For one-time land clearing I'd rent machinery before buying. You buy, you break it, you're screwed...you rent one and break it, it's their problem. And I guarantee you one thing: a 28hp anything isn't going to be able to do much real work.

I own a 40hp Deere tractor with a FEL, a 9500# Komatsu D20 (about 40hp) dozer and am currently renting a JCB 214 backhoe (about 18000# and 60something hp) and constantly amazed by the quantum leap in work that the big iron JCB can do.

In short: Rent a big enough tool to do the short term job you need done. Then buy the size tool you need to maintain the place.

JD or Kubota are painfully easy to get parts and service (we also have a Kubota BX1800 for mowing the ROW and odd little jobs) . OTOH, Chinese and Indian brands may be OK for the hobby farmer but some of those units have literally sat for YEARS on docks and in lots waiting for customs and/or a buyer and believe me they have mucho problems after that and service is iffy at best. I wouldn't touch one.

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