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I've wanted a compact tractor for years, and finally have the wife seeing the light! We recently bought 20 acrea and are currently building a pole building, which we will live in for some peroid of time until we build our new house-probably next year. Excavating, stump clearing and road building costs have been an eye opener, to some extent for both of us.
Anyway, I'm looking to buy a used (grey market) tractor with FEL and a back blade for backfilling, finish grading, road maintenance and snow plowing. I have some old skid trails to clean up for access around the property and to a lake. Probably will want to add a bush-hog for clearing brush at some time, and will also be doing some log skidding.
Anyway, I visited a place called Tractor Outlet up in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. Spend a couple of hours with one of their guys, who is a mechanic as well as salesman. He was great to work with, provided quite an education. They have several Ieski tractors in stock, from what I can tell they look to be pretty well made, with Isuzu engines in at least some models. Does anyone have any experience with these tractors, and advice on sizing for my needs? I'm thinking 25-30 pto range (4x4).
Here's a link to the web site with some pics of the units in stock:
http://www.copsrus.com/tractors_inventory_iseki.html
Any input is appreciated-it's been a lot of years since I spend much time on a tractor, and I'm looking to learn.
Thanks.
Brian
Anyway, I'm looking to buy a used (grey market) tractor with FEL and a back blade for backfilling, finish grading, road maintenance and snow plowing. I have some old skid trails to clean up for access around the property and to a lake. Probably will want to add a bush-hog for clearing brush at some time, and will also be doing some log skidding.
Anyway, I visited a place called Tractor Outlet up in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. Spend a couple of hours with one of their guys, who is a mechanic as well as salesman. He was great to work with, provided quite an education. They have several Ieski tractors in stock, from what I can tell they look to be pretty well made, with Isuzu engines in at least some models. Does anyone have any experience with these tractors, and advice on sizing for my needs? I'm thinking 25-30 pto range (4x4).
Here's a link to the web site with some pics of the units in stock:
http://www.copsrus.com/tractors_inventory_iseki.html
Any input is appreciated-it's been a lot of years since I spend much time on a tractor, and I'm looking to learn.
Thanks.
Brian