It sounds like you are concerned about the rebuild cost of the Magnum. If you are not putting a lot of hours on the machine it may not matter, but if you are, you may also want to consider how many times you would have to rebuild the K in the 1250 before you have to rebuild the Magnum. I know the Magnums can go 2000 hours , I'm not sure how many hours you can put on a K series before they need to be rebuilt.
Ultimately you want to look at how many hours you're putting on the tractor a year , and see where that gets you over a 10 year period. If you're putting 200 hours a year, then you're looking at 2000 hours over a 10 year period and the Mag may end up being cheaper or break even with the K over that time period. If you're doing 50 hours a year, then the K is definitely going to be cheaper to run. Other things factor in, like gas usage.
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