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Hello everyone- new member here from DFW area. Been lurking on this site for 6 months or so, but this is my first post- looking for some help
Tldr version: I have a 2 acre yard that has lots of overgrown trees and brush. I want to majorly thin things out and down the road plant more grass and trees of my choosing. Which tractor do I need, and what implements to get right off the bat?
We just moved to hopefully our "forever" property in North Texas. It's on 2 acres, and the prior home owners basically ignored the yard for 30 years. When you combine that with the deep freeze last winter, we have lots of overgrown, dead, and just ugly vegetation in our yard. My plan is to cut a lot of it down and start fresh with trees and shrubs that I like. I'll still keep some of the healthy, mature trees.
See pics- we have at least 100 half dead photinias that are 20' tall or so. Those will need to come down and be taken to the curb where the city does brush pickup every week. Original owners planted trees way too close together so there are also several mature trees that will need to come down. Also live oaks and red oaks that haven't been trimmed in likely 20+ years, will need to trim those and dispose of the brush. Once all of this is thinned out, more grass can takeover, then I'll plant new trees/shrubs but that's likely a few years out.
If I'm gonna do this all myself I'm pretty convinced I'll need a tractor, the question is which one? And what implements to buy off the bat? I was thinking 1025R with loader, pallet forks, and grapple for starters. I do not need a mower deck- I have a ZT for mowing. One thing I'm wondering is the need for the backhoe, specifically to deal with all the stumps of the photinias that will be left behind. I want grass to take over that area eventually.
My budget is not unlimited. I do not currently have storage for the tractor, was thinking I can set up something temporary as we are building a new detached garage in the next 1-2 years which will have dedicated tractor space. And finally I'll add that I've never managed a machine this large and a lot of it will be completely new to me. Happy to learn as I go.
Thanks.
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Tldr version: I have a 2 acre yard that has lots of overgrown trees and brush. I want to majorly thin things out and down the road plant more grass and trees of my choosing. Which tractor do I need, and what implements to get right off the bat?
We just moved to hopefully our "forever" property in North Texas. It's on 2 acres, and the prior home owners basically ignored the yard for 30 years. When you combine that with the deep freeze last winter, we have lots of overgrown, dead, and just ugly vegetation in our yard. My plan is to cut a lot of it down and start fresh with trees and shrubs that I like. I'll still keep some of the healthy, mature trees.
See pics- we have at least 100 half dead photinias that are 20' tall or so. Those will need to come down and be taken to the curb where the city does brush pickup every week. Original owners planted trees way too close together so there are also several mature trees that will need to come down. Also live oaks and red oaks that haven't been trimmed in likely 20+ years, will need to trim those and dispose of the brush. Once all of this is thinned out, more grass can takeover, then I'll plant new trees/shrubs but that's likely a few years out.
If I'm gonna do this all myself I'm pretty convinced I'll need a tractor, the question is which one? And what implements to buy off the bat? I was thinking 1025R with loader, pallet forks, and grapple for starters. I do not need a mower deck- I have a ZT for mowing. One thing I'm wondering is the need for the backhoe, specifically to deal with all the stumps of the photinias that will be left behind. I want grass to take over that area eventually.
My budget is not unlimited. I do not currently have storage for the tractor, was thinking I can set up something temporary as we are building a new detached garage in the next 1-2 years which will have dedicated tractor space. And finally I'll add that I've never managed a machine this large and a lot of it will be completely new to me. Happy to learn as I go.
Thanks.
