Hi Terry, the comment about the closest dealer is very good. Maybe more important, is there a dealer you seem to get along with better? Since you don't care about color the best dealer for you might be the starting point. Oh, parts and service availability should be second on your list.
Next, given the work you are doing the ease of getting on and off may be important for you. Next, are you planning on a cab or not? It sounds like you will be in the woods or next to a woods some part of the time so you want to factor that in. Certainly you should have a ROPS for safety. I don't know what you have for hills but if pulling tree tops and given you are less experienced a ROPS would be good.
4wd?...depends on your needs. It sure would help in pulling those tops.
I don't agree all tractors are about the same now days. The major manufacturers have economy models, mid models, and higher end models. The economy models you will find are built in less developed (less wages) countries and may, I say may, be less reliable. Even 20 years ago tractors were outsourced to low wage countries to compete. I don't want to offend anyone, so I leave it to you to do your homework. The salesmen will tell you they are all good now days, baloney. I realize you are reaching out here so I would stay with a mid or higher end model of the major manufacturers and then look where the product is built. I would prefer US, Britain, Germany, maybe Italy are those that come to mind for me.
For loader work and tree top pulling the clutch and transmission type should be a factor. For loader work a tractor with a power reverser would be nice. For lots of clutching pulling tops a wet clutch would be nice. If you are a gear grinder, a synchro or powershift might help. Most anything will work but some will do better than others.
Enough for now. If the answers on this thread get you going the next step might be to find a candidate and then float it out to this forum.
With that kind of budget there are many tractors out there to choose from, likely used if you want to be in that 100 hp range. Although, everything I recall you mentioned could be done with a 60 hp tractor, maybe lower.
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