Where to buy a compact tractor in Portugal

As much as possible I want work on the farm to be done manually, but some jobs need to be completed quickly or are just too big to be done manually. My thoughts on whether to invest in a tractor is a topic for another post, but having decided to get a tractor now I need to find a good deal. I don't know anything about tractors so there's a lot to learn...

Should I get a new or used tractor?

The first decision is whether to buy a new or second hand tractor. Naturally a used tractor seems like a good choice to start my tractor journey with a smaller investment. OLX is my go-to as a second hand market although I've been told that Facebooks marketplace in Portgual is bigger. 

OLX has a section just for tractors with a lot to chose from. The first thing that I noticed was that used tractors are generally old, on average much older than used cars. While I did find one compact tractor with only 95 hours on the clock, that's the exception. 20 years seems to be about the age that someone sells a tractor. 

So the question becomes, do I want a 20 year old tractor? No. I want the advancements that have been made in efficiency and safety in the last 20 years. Since I don't know about tractors I could be competely wrong on this, maybe a 20 year old tractor is still a good investment, but exactly because I don't know about tractors is the reason I think going with a current model (ie. something the manufacturer still sells) will lead to fewer headaches.

My conclusion is that once I have decided on the model of tractor I want and established the price from dealerships I will check the second hand market for exactly this model, to see if there's a good deal. But I won't start my search in the used tractor market.

Tractor dealerships in Portugal

OLX is also a good place to find tractor dealerships since they advertise there. Manufacturers also have lists of their dealers, and many dealers stock multiple brands. After sifting through the adverts and sites these seem to be the main dealerships (from North to South):

Agrobrejoeira north of Braga

Adelino Lopes near Porto

Joaquim Gaspar near Mortagua

Agricortes in Leiria

Imapal near Pombal

Agrorainha near Caldas da Rainha

Agro PM Rodrigues near Santarem

Alfagrilapa between Lisbon and Santarem

Ourimáquinas in Ourique

Juntapeca in Rogil (Atlantic coast)

Algartracto in São Bartolomeu de Messines, Algarve

Fercar Maquinas near Albufeira, Algarve