soder33 said: (quoted from post at 09:50:27 06/22/10) Thanks for the comments. I like the idea of hiring out the heavy work and getting an AG tractor between 30 and 50 HP. That should handle the maintenance end of things. You guys have some great ideas. There are some farm auctions coming up and I saw a few tractors that will fit the bill, just hope they don't go for rediculous prices.
I agree with some of the others: don't buy a small AG tractor for construction work. I bought raw land like you 6 years ago. First purchase was an older Ford TLB (after I buried the pickup to its axles in mud a couple of times). TLB cost was under $10k. It's paid for itself in just putting in a gravel driveway and pulling stumps. Second purchase was a brand new DR Brush Mower (around $2k). It's great for getting to the brush in the woods and making trails and I even cut the smaller (1-2 acre) meadows by hand couple of times a year. Not as fast as a brush hog, but on a nice day, I don't mind the exercise and just being out in the fields. Next will be a small Ag tractor (30-50 hp) with a brush hog. ($3-4k) but I've found I don't NEED it on my 50+ acre parcel yet.
If you're going to be doing your own work, I'd recommend the backhoe first. It will be invaluable in prepping a site and helping with the building. A dozer would be nice for driveway and prep work but the TLB worked just fine for me and is much more flexible.
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