Dealer, dealer, dealer! You have gotten a lot of good advice for the most part IMO. Now for the down side. IF you are not that experienced in mechanical issues you will require dealer support at some time. If the tractor in question doesn't have good support in your area it can turn into a nightmare! You can generally tell how good they are in a given area by what the local farmers are using. Prices will tell too. A tractor that here will sell for less than 3K might be worth 5-8K in another area just because of dealer support or lack thereof.
An AGCO dealer should be able to support Oliver, Massy Ferguson, Allis Chalmers and one or 2 more.
CaseIH or New Holland, should support Ford, New Holland, Case, IH (Farmall) and CaseIH.
JD is pretty much JD but they do own the AI line too IIRC.
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