Thanks all in advance. This is my first foray into the tractor community. I own 8 acres of desert property in the Southwest. It is flat, no grade really, but about 3-4' down is rock (common for area).
We are building a new home, guest home, and RV garage on this site and I feel a tractor will help tremendously for years to come, and for doing some of the house site prep work. Here are the things I feel will be on the list:
Digging utility and water lines
Digging Septic
Moving Saguaros and brush
Preparing a garden
Planting trees
Creating and maintaining an ingress/egress road
General property maintenance
I definitely want a TLB configuration and am willing to pay a little more for a more capable unit that will fill any future need and provide good resale value on the back end if need to sell. I'm 6'4" tall and love the overall capabilities and functionality of the L47, especially the crawl, single swivel seat, etc. Comes at a premium understood and that is a lot of machine. But, also feel the the L4701 (probably even the L3901) and MX5400 are more than adequate for what our needs will be.
The little boy in me just wants to get the L47 that will fulfill any possible need for the foreseeable future, but is that the "adult" choice given my criteria?
I know this question gets asked all the time I'm sure, but I truly appreciate all the advice from you very knowledgeable group of folks.
thank you!
We are building a new home, guest home, and RV garage on this site and I feel a tractor will help tremendously for years to come, and for doing some of the house site prep work. Here are the things I feel will be on the list:
Digging utility and water lines
Digging Septic
Moving Saguaros and brush
Preparing a garden
Planting trees
Creating and maintaining an ingress/egress road
General property maintenance
I definitely want a TLB configuration and am willing to pay a little more for a more capable unit that will fill any future need and provide good resale value on the back end if need to sell. I'm 6'4" tall and love the overall capabilities and functionality of the L47, especially the crawl, single swivel seat, etc. Comes at a premium understood and that is a lot of machine. But, also feel the the L4701 (probably even the L3901) and MX5400 are more than adequate for what our needs will be.
The little boy in me just wants to get the L47 that will fulfill any possible need for the foreseeable future, but is that the "adult" choice given my criteria?
I know this question gets asked all the time I'm sure, but I truly appreciate all the advice from you very knowledgeable group of folks.
thank you!