New England B.S. Thread

Well I was gonna go riding mower but that's out the window now...

 

I was thinking Kubota tractor

 

DING!
B2601, Loader, Backhoe, and a couple other implements. Not my actual tractor, just a representative build.

 

Good for you man! I'm so jealous!

 

Hitachi TL340H ?????
EDIT:Oh, well didn't see the updates, lol nvm

 

Still need to set and mortar. Just fitted today.

 

Dang I missed the fun.

Looks fun. I am both happy and sad I don't have the land for a tractor. I am juuuuuuuust on the cusp for a riding mower - if I had one it wouldn't be like "that's way too much" - but I have a self propelled push and it does the trick a okay.

How much land you got up there? Didn't know you had so much.

 

A Honda Grom would be perfect although way over your budget unless used.

 

Motorcycle license needed, plus budget yeah.

I hate riding motorcycles. All the respeft to those who want to but I've almost been run off the road enough in a big ass Tacoma, I hate driving down here.

I'm using it to get to and from work 1.5 miles away. That's as far as I'd take it. Same with my bike. I drive the 2 ish miles to the trailhead to ride my road bike because the roads are sketch city here.

 

I'm sorry if this is inappropriate but this gave me a giggle.

 

If you hate motorcycles why do you want a moped? It’s the same thing just slower. At least a motorcycle can keep up with traffic.

 

Vega?


Edit:.....oh....nice Kubota!

 

Nah. All good.
We are still here, and I still have 2 other bikes.. well, 1 bike, and one currently a basket case.
I won't give it up.
But, it isn't for everyone, and that is cool.
I won't see a lot of miles this year, and the dog is absolutely heartbroken I'm sure...,

 

1.5 miles each way and I'm on a "main" road for like 1 minute. I ride a bicycle right now but come winter, etc I could be convinced to rock a moped.

A bike I'd be way too tempted to take around more places.

 

I used to bike to the commuter rail station for years. The first couple years was about 3/4 mile and I would ride everyday unless it was down pouring. I had studded tires for the winter. Then I moved about 3 miles away and did that when the weather was decent. It really starts to wear you out doing it everyday. I got a cheap motorcycle and fixed it up and rode that everyday as long as it was over 38 degrees in the morning. That was much better than biking, quicker and no sweating. Then the commuter rail service started sucking and the price went up so I just drive to work.

 

General Lee Charger?

 

I see you hitting trails on the moped by next summer

I had one when I was 14 and lived in Las Vegas. We used to run desert trails all the time.

Not sure on using one in the winter around here... that scares me. Snow and ice suck on 2 wheels.

 

That’s kind of my thought. I don’t take the train though. Fortunately the route TO work is like 87% downhill, so there’s little to no sweating. The way HOME can on some days, that’s really the “I wish I had an engine” moment.

I don’t mind it for now, but through the end of the year I have to run home at lunch nearly every day, so it would be nice to not have to change, get sweaty on 95 degree days, etc. In THEORY, I have to anyway though, most of those days I will be taking the dog for a run around the block using the bike, so I’d have to change anyway.

Eh anyway, point is if I can find some wheels for <1k I might be convinced to be about it.

I’m in the same boat - I used my old 26” MTB and have gotten “slick” wheels on it so far, with the intent I want to have disc brakes. I can’t do that, and then go WAAHHHHH it’s raining

Don’t get me wrong, if I ever get a different job and need to get rid of it, it would be going tally-ho into the trails

Snow and ice covered roads, YES I would definitely not ride moped or bicycle. I’m in RI. Genuinely, even from y’all, we’re south. This past winter I didn’t work here, but would have been “unable” to ride on the roads due to snow/ice for maybe….2-3 weeks total?

I’m actually MORE likely to ride in the cold of winter. Not the ice, sure, but (1) I’d have to warm up the truck or scrape the ice for a 4 minute drive. I’d spend more time and fuel warming it up than the ride to work…. (2) Cold = less sweat

My slight worry is daylight, if it’s dark out, could be sketchy.

 

Good for you man. My good friend has a 100 series John Deer and it always surprises me how many uses he can find for it.

 

We've got 4.6 acres, mostly wooded. I want to clear out some space in the woods for a hunting/wildlife food plot and have access to, or bought most of the implements I'll need to do that. We also have about a quarter mile of private dirt road that my three neighbors and I share that we all pitch in to maintain. We need to clear it in the winter, grade it in the spring, et cetera, and about half of that is on my parcel. I've been snowblowing it, but that takes for-ev-er and I've been looking for ways to keep it better maintained. Snowblowing a dirt road SUCKS, I have to keep the scraper bar kind of high so I don't suck up a bunch of stones and pitch them all over the place, which leaves a half to three quarters of an inch of snow that then gets compacted down on top of the last tailings and ends up as a thick sheet of boilerplate ice by spring. Bought a quick-attach (skidsteer style) hydraulic angled plow to deal with that. The dirt, like any dirt road, gets rutted and potholed all spring and then needs to be leveled off, boxblade for that. I've got a pile of landscaping projects in the queue that I'll need the tractor for as well, grading off the back yard, building a patio, trenching for some electric service out to the patio...

I could have just rented equipment, or paid somebody else to do it for me, but that goes against all my Yankee self-reliance instincts. Renting gear, you have to hope it's available when you are, and a lot of my work around here gets done when I have spare time, not necessarily planned out in advance. That's on me, I know, but I don't see my habits changing anytime soon.

I had a riding mower with a manually articulated snow blade in MA for a touch over a half acre, stepping up to a compact tractor with some muscle seemed appropriate given the space and plans up here. I have the idea that in time I may pick up a trailer big enough to move it, and expand out to offering some services locally as a side gig - rototilling, grading, etc. There never seems to be a shortage of people around here looking for that sort of stuff.