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I know old post; but that many logs would have made for a LOT of sellable firewood (full logs or split). $$$$

In southeast WA Coleman oil locations and Maverick stations have non ethanol pumps. There are others but I know for sure of those two.

LOL no sister. However, she was raised by good parents.

I’m sitting in a parking lot staring at the RDO lot full of John Deere’s. If we would have bought the tractor when we first looked at them, it would have been paid off and we would be light years further ahead with our property plans. So yeah, buy the damn tractor.

I’m not opposed to being an early adopter. As long as my life doesn’t depend on the technology. An electric anything, is a toy until it can last as long or longer as an ICE based piece of equipment.

My wife once said “a tractor is an investment in time. The less time you spend on projects the more projects you can complete or you can give yourself time to rest.” Equipment (shop or tractor or tool or gizmo) can almost always make the job go smoother and quicker with less chance of injury or...

Do you “need” a tractor? No! What is your time worth? You can move material with a shovel and a wheel barrow. Or a front end loader. You can rent or buy a wood chipper and still have to move the chips to storage or sales or the chipper to the wood source, or the wood to the chipper. Can do it...

Tractorco.com is a few hours away from us. They used to have some smaller used/refurb import tractors for about $7-$8k. During covid they appeared to raise their prices about $2,000 per unit. Now one can’t get anything from them under $10,000. Full disclosure, I don’t know if they have the same...

For 2032R ($28,300) & 2038R ($30,640) tractors, Deere is offering 3.9% for 84 months. Insane (to me) pricing.

While not a popular opinion, getting experts involved will result in significantly more money. But theoretically it will be done right. The first time. (wink wink) Getting the government involved, could in essence, backfire. The EPA (or one of the alphabet gangs) could get involved and life...

Don’t tease us, show us some pics!!!

The OP is who decides if it’s useful to him. Same as the rest of us. We have a need and buy or build. Budget, time, or profit/loss often decides the path we take.

I’m a fan of Frankensteining parts together. I’d hit a machinery or farm auction or two and buy some ratted out pieces of equipment with the potentially functional parts I need and mod it onto another piece of equipment. I’m envisioning a backhoe on the back of a small pickup or 4x4 vehicle. LOL

What’s the story about acquiring the 7305? We like stories (and pictures).

If you have a need now, then you should buy now. I have been contemplating for two years now and prices keep going up or stock doesn’t exist in our area. Had we bought when we first said “we might need a tractor” we would have the thing nearly paid off and have a heck of a lot more projects...