Freedom tractor?

Jeepfarm · Nov 20, 2019

Hey everyone. I have been looking for a tractor and I came across one that I can not find any info on. It looks to be a 80's vintage Freedom FT-254 tractor. It is yellow and has a logo of a horse with tires instead of legs. I can not find any info on the web for Freedom tractors. I see that Foton has a FT254 but can find nothing on a Freedom. It has a XINXING 385 engine and is 4WD. If anyone has any info on these tractors I would love to hear about it.

Jeepfarm · Nov 21, 2019

Roadworthy · Nov 21, 2019

If you can find nothing on the brand it may well be an orphan with no repair parts available. It may be a wonderful and capable tractor but when it breaks you may find yourself unable to fix it. I have a grey market Mitsubishi tractor. Yes, it's a name brand but this model was never sold in this country. Consequently finding parts can be interesting.

ovrszd · Nov 21, 2019

Were I looking at an unusual tractor brand, first thing I would do is try to find parts online. No parts. No purchase.

goeduck · Nov 21, 2019

Agree, stay away.

Bob Rooks · Nov 21, 2019

It is likely a re-badged popular Chinese brand Like Jinma, or a Korean Kioti or Daedong. It will be in these lists somewhere but under a different name. A GOOD pic of the engine nameplate would be helpful.

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Little effort turned up an engine parts manual.

Parts Manual - Xinxing Y385T

radios1 · Nov 22, 2019

it's interesting that if the tractor is made in China, that it would be allowed to be called Freedom!. Freedom in China??.. maybe it's made somewhere else!..

Agvg · Nov 22, 2019

Foton has been using FT-254 on models, Chinese tractors gets the name the customers want, they have no sense for building a brand name like other manufacturers.

Jeepfarm · Nov 22, 2019

Bob Rooks said:
It is likely a re-badged popular Chinese brand Like Jinma, or a Korean Kioti or Daedong. It will be in these lists somewhere but under a different name. A GOOD pic of the engine nameplate would be helpful.

Jeepfarm · Nov 22, 2019

ovrszd said:
Were I looking at an unusual tractor brand, first thing I would do is try to find parts online. No parts. No purchase.

Yes this was my fear. That is why I was trying to find out if anyone had heard of it. I was trying to see if it was just a rebranded tractor that you could get parts for under the other name.

Agvg · Nov 22, 2019

Yangdong 385 engine?

Y385 Yangdong 3 cylinder - Discount Tractor Sales

Agvg · Nov 22, 2019

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Anything that looks the same?

radios1 · Nov 22, 2019

Bob Rooks said:
It is likely a re-badged popular Chinese brand Like Jinma, or a Korean Kioti or Daedong. It will be in these lists somewhere but under a different name. A GOOD pic of the engine nameplate would be helpful.

List of tractor manufacturers - Wikipedia

Chinese tractors | Tractor & Construction Plant Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia

Little effort turned up an engine parts manual.

Parts Manual - Xinxing Y385T

most likely. and ther probably used off the shelf parts available in China, although almost everything is made in china now, because it's a lot cheaper. the problem would be what parts does this use, and it could be a combination of parts used!..

Bob Rooks · Nov 22, 2019

Jeepfarm said:
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Good. Is there a block casting logo such as a diamond with "JD" inside it, or any other casting ID's?

Bob Rooks · Nov 22, 2019

radios1 said:
it's interesting that if the tractor is made in China, that it would be allowed to be called Freedom!. Freedom in China??.. maybe it's made somewhere else!..

A true oxymoron. :thumbsup: :laughing:

Jeepfarm · Nov 22, 2019

Bob Rooks said:
Good. Is there a block casting logo such as a diamond with "JD" inside it, or any other casting ID's?

I am unsure of any casting numbers. It does have this on the steering wheel.

Jeepfarm · Nov 22, 2019

The logo on the steering wheel leads me to believe it may be a Jinma, if the wheel is original.

Jeepfarm · Nov 22, 2019

OK so mystery solved! I was searching through a list of tractors that Jinmar makes/made for other companies and stumbled on Iron Horse tractors. They are the same color yellow and have the same horse logo. Not sure if the Freedom name on the side was put on there after the fact. Thank you for all the help.