25hp tractor- TYM or LS?
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It was a Daedong / Kioti. But they have better dealer coverage today than LS / TYM. To each their own.
tacticalturnip
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Was it an NX?
Jaygyver
Silver Member
You never said how much acreage, brush or trees you have and that can make a difference on the size of the tractor.
Be aware of which MT226 specs you are looking at, the 226E is a manual tranny and the other, 226HE is for the HST auto trans. You lose a couple of PTO hp with the HE tranny, it's just the way it is. Basically the only difference in tractors is the PTO hp between the two.
With most new tractors coming with QA loaders (Quick Attach) you have so many more options than years ago. You can get and change out within minutes, forks, 4-1 buckets, brush clamps, etc, You might want to ask about including a "3rd function" when buying the tractor also as it would be needed for the hyd buckets.
I bought a JD 25hp tractor a few years after I built my house many decades ago on 5 acres of raw land, brush and trees. Zero reason for JD other than they had a big sale going on and the payment was lower than the price to rent one.
I did the same research for months when I bought my LS.
A year or two before and after I retired I had dropped a couple dozen good size trees and just didn't want to take the time with the JD and decided to splurge on a 35hp LS. The LS at the time was around $7000 cheaper than JD and Kubota of the same size and the LS had a few extra features on top of that. I had looked at all the brands for issues and every single brand had a model or two that had problems, yes even the green and orange ones.
There are a couple that can lift a few lbs more than mine and lift higher but, for ME, the difference wasn't really a selling point. If I was on raw land and starting over then maybe. Most of the brands have been around for decades in one "buy out" or another and some like the LS even make/made some compact tractors for other brands.
Look down the road in 5 or 10 years and see what you think you will be doing with it and see if it will work for you.
For me the 25hp did fine for my usage for 25+ years, I just wish the QA equipment was around back then, would have been a whole lot easier.
The 35hp LS just does more and a bit faster and might be over kill now but it still fills the needs I do have. I still use the JD, the wife will take the smaller JD most of the time but likes the HST tranny in the LS.
Be aware of which MT226 specs you are looking at, the 226E is a manual tranny and the other, 226HE is for the HST auto trans. You lose a couple of PTO hp with the HE tranny, it's just the way it is. Basically the only difference in tractors is the PTO hp between the two.
With most new tractors coming with QA loaders (Quick Attach) you have so many more options than years ago. You can get and change out within minutes, forks, 4-1 buckets, brush clamps, etc, You might want to ask about including a "3rd function" when buying the tractor also as it would be needed for the hyd buckets.
I bought a JD 25hp tractor a few years after I built my house many decades ago on 5 acres of raw land, brush and trees. Zero reason for JD other than they had a big sale going on and the payment was lower than the price to rent one.
I did the same research for months when I bought my LS.
A year or two before and after I retired I had dropped a couple dozen good size trees and just didn't want to take the time with the JD and decided to splurge on a 35hp LS. The LS at the time was around $7000 cheaper than JD and Kubota of the same size and the LS had a few extra features on top of that. I had looked at all the brands for issues and every single brand had a model or two that had problems, yes even the green and orange ones.
There are a couple that can lift a few lbs more than mine and lift higher but, for ME, the difference wasn't really a selling point. If I was on raw land and starting over then maybe. Most of the brands have been around for decades in one "buy out" or another and some like the LS even make/made some compact tractors for other brands.
Look down the road in 5 or 10 years and see what you think you will be doing with it and see if it will work for you.
For me the 25hp did fine for my usage for 25+ years, I just wish the QA equipment was around back then, would have been a whole lot easier.
The 35hp LS just does more and a bit faster and might be over kill now but it still fills the needs I do have. I still use the JD, the wife will take the smaller JD most of the time but likes the HST tranny in the LS.
Wobblin-Goblin
Platinum Member
Every Kubota I've ever seen seemed to be engineered and built well. Having said that, I've purchased four new tractors in my life and none of them were orange for various reasons. The worst tractor of the four was a MF 1643 Hydro. The other three (MF 1540, MF 4707, TYM 2515R) are all excellent, well designed, well made tractors. The 1540 is gone, but it really hurt to let that one go and I'm hoping the 4707 and the 2515R stay on the farm indefinitely. They are keepers.
FullMetalBucket
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