Well, I will introduce myself now that the tractor is here....I kind of jumped right in on the SCUT forum about a week ago.
We live in Cartersville, Ga about a hour north of Atlanta (about the same south of Chattanooga) on 5.5 acres. We have 4 kids (2 are grown), 11 goats, 4 dogs, a cat and a ball python. We purchased the house in '02 and in '04 I bought a JD 4410 to clean up the property. After getting many trees gone and reclaiming a pasture the 4410 was sold and yard duties were given to a 322 bought restored in '06.
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After 7 years of being without a loader my dad ran across a Bolens GT with FEL which I bought and flipped, problem was it gave me the new tractor bug.
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After flipping the Bolens and selling one of my antique fans....
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I was able to purchase a New Holland TZ25DA. It was a decent tractor but it had been ridden hard and put up wet. I got a good deal on it, did some repairs and made a little money even trading it in.
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I also had to sell another fan...
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When we went looking the plan was to just replace the NH with a 1025 w FEL and deck. We were within a couple grand of being able to pay cash with the trade offer the dealer made but with 0% financing for 60 months I just couldn't pass up getting a backhoe.
So with all that said, this is what arrived about 4:30 yesterday. I didn't go to bed till about midnight and was back up by 3:30 due to the excitement. Been giving the tractor a good once over, leveling the deck, etc.
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We live in Cartersville, Ga about a hour north of Atlanta (about the same south of Chattanooga) on 5.5 acres. We have 4 kids (2 are grown), 11 goats, 4 dogs, a cat and a ball python. We purchased the house in '02 and in '04 I bought a JD 4410 to clean up the property. After getting many trees gone and reclaiming a pasture the 4410 was sold and yard duties were given to a 322 bought restored in '06.
After 7 years of being without a loader my dad ran across a Bolens GT with FEL which I bought and flipped, problem was it gave me the new tractor bug.
After flipping the Bolens and selling one of my antique fans....
I was able to purchase a New Holland TZ25DA. It was a decent tractor but it had been ridden hard and put up wet. I got a good deal on it, did some repairs and made a little money even trading it in.
I also had to sell another fan...
When we went looking the plan was to just replace the NH with a 1025 w FEL and deck. We were within a couple grand of being able to pay cash with the trade offer the dealer made but with 0% financing for 60 months I just couldn't pass up getting a backhoe.
So with all that said, this is what arrived about 4:30 yesterday. I didn't go to bed till about midnight and was back up by 3:30 due to the excitement. Been giving the tractor a good once over, leveling the deck, etc.
