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I ended up buying a L3301 HST 4wd with loader, a land pride 5' rotary cutter, a land pride 5' tiller, a quick hitch and a box blade. I found a deal on a used one with 200 hours and paid 21,000 cash for it. If I need a bigger tractor later I will be able to sell L3301 if I need to without...

When buying a tractor off facebook market place how do I make sure the tractor has no liens? If the tractor does have a lien how do I go about paying it off before taking possession of the tractor? It is my understanding that there is something called a UCC lookup by the name of the seller...

Ha, yeah. I will close first unless I buy a sub 10K used tractor that is a compelling deal and park it at my friend's place. No need to explain any $60K transfers of cash or opening a credit line once you are rate locked and waiting for the appraisal and survey. Just formulating a budget and...

What is an RFM?

Bees seem to be only good for 20 acres based on what I have read. To be honest I'm worried about the first year after the ownership change. I've thought about the rental Thanks. This thread is great. I've just been worried about bringing a knife to a gun fight in terms of which tractor I...

I have a Jeep habit. I own two and have them setup the way I want so now its on to tractors I guess. I have noted that these tractors seem to hold their value quite well so even an expensive(ish) tractor bought new seems to be worth 75-85% of its value in 3 years and then basically stops going...

I would not be going into debt on a tractor, but yeah you are right on everything. I have zero debt until I close on this property and even then very little once I sell my current home. I do want equipment that does jobs quickly and comfortably because I make more money with my day job than I...

I can't find a good deal on a used tractor with a loader, but I can find nice 2WD tractors with no loaders all day long here. I was thinking about an old Ford like this https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/grd/d/san-antonio-ford-2000-tractor-shredder/7231671694.html but I hear from everyone that...

I am so in the deep end. I spent a week thinking the MX6000 was the right tractor. My main concern was that it pretty much eliminated the option to bale. Its hard to put a value on the ability to do something you are not sure you want to do though. In many ways the MX6000 ROPS would be...

Let me add the current land owner has an old 85HP IH 2WD tractor, a Case construction tractor with a backhoe, and a garden/lawn tractor. He is taking it all with him. Not sure what the guy with the baler has but his partner used a Deere 5XXXE to cut and load the bales on one of my...

I am all over the map on what tractor to buy. I have never owned land and a tractor before, but I have helped out on a friend's 50 acre ranch driving his small old Ford tractor with a 5 foot brush hog. I am now moving from a house near downtown Austin to a 72 acre ranch that will close in...