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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mrbb" data-source="post: 132084" data-attributes="member: 13825">well just my 2 cents, I think if you can get this skid steer, I doubt you will regret it, and like most things like this, once you have it, you will find way more uses for it(and odds are so will your friends, family and neighbors, asking you to do things for them with it) as for up keep, honestly when you DON"T use something much, up keep is not that bad, all; the more so if your willing to learn to do the basic;'s yourself, like fluid changes, and filters add a battery maintainer to the machine and battery life will be extended and save you many smaller issues , as more modern machine have more concerns about having good batteries when parked! as for size and weight of machine again odds are you will find its not that large a deal,a s long as you use your brain, and avoid driving in any place where weight can be an issue(over septic systems,  or thin concrete/pavement , where weight can damage it possibly!the advantages of a skid steer(what all it can do and the easy of adding attachments(or renting them when needed)  IMO will far out weight the  negative side of things and if your getting this, for free(not sure if you are or not) IF by any low odds you end up NOT wanting it,  you can always GIFT it back to a family member I am sure and then BUY the tractor you want, or just add a tractor to your fleet, not many folks regret adding things, hell most of us  look forward to adding them,  even with the down side problems doing so does(more up keep, finding places to keep things and so on) when you live rural, over the yrs , having machines that can do work, tend to pay for themselves  and be looked at investments more than hassles! and like all things, again, you can always sell them, many times for more than you paid if you take care of them, all the more so in today's crazy ever climbing price tags on things!  so, food for thought for you</blockquote>

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