Buying Advice Overall best tractor?

[TheRealWorld]

I am going to go look at a P7040 today, for a price of $50,000. It is new and comes with the loader. Full cab etc. This is a 97 HP 4X4 with 85 HP at the PTO. One review was not very happy with his, but what arer the rest of you thinking?

 

[troutsqueezer]

I'm thinkin' three years and $50k, this thread didn't go where I thought it was going to.

 

[Dr_Zinj]

"Overall best tractor?"
That's a question only you can answer. The answers to the 6 or more questions like the following will determine your overall decision.

1. What do you want to do with it?
2. What space restrictions do you have?
3. What financial restrictions do you have?
4. Who are your closest 3 dealer/service centers?
5. Do you know how, and have the facilities and desire to do maintenance and repairs on tractor yourself?
6. Who's going to use it and what physical/mental restrictions do they have?

 

[bcp]

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Bruce

 

[Gary Fowler]

I am going to go look at a P7040 today, for a price of $50,000. It is new and comes with the loader. Full cab etc. This is a 97 HP 4X4 with 85 HP at the PTO. One review was not very happy with his, but what arer the rest of you thinking?

I have the P 7010 LS and while I am happy with it for what I do, it is a bit slow in reversing when using the FEL (have gotten used to the HST pedal on my Kubota B26. It all depends on what you are doing with it and what kind of transmission. I understand that they now come with a power shift which is best of both worlds (gear & HST world) in my opinion. If I were buying again today a powershift is what I would get.

 

[TheRealWorld]

I will research that so I understand it. What do you think of the 50 K price? Would you buy a new one or would you go for something else? That will be very important to my decision. What else would you change if you could? Who was the engine built by? The engine in this one is made by Fiat. Thanks for the the input!

 

[Xfaxman]

I will research that so I understand it. What do you think of the 50 K price? Would you buy a new one or would you go for something else? That will be very important to my decision. What else would you change if you could? Who was the engine built by? The engine in this one is made by Fiat. Thanks for the the input!

At that price, you are $2k from what I paid for the new Bobcat V417 that I bought three years ago.

See if this will work for you: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...t/160568-compact-telehandler.html#post3243370

Pulling trees: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/277824-tree-puller.html#post3444397

After owning one, I will never go back to a "tractor"

The 7' brush hog, much better out front :thumbsup:


Mowing over a silted in creek. If I drove 5 feet forward the front would have sunk in to the axle!

 

[TheRealWorld]

Never knew any thing like that existed, I will give it some thought, but not sure it will serve my purpose. Thanks for the input. I would like anyone who can watch the youtube video and give me some feed back. The dealer has dropped the price to 49 K.

 

[Xfaxman]

Never knew any thing like that existed, I will give it some thought, but not sure it will serve my purpose. Thanks for the input. I would like anyone who can watch the youtube video and give me some feed back. The dealer has dropped the price to 49 K.

Yep, that is why I am trying to spread the word! I didn't know about them either until 4 years ago when I saw one on eBay.

In Europe they are available with a 3 point lift and PTO. There is at least one company importing them here now.

Sorry, but I can't help you with the tractor decision.

 

[CharlesandMegan]

What do we define as the Best Tractor? Its just like saying what is the Best car? to me, BEST means the best deal for the price paid. I don't expect to pay little and expect Mercedes quality, that doesn't happen with cars and sure as **** doesn't with tractors. I think you need to first analyse what you need it to do (how hard or light will it work) and then also the price, is it good gear for the price? or is it too high? .. I don't think there is such a thing as the best tractor out there, there are some high end ones for huge money, and then small cheap ones for light use.