Looking for first tranctor - advice?!?

(quoted from post at 11:29:30 09/22/17) Hi all, I am looking for my first tractor, most likely a sub-compact or compact, mainly for snow removal in my neighborhood. I have a small lot, and neighbors to help. We have tons of snow as we are in the mountains in Washington. I have been researching Deere, LS, NH, Mahindra, MF, etc. I am price sensitive since this will be primarily a snow removal tool and I don't have a farm. It seems difficult to find any meaningful head to head comparisons on new models.

I need the bucket, front snow thrower is all, not too complicated or fancy. Quick disconnect of course and HST.

I am leaning toward MF, NH and LS currently. Any constructive comments would be more than welcome. Thanks for your input.

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(quoted from post at 07:14:32 09/23/17) Nerest dealer not a good choice, best dealer is better even if it means a hundred mile farther to travel. And we have more Kubota dealers than anything else. As said cab and 4 wheel drive. Some of those models you are looking at I never heard of so not something I would even look at.

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(quoted from post at 12:07:37 09/22/17) I don't have a love or hate relationship with any color tractor in this area. As others have said go with whatever dealer has the best service in your area. Just a couple things to think about. You mention wanting a front loader and a front snowblower. You probably already know this but just in case. You can't run both at the same time. With that weight on the front you will need rear ballast. Cuts are notorious for being light in the rear end. You might want to think about a rear mounted snowblower. It will give you the rear ballast you need and will let you use the front loader at the same time. The drawback of course is when running the snowblower you will have to be turned around looking behind you constantly. Another thing to think about is to match the tractor to the job you want it to do. Don't settle on a glorified lawn mower because it's cheaper and expect it to bust through 6 foot snow drifts. Gather information on all the dealers in your area and sit down and compare them as equally as possible. See which ones offer more options that you want. This is a great site but most of the experts here are more into bigger tractors. You might also try another site called Green Tractor Talk. They specialize in smaller tractors. As the name implies they are a more of a JD based site but there's still a lot of guys over there that would be happy to help out regardless of what color tractor you settle on.

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(quoted from post at 14:36:43 09/27/17) I mentioned Massey simply because there are MF, Kubota, JD and NH dealers all about 50 miles from me and in the same town. I know Kubota are very popular but when I spend half my lunch hour on the lot and in the sales floor and not one of 4 sales people greeted me it kind of soured me on the brand. I may reconsider. The MF dealer in town quoted some decent pricing and took time to figure out what may work best as did the JD and NH people. It seems to me that most things are comparable except pricing and support. Thanks for your input, it helps!

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