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The Select-O-Speed requires adjustment and maintenance that is beyond someone with very limited mechanical experience. Any major problems and they are too expensive for a lot of folks to have repaired.
As far as a loader goes: Depends on what your needs are. I have a loader on a big tractor and a tractor loader backhoe (TLB). Handy as all get out when you need them but I seldom use them. The TLB gets used about 50-60 hours year. This year was unusual and I've got about 100 hours on it so far. Most likely get another 30-40 after harvest digging rocks out for my BIL. The loader on the big tractor has been used once this year to set an outboard motor on a boat. About 15 minutes!
The problem here is you are going to get advice based on favorite brands. Some guys really like their Olivers for example. From everything I know about them they are a good tractor. But here where I live parts and service are poor and 60 miles away to boot. So if I were a collector I might consider Oliver but as a working tractor I would not only because of parts from my nearest dealer! Kubota is 35 miles and is good both parts and service. Support for Ford is 25 miles at the CaseIH dealer. Here the local independent shops will work on most brands.
On another note people will also push you toward a larger tractor and they are nice to have. Thing is you can do as much with a smaller one it just takes longer! So when making your decision look at the time you have available to accomplish what you need to do. If, like Ultradog you are a weekend warrior a bigger tractor may indeed be what you need. We have a guy with a lake home. CEO of a small company in the twin cities. He likes mowing his own lawn. But because he entertains clients at his lake home he bought an 8K (this was several years ago) commercial duty zero turn mower to reduce his mowing time. He can justify it and has the need because of time limits.
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