sheamus
Silver Member
So we were moving back to my wife's home province. We bought land (15 acres) and were going to build. I got a good deal on a new Bobcat CT2035HST with loader. I bought it and hauled it across the country, as it will be perfect for when we build our house. that was 18 months ago, and we are atleast another year away from building... between the cost of materials still being really high, to the long wait-list for contractors, etc.
In the mean time we are living in town, in a house we were renting while we were away. So we don't have to rush into building or buying something out of town (though we are both dying to get out of town). But my little tractor is sitting in a friends shed, and I have accumulated at total of 8 hours on it! I did add a diverter and grapple on it. Pushed some snow around this winter, but that is it. It could be 2 years before I actually need the tractor the way things are going.
With market the way it is, I could likely get what I paid for it... and then in a year or two re-buy.... thought with inflation, that could be costly too. But in a 2 year window I may be abled to root out a good used deal too.
In the mean time we are living in town, in a house we were renting while we were away. So we don't have to rush into building or buying something out of town (though we are both dying to get out of town). But my little tractor is sitting in a friends shed, and I have accumulated at total of 8 hours on it! I did add a diverter and grapple on it. Pushed some snow around this winter, but that is it. It could be 2 years before I actually need the tractor the way things are going.
With market the way it is, I could likely get what I paid for it... and then in a year or two re-buy.... thought with inflation, that could be costly too. But in a 2 year window I may be abled to root out a good used deal too.