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by theodric 1019 days ago
Something like a Kubota L2000 (or any of the many similar ones ranging 12-40HP) fits the bill for semi-modern-ish, light-ish, small-ish, capable-ish, and cheap-ish. It can even run a bucket loader. If I can get one with a mower, roller, and sicklebar tossed in, in Ireland, for €7000, I'd imagine the U.S. will have the same available at half the cost. Don't give up. Bar one guy in Donegal, EVERY regen ag hippie farmer I've met (who didn't go under) was all "we don't need a tractor" at the outset and owned one inside of 5 years. Any sweat you spend doing things a tractor can do better and faster inside your cost envelope is sweat wasted. https://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/006/8/8/6882-kubot...