Branson 8050

Mikembrelectric1 · Jan 6, 2012

Not impressed with the new 8050

MtnViewRanch · Jan 6, 2012

Would you please elaborate? What were you expecting? What is there that you don't like about it? :confused3:

dbear · Jan 10, 2012

Is that a new model? I don't see an 8050 on the Branson website:
Branson Tractors - Tractors

Mikembrelectric1 · Mar 2, 2012

Mikembrelectric1 said:
Not impressed with the new 8050

following:

The most important item is the 12 speed transmission on the 8050 vs the 24 speed that I now have.
The next item which I use all the time is the auto back up raise for the 3 point implement.
3 speed pto which I quite frequently use. The 8050 only has a 2 speed.
I am not sure what the touchy clutch on the 8050 means but you still need a clutch to shift speeds.
The buddy seat that was to be included did not come with the tractor.
Just to mention a few of the items that led to my statement above.....

dbear · Mar 2, 2012

I see they finally have the specs for the 50 Series on their website:
Branson Tractors - 8050

The only thing I see different from your assessment is that it has a 16 speed synchro shuttle as the tranny, not a 12 speed. Do you really use all 24 you have now? Two of our tractors had 16 speeds, and if we used half of those in the course of our normal farming activities that was a lot.

I didn't even know there was such a thing as "auto back up raise for the 3 point implement", but I can see where that would come in handy from time to time.

I grew up on one speed PTOs so, to me, 2 is plenty (std 540 and 760, or economy 540?).

I don't have any idea what you mean by "touchy clutch", but yes you still have to clutch to change speed or direction. That's the nature of a synchro shuttle.

Personally, I never had the need for a buddy seat.

If I may inquire, what tractor are you running now - using as a baseline comparison?