Tractor input!

[Bigchillin83]

Yup!!! They like Chevy, Ford, dodge, Toyota!!! They all are the best and they all suck!!! Lol pick the one that fits your options the best abs your needs… they all do so things great and lack on others…

 

[sksshooter]

We have 7 mahindras at the camp and work them pretty well each year. I have a 35hp 2wd with loader snd gear shift. Its been a tuff tractor and done all i need. My dad and another guy recently bought kubotas. 34 and 40 hp. They dont compare at all to the mahindras. Both are hydrostatic and 4x4 with loaders. The loaders are pretty weak and go into bypass well before you would expect. There is plastic everywhere and electronics exposed everywhere. My dads has had a stick through the radiator and coulle sensors damaged from sticks kicking up. There is just no protection on any of it. I havent looked super close at the new mahindras but im considering a new one in the next couple years so i can have quick connect bucket, i will also have front and rear remots and grapple. Its much cheaper to get what you wanf on them at purchase than to add after

 

[Old School]

I have a New Holland TT 60, very plain, a gear shift and a throttle and 60hp. I have had a lot of issues that seem to be something electronic .My biggest problem has been getting it fixed, it been to Chauvin Bros tractor two times and i still have the problem. Chauvin is nothing but part changers. I would not buy another New Holland. and stay away from Chauvin Bros.

 

[Core]

Ford

 

[MOTOR51]

Ford

Chevy


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[flyboy]

Dodge

 

[Neil09]

Thanks for all of the input, I ended up picking up an older Kubota. Picked up a 1996 L2350 4x4 with FEL.

I’m a used car dealer so am used to dealing with high vehicles in this market, but damn it’s with tractors too! Anything under 10k with a front end loader sells instantly. I ended up driving 4 hours away for it but the search is over thankfully.

 

[Magdump]

John Deere lost me years ago. Tractors don’t have to be so complicated and shouldn’t break that often or be that costly.
I grew up on a 60’s JD crawler 2 cyl gas. My first tractor was an old Ford N. I bought a new Mahindra 35 HP I think in 2001 and it was a solid workhorse and a great deal. I’m a stickler for maintenance and I never had an issue with it.

 

[paddle007]

I'll backup sksshooter's comment on the Kubota's lack of protection. There is no protection under the radiator. I replaced my neighbors radiator and just did a patch job on a good friends fan shroud. I fabricated a mesh steel cover and installed it on the bottom of the frame. Next I welded mesh steel to the front radiator guard.

 

[Neil09]

I'll backup sksshooter's comment on the Kubota's lack of protection. There is no protection under the radiator. I replaced my neighbors radiator and just did a patch job on a good friends fan shroud. I fabricated a mesh steel cover and installed it on the bottom of the frame. Next I welded mesh steel to the front radiator guard.

This one has a cover over front. Not sure if it’s factory or not.

 

[paddle007]

Looks good.
My own tractor is an old 2WD bucketless model smiliar to your. I would love to own your size tractor with a bucket and 4WD. I service and repair this L4400 for a friend for no charge. The payback is I get to test my work
Besides the obvious threat of ramming something thru the radiator the other vulnerability is stuff being directed upwards by the front axle. On this L4400 the lower mounts for the radiator protrude past the frame. The radiator has pins that insert into rubber bushings. One bang on that and it's new radiator/open your wallet time.
The first pic shows my attempt at hardening the belly exposure. So far so good.
The next two pics display the vulnerable lower radiator mounts.