LD1
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Does the farmall H pull that?
Most tractor for the $ (Kioti vs Mahindra vs Kubota)
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Does the farmall H pull that?
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jcraftenworth
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I'll ask my landlord. However, I've seen 5, 8 and 10' versions on craigslist around here. People give a lot of this old equipment away for nothing, with some patience I'm sure I can acquire what will work with my tractor.
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Since you don't want a loader the best tractor for $ is an older 2wd tractor.
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Like he^ said I would look for a Massey 135 or 150. Maybe a Ford 3910.
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OP, I can't add much to the discussion, but want to thank you for starting this thread. Very interesting and I've learned a lot!
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jcraftenworth
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What's your opinion of a ford 861 powermaster?
LD1
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Not murph......but my opinion....
861 is a good tractor.
Just avoid all them old fords if they have a SOS trans. 861 does not.....so a good machine it is.
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As LD said the 861 is a good machine but stay away from any Select-o-shift machines.
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Strange thread to resurrect.....but you are probably an exception - very small % of people who comparison shop.
I'm sure many people are quite happy with their Mahindra machines and get lots of good use from them. But they quickly fell to bottom of my list when actually doing real life honest comparisons (i.e. not an excel spreadsheet) of competing brands. At the time I was shopping 35HPish size, and other than length of warranty could not find anything as a positive attribute on Mahindra vs Kubota. LS, or Kioti. Granted, just MY experience for what was important to ME, and from ONE dealer's quotes/samples. But directly comparing I left the Mahindra dealer with a very negative perception of the brand - went in neutral. Was very unpleasantly surprised to find that a similar spec'ed Kubota was less OTD since I was expecting a fair price discount comparing Kubota vs Mahindra. I'm glad you like yours and hope it serves you very well for many years......but as far as "bang for the buck" I just couldn't see it in Mahindra - unless you put a LOT of value on +1 year warranty. Of course, the ONE dealer I visited could have just been very proud or my timing was very poor and there were 0 incentives in play? Who knows???? But the other 3 brands were all a better "value", regardless of price tag (but oddly enough Mahindra was priced excessively high comparatively).
I'm sure many people are quite happy with their Mahindra machines and get lots of good use from them. But they quickly fell to bottom of my list when actually doing real life honest comparisons (i.e. not an excel spreadsheet) of competing brands. At the time I was shopping 35HPish size, and other than length of warranty could not find anything as a positive attribute on Mahindra vs Kubota. LS, or Kioti. Granted, just MY experience for what was important to ME, and from ONE dealer's quotes/samples. But directly comparing I left the Mahindra dealer with a very negative perception of the brand - went in neutral. Was very unpleasantly surprised to find that a similar spec'ed Kubota was less OTD since I was expecting a fair price discount comparing Kubota vs Mahindra. I'm glad you like yours and hope it serves you very well for many years......but as far as "bang for the buck" I just couldn't see it in Mahindra - unless you put a LOT of value on +1 year warranty. Of course, the ONE dealer I visited could have just been very proud or my timing was very poor and there were 0 incentives in play? Who knows???? But the other 3 brands were all a better "value", regardless of price tag (but oddly enough Mahindra was priced excessively high comparatively).