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    Looking for buying and selling advice - 12+ Acre Lot

    This is great to hear - the past few days I've begun seriously considering something in the B series (BX is going to be too small). Your situation sounds very similar to mine. Did you make your own cab for the winter?
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    Looking for buying and selling advice - 12+ Acre Lot

    Yeah, they will be definitely be thinned more starting next year, which will give me more room, but I still don't want a huge machine (or a huge payment, haha).
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    Looking for buying and selling advice - 12+ Acre Lot

    I hear you, but there's no way I could fit a larger tractor in some of the spots on the property. I've got apple trees to work around in lots of spots.
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    Looking for buying and selling advice - 12+ Acre Lot

    Thanks for the reply. Yeah, the flail mower is certainly in the cards. I'd like to be able to clear some of the birch scrub that's overgrown on the sides of the property. I can get between the current spacing of the apple trees okay with the B7510 and I hesitate to go much bigger due to...
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    Looking for buying and selling advice - 12+ Acre Lot

    Thanks for the resource. I think we are going to finance a local tractor at this point. None of the tractors on that site are even remotely close to us.
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    Looking for buying and selling advice - 12+ Acre Lot

    Yeah, I agree that it's more about usage than size. However, a bigger lot will generally require more work.
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    Looking for buying and selling advice - 12+ Acre Lot

    Thanks for the reply and insight. For snow removal, I'm planning on plowing the driveway instead of snow blowing. I'm also not opposed to using a rear PTO driven snowblower, although I've had some issues with wet, heavy snow clogging the tractor at a property I manage. I'm hoping there are...
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    Looking for buying and selling advice - 12+ Acre Lot

    Hello all - my family and I just purchased a piece of rural 12 acre property in western Maine and have found ourselves in need of a tractor. I currently have a used and abused B7510, but it needs too much tinkering for me to be useful at this time and I'm pressed to get this property in working...