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Bought a new Branson 4020R last summer. Was out and about over in Bend, Oregon and stopped by a Branson dealer just to take a look. Well, after a bit a jaw boneing (nice fella) about tractors in general and Branson in particular, a good going over of the features with a "test drive" included we got down to "dealin". Good price on the Branson, a good price for my trade-in, we shook hands on it. I had previously looked at several other model tractors, NH, Mahindra, was very interested in the MF tractor, Yanmar, and Kubota. None of the dealers of these brands were even interested in a trade-in and really low-balled me less than half value. Following week I hauled my old tractor over and hauled my new one back home. Have a little over 60hrs on it now and it's been a pleasure to operate. An air seat on a tractor, who'ed a thunk...:cool2: Before I picked it up I had them move the tires out to the widest setting for stability, measures 78 inches across the R4's. I may want to pick up a wider bucket for it. :confused3: The ONLY thing about the tractor that I would like different (and it's not really a big deal) is the ability to use the shuttle shift without the clutch. That would make this machine just about perfect IMO. Plenty of power, easy to operate. This thing also has the sharpest turning radius I've ever seen...it's crazy, it'll turn on the rear wheel. I'll be watching this forum carefully as there is a lot of really good ideas and information on Branson tractors here.