The depth is generally not a problem until it is deep enough to high center you. This last snowfall put me right at the limit but so far so good. I agree 100% with the above poster, every climate is different and everyones needs are different. This time of year my little L's uses are limited to firewood harvesting and snow clearing. It performs well at both. When it comes to dragging logs the obvious needs to be stated....picking up an end on the 3 pt will place traction on the rears and deduct weight from the required weight being pulled. It is all about traction. Fortunately, I don't have too many requirements where I need to pull heavy on ice.
Not sure what it's done in the last few months the with inflation, but last summer orange and green dealers wanted more for a cash sale.
Congrats! I actually got some numbers on the yanmar 221 and 424 today. Did you get the backhoe? I’d be curious to the price breakdown that way I can tell if I’m getting hosed. I realize the 221 is subcompact but I wanted to see how that compared cost wise to the Massey 1725.
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Is that a 650 on the left? I used to use one of those to plow snow, good little machine.What tractor to buy?
I bought my first tractor in 1982, with check number 0001,,,, (My wife has that check on display.)
(We moved into town, and lived in an apartment, on cash,, no one had a credit card back then)
We bought our home that we are currently in, and I bought a tractor before we paid for the first grocery store visit.
(back then, groceries were a "BIG" purchase, so you had to write a check
That was an International 404, with an aftermarket loader.
The only reason I sold that tractor, is that I ran into a "deal of a lifetime" tractor,, an IH 584,, with an IH2250 loader.
People will tell you "ONLY buy a tractor if you have nearby dealer support"
In my case, I have had tractors since 1982,, 40 years exactly this coming April,, and I have never needed a dealer for service.
Maybe I am lucky, but, I have three tractors that are bigger than garden tractors,, and they just run,,
I only buy used tractors,, the total purchase price of my "fleet" is less than todays purchase price of a new 25HP 4WD JD with a loader,,
So, my opinion is,, everybody enjoy what you purchased,, I enjoy my purchases,,
If I had to do it over,, I would purchase the EXACT same machines,,
Maybe I was lucky,, maybe I did just enough research to make sure the tractor that was about to be purchased suited me,,
AND, maybe my wife was smart enough to talk me out of the WRONG machines,,,,,,,,,,
(like the 953 CAT that was tugging at my heart!!
General experience of searching…I almost bought one in May ‘19, backed off, glad I did,
Yea, that is a 650,, I "acquired" the 650 in a buyout of a man's possessions who had passed,,
If you can swap to a smaller grapple I would do it. That is alot of grapple for that machine. I purchased a 72" bobcat brand grapple and actually cut it down to 50" and made it a single lid clamp for my wheel loader. I widened the clamp out to 36" and basically made the perfect grapple. I have a single lid 48" grapple and ran them both back to back and the single lid was way nicer to run than the double and more productive. With a bigger grapple like that you will also be using 1/2 or more of your capacity just for the grapple. CJ
