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I am a complete newbe who needs a tractor, but has never sat on a tractor.
We recently purchased a home and 10 acres in the Arkansas Ozarks (read rocks) and will be buying more acreage soon. Presently, we have about 5 acres to mow and 5 acres to bush hog all sloping. In addition, we have post holes to dig, a gravel road surface to level, and in the near future will have dense cedar groves to clear and lots of trash to haul around.
I think that my tractor needs are defined by:
1 simple to operate and maintain
2 four wheel drive
3 Thirty or more HP
4 FEL, bush hog, some kind of blade and finish mower
5 an absolute height limit of 83.5 inches to avoid having to rebuild my garages.
Now, before I can do any real comparison shopping, while looking at other prospective real estate purchases, I have been offered a deal that appears attractive. I must have a reply by Friday to an offered tractor.
Here is the offer: A Kubota L2900 - 4 wheel drive with a FEL, a finish mower and Deere brush hog, vintage 1995 with 323 hours on the meter. AG tires. The condition appears cherry. The price is $11,500.
Should I rush over with my checkbook, my pickup and trailer and grab it before somebody else finds it or should I continue my tractor education until I am better able to make a rational decision?
Help!
We recently purchased a home and 10 acres in the Arkansas Ozarks (read rocks) and will be buying more acreage soon. Presently, we have about 5 acres to mow and 5 acres to bush hog all sloping. In addition, we have post holes to dig, a gravel road surface to level, and in the near future will have dense cedar groves to clear and lots of trash to haul around.
I think that my tractor needs are defined by:
1 simple to operate and maintain
2 four wheel drive
3 Thirty or more HP
4 FEL, bush hog, some kind of blade and finish mower
5 an absolute height limit of 83.5 inches to avoid having to rebuild my garages.
Now, before I can do any real comparison shopping, while looking at other prospective real estate purchases, I have been offered a deal that appears attractive. I must have a reply by Friday to an offered tractor.
Here is the offer: A Kubota L2900 - 4 wheel drive with a FEL, a finish mower and Deere brush hog, vintage 1995 with 323 hours on the meter. AG tires. The condition appears cherry. The price is $11,500.
Should I rush over with my checkbook, my pickup and trailer and grab it before somebody else finds it or should I continue my tractor education until I am better able to make a rational decision?
Help!