", in all honestly I can get by with nothing else, I would just cut time out of the work.
At first I was really keen on the 990 or 4005, but then found out you can't get a hydro tranny which seems nice. The 17K-20K price tag seems a bit much. Then I started looking at the 4105 and higher models and they are newer at $18K +. I think having a 20K machine is kind of a waste. Then I looked at the 790 but then found out they have a front axle issue and started looking at the 3005. Then with the 3005 you are back up to the 15K+ range. Lastly I found the 3038E and the 3032E. They similar but lower end units but they are new.
My question, what model do you think best fits my scenarios? In a dream world I would have two machines. The smaller unit for landscaping and small tasks and a 4440 or 4030 so I am able to clear snow the .5 miles to the highway down the county road. Instead of waiting for the maintainer.
Realistically I want one machine that will used for everything.
Requirements:
4x4
front end loader
must be John Deere (I know other brands are good, But if I need to sell it chances are I will get all of my money back)
Tasks I want to do:
Mow 6 Acres
Move Snow
Attach an rear mounted auger
Possibly erect a pole shed (will need the attachment to put up the roof trusses.)
Landscaping tasks around my acreage.
Thank you in advance for reading my super long post.
Since we moved in I have wanted to buy a tractor. Growing up on a row-crop farm I wanted to buy a 4440 John Deere with a front blade and a mower. I would be done moving snow in about 10 minutes and less than one hour to mow. That machine is old and very big.
I started looking at compact tractors which really grew on me. The only thing that angers me is they are about the same price as a 4440 which is super lame. Regardless I have been looking at the 4000 series and the 3000 series tractors.
I don't have a good feel for what I really "need", in all honestly I can get by with nothing else, I would just cut time out of the work.
At first I was really keen on the 990 or 4005, but then found out you can't get a hydro tranny which seems nice. The 17K-20K price tag seems a bit much. Then I started looking at the 4105 and higher models and they are newer at $18K +. I think having a 20K machine is kind of a waste. Then I looked at the 790 but then found out they have a front axle issue and started looking at the 3005. Then with the 3005 you are back up to the 15K+ range. Lastly I found the 3038E and the 3032E. They similar but lower end units but they are new.
My question, what model do you think best fits my scenarios? In a dream world I would have two machines. The smaller unit for landscaping and small tasks and a 4440 or 4030 so I am able to clear snow the .5 miles to the highway down the county road. Instead of waiting for the maintainer.
Realistically I want one machine that will used for everything.
Requirements:
4x4
front end loader
must be John Deere (I know other brands are good, But if I need to sell it chances are I will get all of my money back)
Tasks I want to do:
Mow 6 Acres
Move Snow
Attach an rear mounted auger
Possibly erect a pole shed (will need the attachment to put up the roof trusses.)
Landscaping tasks around my acreage.
Thank you in advance for reading my super long post.