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Re: Buying a tractor without seeing it - am I crazy?
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Posted by Steve - IN on June 17, 2002 at 01:49:46 from (12.222.1.20):
In Reply to: Buying a tractor without seeing it - am I crazy? posted by Steve on June 16, 2002 at 09:16:12:
Steve, I think you've got to start with the premise that the vast majority of Americans are basically honest. If that wasn't true, all kinds of remote commerce -- like internet sales -- would disappear. If you ask enough questions, sometimes more than once and in a few different ways, plus get lots of pictures and so on, you should be OK. I've bought and sold all kinds of stuff remotely, and haven't had many problems. I think your parameters are fairly tight, though, which is going to lessen your odds. Loaders add a lot to the value of a tractor. So a tractor with a loader in your price range is going to be fairly old, say 40 yrs or more, ... and may be a narrow front.. which get a little wobbly lifting heavy loads up high. The other thing is, a loader is wonderful when you need it. Which may be 5 to 10 per cent of the time. The other 90 to 95 percent it's a big, bulky pain hanging off the front of your tractor. Least that's my feeling toward my loader. I got one of those 3 point carry alls for the back of my other tractor and bolted some plywood to it. It actually handles things that are too wide for the loader bucket, like fence posts. Maybe one of those 3 pt rear dirt scoops plus the carry all would be a workable substitute for a loader... least if you didn't have to lift things up high. In any event, best of luck in your search. Steve
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