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I am looking at lawn tractors, and was think of one purpose that it may
be used. I have a 21' sail boat that probably weighs less than 3000lb. Would a lawn tractor be able to move it in and out of the garage and around the yard to mow under it. Would there be specific brands of tractor that would be better for this purpose? What about hp requirements? |
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keith nuttle wrote:
I am looking at lawn tractors, and was think of one purpose that it may be used. I have a 21' sail boat that probably weighs less than 3000lb. Would a lawn tractor be able to move it in and out of the garage and around the yard to mow under it. Would there be specific brands of tractor that would be better for this purpose? What about hp requirements? I have an IH Cub Cadet 20hp which I have used to move my small camper (ca 1500 lbs) and my fishing boat (ca 2200 lbs). The problem I have is tongue weight and height of the ball hitch on the tractor. I can't use the tractor to move my pontoon boat around because the tongue weight is too great and the ball hitch is too low. Bill -- Bill and Nancy Weiler Tony, Wisconsin http://home.centurytel.net/spinandfish/spinandfish |
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"keith nuttle" wrote in message ... I am looking at lawn tractors, and was think of one purpose that it may be used. I have a 21' sail boat that probably weighs less than 3000lb. Would a lawn tractor be able to move it in and out of the garage and around the yard to mow under it. Would there be specific brands of tractor that would be better for this purpose? What about hp requirements? A *real* compact tractor will do what you want but a *lawn* tractor won't stand up to it. Especially the crap they sell nowadays with inflated HP numbers. Take a look at a small Kubota, Yanmar, Iseiki, or John Deere and you'll never have to buy another tool for anything ever again. If you get a 16 horse one with 4WD and a small front end loader it's still small enough to use to haul mulch around the garden, mow, tear out stumps, pull the dead weight of your boat or a car and will do a great job with the finish mower on your lawn. You can also get a post hole digger, a boom pole to help lift those heavy loads of "stuff", and a tiller to do up your garden. A 20 hp *lawn* tractor barely has enough gumption to cut 6" wet grass up a small incline much less tow a boat. Of course, if you have one of these small suburban lots, then you don't even need a lawn tractor. You just need a nice push mower and to use the vehicle you already own that is set up to tow. Sunflower MS 7b |
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