FarmTrac Tractors

[poolman]

Only been shopping for 2 weeks or so for a good and fair priced tractor. The dealer up the road said these tractors are the same as the old ford tractors. He also said that any tractor by any maker under 100hp was made overseas. Can anyone shed any light on this and has anyone got one of these tractors? <font color="red"> </font>

 

[Golfgar4]

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You might do a search using the search function at the top of the page for FarmTrac , but to help get you started, here's a link to a thread in this forum about Farm Trac tractors. FarmTrac Tractors

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[Soundguy]

I've also heard that farmtrac bought the old ford patents for like the ford 3000 era. The casting do look awfully similar.

Soundguy

 

[yooperdave]

This is somewhat true for their larger HP tractors, but not true for the smaller tractors. The smaller tractors are made by LG out of Korea and are loaded up with modern features.

I have no regrets with mine.

Yooper Dave

 

[cmuncy]

I absolutely love my 300DTC.

Got it 2 weeks ago. I have 12 hours on it. At 11.5 hours I found the only quicksand on my property. .5 hours getting her out. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Well worth the investment I made.

 

[DK35vince]

My neighbor got a 360 DTC with a 7' rear finish mower and 6' tiller about 2 weeks ago, seems to like it so far..

 

[bluechip]

There are two manufacturers of Farmtrac tractors, LG of S.Korea as has been mentioned, makes the CUT line, and Escorts of India build the Utility models. As I am told, Escorts built tractors for Ford from about 1969 till the early/mid 1980s. Certain models of Ford tractors sold in the US as Ford, where totally built by Escorts as well as other models for offshore markets. During Ford's divestiture of the tractor division, Escorts elected not to sell their plant to New Holland and instead acquired rights to continue to manufacture models they had been producing. They have since totally modernized thier plant with capacity of some 52,000 tractors annually, using two shifts.

They also offer brand new bolt in replacement engines for several Ford tractors for less than some rebuilt units.

4WD Utility Farmtracs are arriving also.

Escorts now has controlling interest in Long Agribusiness and is in the process of changing the company name to Farmtrac. Long tractors, which have long (no pun intended) been made in Romania by UTB, are now called Longtracs and continue to be available in 52 and 68HP versions.

I look for Farmtrac to become a strong contender, even in this crowded market. The fit and finish on both utility and compact lines of Farmtrac tractors are very good, IMHO.

 

[Woodbeef]

Escorts bought out FarmTrac after Fiat bought Ford New Holland. FarmTrac was the Ford Tractor licensee for India. Fiat already had manufacturing plants in that part of the world and no longer needed FarmTrac. No FNH tractors sold in North America were ever built by FarmTrac. The Fords of this size after 1985 all came from Europe.

True there are no(except for PT and Saukville) under 90 hp tractors manufactured in the US any longer. But there are some assembled in the US.

 

[blueyed_wolf]

I purchased a Farmtrac 300 DTC with FEL BH and a 6'FM a few weeks ago and only have 24 hours on it. It was made in South Korea. I don't know if it was assembeled over there or here? The back hoe was made in South Carolina. I've pulled 10 fruit trees out with it and buried the stumps. Still learning how to use everything. I used the finish mower twice so far and I like it. Had to take the back hoe off to hook up the mower and it was pretty easy. Can't say much more about it till I get a little more experience on it.

blueyed_wolf

 

[Suburban600]

I own a 2003 Farmtrac 60. I have had a total of three problems...one loose fitting on power steering, one missing grease fitting on loader and lost the dust cap on my front axle trunion connection to main tractor frame. Only had down time when I had one flat tire.

I use the tractor on weekends on my tree farm bushhogging brush, plowing with my antique disk plow and piling brush that I've cut. 80 total hours.

I have the following attachments: the disc plow, a 72 inch bush hog, a box blade, the loader and a set of 3000# chain on bucket forks I bought on Ebay.

Good old fashioned tractor that will probably last me a lifetime.

Jim