I live on a dirt road that washes out whenever it rains -- it turns into a raging river and gets covered with bumper deep loose sand. There is nil chance of the county ever fixing it in my lifespan.
I'd like to get a tractor that I can use to yank my own and neighbor's vehicles out of the sand as necessary, and with a bucket on it to carve an "escape route" when the rains happen and to fix ruts (there's one that has to be at least 4' deep at the end of our driveway) and whatnot.
I'd like something older that I can work on myself -- I'm pretty handy. And smallish, so I can pull it around on a flatbed trailer with a 6 cylinder silverado.
Had a small flood yesterday morning. One of the neighbors got their box truck stuck to the bumpers in the sand. The tow truck called to extricate it also got stuck. There were also several smaller cars stuck. We NEED something that can move sand and carve at least one lane through until the county gets off their duffs and fixes the road, which takes 2-3 days.
How much am I looking at spending and what type of tractor should I be getting? (This is half in self preservation and half in the interest of helping the neighbors out. *grin* It's a pain in the butt not to be able to get to work -- even if I can get my truck through there have been times when someone else's vehicle is stuck in the way.)
Leva
(I'd have loved to have stuck around to watch them try to get the box truck out. They were planning to use a jeep. I'm betting the jeep gets stuck. It's a BIG box truck.)
I'd like to get a tractor that I can use to yank my own and neighbor's vehicles out of the sand as necessary, and with a bucket on it to carve an "escape route" when the rains happen and to fix ruts (there's one that has to be at least 4' deep at the end of our driveway) and whatnot.
I'd like something older that I can work on myself -- I'm pretty handy. And smallish, so I can pull it around on a flatbed trailer with a 6 cylinder silverado.
Had a small flood yesterday morning. One of the neighbors got their box truck stuck to the bumpers in the sand. The tow truck called to extricate it also got stuck. There were also several smaller cars stuck. We NEED something that can move sand and carve at least one lane through until the county gets off their duffs and fixes the road, which takes 2-3 days.
How much am I looking at spending and what type of tractor should I be getting? (This is half in self preservation and half in the interest of helping the neighbors out. *grin* It's a pain in the butt not to be able to get to work -- even if I can get my truck through there have been times when someone else's vehicle is stuck in the way.)
Leva
(I'd have loved to have stuck around to watch them try to get the box truck out. They were planning to use a jeep. I'm betting the jeep gets stuck. It's a BIG box truck.)