What kind of work a were you planning to do? Loader work would be 100 times faster with a skid steer. You would be better to get a tractor with a minimum 40 HP and live PTO and look at doing mowing and rototilling jobs. Advertise in community papers if you have them there. I don't think you get set up properly with only a $5000 budget. You'd have to make a lot of money to pay off your investment and there's no guarantee's you'd get any work. Then you'd have increased maintenance for your new machines. If you had work lined up before you went in head first would be the way to go. Otherwise it's a big gamble. Do you know how much competition you have or what the going rates are, etc.? Landscaping type work is usually pretty cut throat unless you have long time customers or built up a good reputation. I ran a skid steer and would have people get 10 different estimates for a 1 hour job and then try to talk me down because another guy was $5 cheaper than me. Fine, just hire that guy. It was insane sometimes. Other times they complain because you charge a 2 hour minimum. It's not worth loading up and going to the job for less then 2 hours pay. You really need to think carefully about this endeavor. You have a full time job now. You don't want to jeopardize that with a small side business with no guarantee's. Dave
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