Building a new house on 1.6 acres and my driveway is going to be around 90 ft long. Trying to decide how to go about lawn and snow. Do I buy a tractor, not a garden tractor, a tractor with loader and belly mower or little lawn tractor and walk behind snowblower? Driveway is going to be 50' wide in front of house then tapering down. What are everyone's thoughts? I am a New Holland dealer so I think I can get a deal on a 25hp tractor but didn't know what everyones thoughts are?? Thanks
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New house. Lots of mowing and hopefully lots of snow removal. Opinions??
- Thread starter slimcake
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Heck, if you can get a deal on tractor I'd do that but its probably overkill. My previous house probably had 2+ acres of grass plus a 300' driveway to the house and a couple 100' driveways to the shed. I'd gotten a 18 hp JD with a 48" mower deck and a 46" blower attachment and was fine. I've put a ton of hrs on that mower and it's been phenomenal. But it had the liquid cooled Kawasaki engine it so it is built to last.
But I'd take a good deal on a New Holland if you could get me one. I'd trade a gently used 1952 8N for a nice 30HP AWD with a loader!
But I'd take a good deal on a New Holland if you could get me one. I'd trade a gently used 1952 8N for a nice 30HP AWD with a loader!
1.5 Acre of grass not that much buy a good lawn tractor & hire someone to plow snow. Not sure where your new house will be but no sense plowing yourself in WI Northwoods for $300-400 max a season. For me nice to ride on fresh stuff and come back to plowed driveway. Snow plow guys like straight runs in and out and plenty of room to put snow. I'm simple comming in then surrounded by walls & boulders by house but plenty of room to turn, drag & push.
ATV with a plow for the snow and a good zero-turn for the lawn. I have a similar size driveway, but with a big open area between the house and shop and I've used an ATV/plow for 12 years. I also have about 3 acres of lawn with lots of trees. For the past 11 years I used a lawn tractor to mow, but this year got a zero-turn. Very good buy. Cut my mowing time in half. I can cut all of that in just under 2 hours. I think a tractor for that size lawn may be overkill, unless you can use it for multiple things besides lawn/snow.