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I am finally getting to live out a dream that was on my bucket list. I have always wanted a place of my own to hunt where I had full control of the place and allowed me to manage the land my way. My family and I purchased a farm recently which allows us to have a place to retire to as well as well as work on it from a labor of love perspective. With that came the desire to own my own tractor. I have looked at various brands of tractors both new and used for the last year trying to determine the right path. My concern was purchasing something that would have problems from the get go. I figured if it was going to break, I'd be the one to break it. With that said, below was the outcome of my decision. I went with a Kubota M7060. I had them add the 12 spd tranny, cast weighted tires, extra hydraulic remote and a FEL. I'm now looking for a rotary cutter that is lightly used and can cut some decent sized saplings. I wanted something big enough that can handle any utility chore on 100 acres; Learning as I go.

That’s no ‘machine’, that’s a Mo-chine! Nice one that’ll outlast you.

Good choice

Nothing like the feeling of being at the point where 'you need a tractor', if you grew up and lived the 1st 25-30 years of life living on various postage stamp lots there is nothing like the feeling.
We went from a 1/4 acre house lot, to 19 acre plot w/house to 100 acres w/house.
Hunt out the back door, small pond stocked w/local bass etc, watch the wildlife grow and interact.
Congrats

That’s called the good life.

100 acres is a lot of maintenance for 2 aging folks already, but its always been worth the effort and the money pit for the most part.

Nice tractor.

Trying to get my 165 back together in the next few evenings, had hell finding someone that would braze a leak in the fuel tank... I was not brave enough. LOL

Nice looking tractor. It should provide you with lots of capability for your place. I would add rim guard to the rear tires and get a piranha bar or similar for the bucket. Be careful and go slow if you don't have much experience with tractors.

How many HP? I have a 50 HP Bota, it’s about 15 yrs old. Never had s problem with it. I hope you have a place to keep it out of the weather.

Congrats on the new purchase!!

I'm jealous. Good lookin setup. We have about 1000 acres total, but I've got a 23yo guy who has a similar setup as yours and only charges me 50 bucks an hour to do whatever. I tip him also. He has a 7ft bushhog that can really go to town. Just can't justify the purchase yet when I have a dependable guy willing to do the work with good equipment at a more than fair price. No payments or upkeep on my part.

I almost went with Kubota on my 85hp. Only went with Deere because the dealer is 20 mins away, rather than 2 hours. The Deere has been fine, but the dealer has gone out of their way to screw me on labor costs on the little things I've needed done.

I managed to mess up one of my fenders (hit a large branch below my line of sight/vision). The good Deere/Sentry insurance covered it (only $500 for me), but the service dept charged them $600 labor to replace a fender, which took all of 45 minutes. The part was $668. The a-holes even had the gall to charge me $4 for a can of PB blaster on another repair they did (they itemized it). This was on a several hundred dollar non-warranty repair.

My next one will be a Kubota...

Be careful with the front end loader. It’s very powerful, it will flip that tractor over in a heartbeat. If it has the quick change front bucket, you might consider a set of pallet forks. They are handy as hell, weight much closer to front of tractor.

Yep. Get you some rear weights, or keep your shredder on (if not a tight area) when you use that FEL.

I have a ten your old version of the same tractor. Best tractor made for what you are doing in my opinion. I ailways keep an implement on the back of the tractor when using the bucket to keep the front on the ground.

You'll love that. The only thing missing is a cab. I second the earlier post that said keep it under roof.

Sounds like you already know how to use it. 😃

Don’t even think about using the front end loader without an implement on the back. I’ve been operating backhoes, excavators, all kinds of equipment for 45 years. My tractor is the most dangerous thing I have ever operated.

Does it come with a box blade?

Enjoy that land!
We do ours!

Very nice unit there.. Congrats...

Excellent! Congrats on the tractor but a bigger congrats on purchasing the land. Nicely done.

great tractor!