Some say the turf tires will be ok but I highly doubt that they will be useful outside of cutting the lawn. As to the guy who says use the tractor for farm stuff and a lawn mower for lawn cutting I just don't understand the comment. I had a riding mower which died in just less than 2 years because of over use. For me to buy a mower I'd need a commercial zero turn running $8-10k which is on the low price for a good commercial, otherwise I'l be replacing a cheaper one every few years. My neighbor is a landscaper whose business cuts lawns all season and for what I need it's going to cost quite a chunk of change I dont have. I weighed the option of buying a commercial zero turn over a tractor and I just don't have the thousands of dollars necessary to buy both. Our hay farmer has 8 tractors in his business and he says it's perfectly fine to cut lawns with the tractor and really dont even need turf tires if you turn properly.
I'm in Michigan and would like to also use it for snow. I can guarantee I will be screwed with turf tires bringing the tractor into mud which is our paddock throughout the fall and winter. As for tractor tires being $1k thats if I buy them new. I'm looking for used tires. I don't have 10s of thousands of dollars for equipment. For $5k I believe this is my best solution. I'd like to figure out what size buckets the tractors loader can handle. It's a stock ford loader so there has to be some specs for weight. The turf tires are weighted so that should help with balancing but a small 1/4 yard bucket I dont think will be what I need.
I'm not sure why someone thinks I need a dozer to move dirt. That's just not true. My neighbor moves dirt all the time with his tractor without issue and he has a similar sized tractor just much newer. I just need to find the specs of the loader to determine the weight capacity is. It is an 8 speed tractor. I have pictures but not sure how to post it on here yet.
For those who are questioning the specs here is a great spec sheet I found:
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