</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I've never owned a tractor before but find myself wanting/needing one now. I have done a great deal of research and have narrowed it down to three choices.)</font> First off, welcome to TBN. I hope you will always find great answers that will help you. First of all, your profile states you have a BX23. That space in your profile should be for what you own, not what you wish to own. Also, you need to tell us what it is you want to do with the tractor so we can help you to decide on an appropriate tractor. You say you have narrowed your choices to 3 models, but you really only name 2 plus a generic "gray market" which doesn't give us information on the brands of gray markets. Off the bat, I don't think you'll want a gray market, too much work, parts are expensive and sometimes difficult to find and you generally will have to wait to get them. A good used tractor can cost almost as much as an inexpensive new one. Have you checked the Mahindras, Centurys, Kioti, Chinese (can be initially work to fix inherent problems) and others? Let us know what you want to do with the tractor, the kind of equipement you want to run on with it, etc. and we'll go from there. Again, welcome. John