radman1420
New member
First off thanks to everyone posting in this forum. Ive been lurking for some time but have used the advice from many of you on my purchases so far. I recently bought 15 acres of land to build a home on. This land was undeveloped so ive had to put in electric and well and still working on the sewage part. I would like to put in about 25 RV sites and be able to maintaine the property. Ive already purchased a 12 Kubota MX5100 HST with FEL, bush hog, tiller, spreader, 2 pan plow and love it all. I have started on a pond ..... hired someone who said they could dig a 1 acre pond for about 5k. Well he got about 1/4 acre and my 4500$ was gone. I stopped them at this point and started thinking well I have to put in sewage and water and electric lines why dont I buy a mini excavator and just take my time and do it myself. After researching about a month I think I have decided on a Kubota KX 121. I started pricing them new and found out real quick I dont have a 50k budget for buying one new. I have recently found a dealer about a hour from me that has a 2005 Kubota KX121 with 1500hrs, thumb, rubber tracks replaced within the past year, open cab. He is asking 22,000 for it. Is this a reasonable price? I plan on using this for about a year to dig my pond and develop my park then sell it. Will an open cab hurt the resale ? I know I would like enclosed but I just cant swing the $ difference at this time. So I either go open and get it cheaper and quicker or save money for the enclosed cab. I understand some of this may be personal preference but opinions on open or closed for resale would be greatly appreciated.
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