Popping back in.... Kubota. A good company! Used to advertise in Organic Gardening Magazine when it still existed! (IICR).
Buy used and do some trenching and grading on the side to pay for it? (Its not like you don’t have that other business....)
My brother owned a Case and used to do trenching and grading where he lived in N. Illinois. He got out of it. Expensive to maintain. He went on to working other heavy equipment for some construction companies and eventually Great Lakes Naval Base.
Maybe Augie has some thoughts on it.
(Ok back to gardening stuff.)
Hydraulics are mankind’s greatest achievement.
Any piece of machinery requires maintenance. The older it is, the more it needs.
I would love to replace my cranky old Nanner with a 75hp skid-steer, but when I start looking at how much it would cost to do that it brings me back to my senses very quickly. I can do a lot of repairs for $35k.