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Message: <blockquote data-quote="David95966" data-source="post: 68103" data-attributes="member: 9640"><p>I have 15 acres in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas, hoping to build a small farm. The soil is hard dry rocky clay with no grass. I know nothing about bobcats or skidsteers in general, other than I've seen bobcats everywhere and the number of attachments is impressive. I plan to visit a dealer, but I want to be forearmed. Craigslist does not have many used machines. Bobcat of Chico has a few. I want to build raised beds for growing vegetables. I need to dig two feet below the beds to integrate compost into the soil. The beds will be on a medium to slight slope. The size will be about 4'x10'. I may want to remove some rocks from the bed of a seasonal creek at the bottom of the hill, about a 1/4 mile away. The hill is fairly steep in places. There is a path wide enough perhaps for a Toyota Tacoma. I have not tried driving there yet. I plan to plant 20 to 30 fruit trees. I'll need big holes as the soil needs to be improved. Several places need to be leveled, to place a water tank, to build a deck, and the like. What bobcat should I consider? I want to buy used, then sell after the construction is complete, maybe three years. What attachments do I need? What other question should I be asking?</p></blockquote><p></p>