"I have lived on a small beef farm all my life and only had experience with tractors in the 15 to 40 hp class and I finally purchased a 100 hp tractor with cab ac & fwd in 2005 I should have done it 20 years ago. A big tractor will do a small tractor's job, but not visa versa. Probably more equipment is tore up by overloading it than anything else. The tractor I purchased was in excellent shape with low hours. I have only repaired small items that are normal repairs, but I had some equipment knowledge and that helped. On the east coast, the place to buy a tractor is within a 100 mile radius of Lancaster pa. There are more equipment to pick from and all the choices you want."