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Kubota are very popular with local govt shires here for light duty jobs such as mowing sporting ovals and road verges, maybe they get fleet discounts?

Thank you! Yes, it is probably more tractor than I need right now but the price was competitive and the value for money was greater than the other options. I would have liked to go for the MF5710 (dealer had one in the yard) but I just couldn't justify an extra $10k (AUD) for ten more HP on the...

Well I've been sidelined with a bad cold for the last week but it gave me time to collate all the quotes and do some thinking. After weighing up the figures, I signed up for the Massey MF5709. Since it has to come across country, now the wait begins! Thanks to everyone for their advice in...

The M6040/7040 are a smaller frame than the M8540/M9540. I will say, just eyeballing the rear ends between the M9540 and the MF4709, they look a similar size. However, the extra weight on the Massey must come from somewhere. The M85/9540 has a 6 speed main shift, dual range too, but no clutch...

Maybe not available in USA? https://www.masseyferguson.com/content/dam/public/masseyfergusonglobal/markets/en_au/assets/product-brochures/tractors/mf-5700/203708_GlobalSeries.pdf

Well, here is where I am at currently. I spent the last few days doing a lot of research and dealer visits, looking at so many tractors my head is spinning 🤪 . Didn't get to drive any though due to time constraints. I must say, I did like the Massey, especially the cab. Went to a couple of MF...

Thank you all for the replies. I am sorry, I didn't want to start an argument, I was just going by the weights on the brochures I have for the equivalent HP tractors (M9540, MF4709), and I wondered why the big difference. If Kubota really are referring to shipping weight without wheels, that...

Yeah, I forgot to mention loader work, the same sort of jobs you are doing.

Thank you for the replies. I should mention that my uses to start with will not be doing much tillage other than occasional use of a grader blade for road maintenance, mostly will be using a linkage sprayer and a slasher to get on top of the weeds. Also a loader-attached auger drive for...

Hello, I am tossing up between a Kubota M9540 cab and a Massey MF4709 cab, both about 95hp. The specs I have show that the Kubota weighs 2800Kg and the Massey weighs 3900Kg. My question is, where has Kubota saved so much weight, and is there possibly a compromise to the strength of the...