Hey LMFers.
I'm moving to 5 acres in the country near Savannah, GA and am trying to figure out what kind of equipment I'll need to take care of it and would appreciate your valuable feedback.
It's nice and flat, maybe a little bumpy in places. There are like 25ish medium sized pines. There's about 250 feet of roadfront with a ditch. We'll have the house, some vegetable garden area, and maybe some areas of "meadow" where we'll plant wildflowers. I can probably count on mowing 3-4 acres of it. I'll also need to till the garden and probably the meadow areas (once).
The best strategy I can come up with at the moment is a 60" zero turn in the high-end residential or low end commercial range ($5000-6000) and a walk behind tiller. I've already got a nice push mower and trimmer/edger but obviously don't want to cut around every tree. I'm leaning towards the ZT primarily for efficiency and maneuverability around the trees. I might put 50-75 hours on it per year.
If this were yours to do, what equipment would you be looking at and why?
I have a coworker that's trying to talk me into a SCUT or older tractor. It would be nice to have the 3 point hitch for using ground engaging implements. Diesel power and longevity certainly wouldn't hurt either. I know I'll have a hard time getting around trees though and the cost will for sure go up.
Or maybe an ATV / UTV to tow a finish mower and tiller would work. I haven't looked into that much yet.
HELP! :confused2::confused2::confused2:
I'm moving to 5 acres in the country near Savannah, GA and am trying to figure out what kind of equipment I'll need to take care of it and would appreciate your valuable feedback.
It's nice and flat, maybe a little bumpy in places. There are like 25ish medium sized pines. There's about 250 feet of roadfront with a ditch. We'll have the house, some vegetable garden area, and maybe some areas of "meadow" where we'll plant wildflowers. I can probably count on mowing 3-4 acres of it. I'll also need to till the garden and probably the meadow areas (once).
The best strategy I can come up with at the moment is a 60" zero turn in the high-end residential or low end commercial range ($5000-6000) and a walk behind tiller. I've already got a nice push mower and trimmer/edger but obviously don't want to cut around every tree. I'm leaning towards the ZT primarily for efficiency and maneuverability around the trees. I might put 50-75 hours on it per year.
If this were yours to do, what equipment would you be looking at and why?
I have a coworker that's trying to talk me into a SCUT or older tractor. It would be nice to have the 3 point hitch for using ground engaging implements. Diesel power and longevity certainly wouldn't hurt either. I know I'll have a hard time getting around trees though and the cost will for sure go up.
Or maybe an ATV / UTV to tow a finish mower and tiller would work. I haven't looked into that much yet.
HELP! :confused2::confused2::confused2:
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