smallest 4 wheel tractor worth looking at?

[bp fick]

Steve,
Before you get bombarded by a dozen well meaning guys here either recommending their tractor model or a model they would like to own, you need to focus on the general size and ability, not on color or specific model. That, along with finding the dealer who won't BS, as you stated above, is all you need do right now. Bit by bit, it comes into focus. Rush the process and you risk rushing into the wrong tractor. Not a good thing.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Welcome to TBN!!! I'd look at the Kubota BX series or the new JD 1000 series...

 

[Mushroom]

Thank you, it gives me direction!

 

[jimmyj]

LD1 had good advice. Many brands of tractor are very good, and they'll all have one in the "size" you need. BUT, a good dealer is super duper important.

I love my Kioti, but I'm sure I'd be good with JD or Kubota or others too. For me the deal maker was features combined with price and the dealer all blended together. If I bought again I'd get a DK45 personally, but again that speaks to my dealer as much as anything.

Like the fellas say, learn and take your time. Good luck! Let us know how it goes!

Oh, by the way, there's the budget thing too of course!!

 

[KFree]

want to set up a rough portable saw-mill off the PTO to take advantage of some of the timber on my property.

How much horsepower at the PTO is this going to require?

 

[Mushroom]

KFree,
size of the PTO for a saw mill would be a whole new thread. I am "clueless", to even picking out a >tractor< for my needs; I am sure you would get some interesting perspectives, concerning set-up, gear boxes, and a head full of things to consider i.e. Size of timbers, what ya gonna do with it, etc. I'm thinking even your portable table for the logs to rest on, would be an issue. But, with that said, the log cutting feature for me is more a "want", then a need, and won't be on my >short list< for shopping out my tractor. You could probably shop out a portable saw-mill for a cost cheaper then building something "that functions good enough", to fit your tractor; but then again, I am too green in the tractor world. I think I have gotten some good responses so far, and I do need to qualify my dealers, because sooner or later, I may need services; but I don't think I can afford "new". It always seem my need/want in a tool tends to be just out of MY financial reach! It seems the "rule", not the exception for me! And, I am not a big bells n whistles kind of guy; just want good equipment when doing a job. So, with this tractor thing; I honestly wouldn't know "value" if I came across it. It may be sitting in someones pole barn, and I just would not know what I was looking at! And, that's the learning curve here; exposing my soul to it's ignorance when it comes to tractors!