CUT Classes

[Iowachild]

I posted a question in the Montana section about the Model T2334 & T2734 listed on the Montana web site as sub-cuts. A post made made say that they are not subcompacts. They are class one compacts. They are more like a "B" Kubota. This bring up questions in my "inquiring" mind! First how many classes of compact tractors are there and what delineates the classes? It it by weight, or HP of frame size/ If you look at the competitive comparison on the Kubota web site for the B7800, it weighs 700 to 1000 lbs. less the the machine it is compared to. What make a SCUT a SCUT? Are there any other manufactures that make SCUTs other than Kubota and MF? Hopefully this is another one of those "can of worms" questions, but I am really wondering!

 

[Inspector507]

I posted a question in the Montana section about the Model T2334 & T2734 listed on the Montana web site as sub-cuts. A post made made say that they are not subcompacts. They are class one compacts. They are more like a "B" Kubota. This bring up questions in my "inquiring" mind! First how many classes of compact tractors are there and what delineates the classes? It it by weight, or HP of frame size/ If you look at the competitive comparison on the Kubota web site for the B7800, it weighs 700 to 1000 lbs. less the the machine it is compared to. What make a SCUT a SCUT? Are there any other manufactures that make SCUTs other than Kubota and MF? Hopefully this is another one of those "can of worms" questions, but I am really wondering!

Nothing in this reply is officially the way any manufacturer classes their tractors, but my thought is they do try to class them in HP/frame size classes.
New Holland has SUBcuts and Class I, II and III CUTs (Boomers). And then a bunch of HUGE tractors

 

[daTeacha]

In my profession, CUT classes are something we like to hope doesn't happen.

I think the business of "classes" is just an attempt to sort out the bewildering assortment of sizes, weights, and horsepowers available to the buyer. Each manufacturer and sometimes each dealer or salesman tends to categorize things in their minds, but they don't have any universally agreed upon well defined parameters to use. Little tractors are subCUTs, larger ones are CUTs, larger still are small Ag, medium, large, and huge.

 

[Egon]

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I do think I managed to miss the odd class when folks were trying to educate me!

 

[Iowachild]

In my profession, CUT classes are something we like to hope doesn't happen.

Back when I was in school, the tought never entered my mind!

 

[AndyMA]

New Holland actually added a class Class IV when it brought out the TC48/55. They are a larger frame size. As far as I know, New Holland is the only manufacturer that openly puts their machines in classes by nomenclature.

Andy