I like Curt's idea, probably far less $ over time, but you will have lost the ability to use the equipment immediately and will have to wait or schedule the work.
Maybe the compromise would be getting a purpose-built thing to do the most common tasks (probably move / tow vehicles around the ranch) and then rent the equipment to do the other things that can be scheduled (bush-hog, trench digging, grading, etc). Sounds to me like a Unimog that you can use to tow / pull / push would be the ticket? Find a rusty beat up example with no attachments but sound engine / trans / brakes? ------------- Max Charleston SC On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 10:29 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Well with mine it sat for probably 6 months and I just last month went out > to use It and it fired right up. All the ones that I see that are under > about $8k with loaders are about 40-60 years old. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 18, 2018, at 9:26 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > The problem with an old one is you'll have to end up working on it each > time you use it. > > > > Maybe it'd make more sense to sell yours and rent one when you need it? > I can rent a small tracked excavator for $360/day delivered. We'd talked > about buying a tractor with a backhoe but the backhoe is like $9,000 by > itself... > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com