Heavy medium-duty tractor options? Massey 67xx, CaseIH Maxxum, or Kubota M5-111?

[Sid Post]

It sounds to me that, for what you've described your needs, you're looking more for a telehandler.

Telehandlers and skid steers are nice but, I need to retain my 3-pt and PTO for my mower and tiller. Having used an excavator, I'd get that before a telehandler. Sling'ing a pallet of sacked concrete is something most people don't know how to sling properly but, the excavator is awesome for working with trees and around ponds. The little Caterpillar 305 is a nice little excavator but, was a bit light for my work. Orders of magnitude better than the backhoe I used.

 

[Hay Dude]

I like that MF you have.

I do too. It’s needed brakes, but that’s about it. Would buy another in a heartbeat.

Really want another. I had found this smaller one (7475) and by the time I called the dealer, he had sold it.
I remember it was around 65-70K. Now it would be 80K + in the “new” economy we have.

 

[5030]

The 'new economy' is laughable.

 

[Wobblin-Goblin]

My Massey Ferguson 4707 is smaller than what you are looking for, but it's still part of the global series of tractors (4700, 5700, 6700). It had a few issues when I bought it new in late '21, but the dealer eventually got things straightened out and it's been fantastic since. This is a lot of tractor and it's very well thought out. I imagine the bigger models are very similar...just bigger. So glad I picked this tractor.

 

[Sid Post]

Yes, back pre-COVID, I shopped for an MF4707 really hard but, decided to opt for the Kubota M5-111 because the available MF4707's were so hard to locate and local dealers at the time were either going out of business or didn't know what the 4707 was so, service was going to be really questionable. Had one dealer with ~50 subcompacts on the lot and no larger tractors try to convince me he had the skilled tech to maintain the big MF tractors; I had a hard time believing get got his sign from MF.

During COVID times with my farm gate locked, I had a lot of time to use my L4600 and consider what I really needed and wanted from a different tractor. That and my current project is getting done with my L4600 is taking too much of my time to complete. The M5-111 is also significantly more expensive now because of inflation and their only competition is the multi-state John Deere dealership.

 

[enwinn]

Telehandlers and skid steers are nice but, I need to retain my 3-pt and PTO...

You might want to look at a Merlo MultiFarmer MF34.7 CS. It is basically a 7.5K lb max lift capacity telehandler with a 3-point hitch with 6K+ lb lift capacity and 108HP rear PTO. Around $140K new. Merlo MF34.7 CS

 

[Wobblin-Goblin]

You might want to look at a Merlo MultiFarmer MF34.7 CS. It is basically a 7.5K lb max lift capacity telehandler with a 3-point hitch with 6K+ lb lift capacity and 108HP rear PTO. Around $140K new. Merlo MF34.7 CS

That's a pretty innovative machine. I think I like it.

 

[Sid Post]

You might want to look at a Merlo MultiFarmer MF34.7 CS. It is basically a 7.5K lb max lift capacity telehandler with a 3-point hitch with 6K+ lb lift capacity and 108HP rear PTO. Around $140K new. Merlo MF34.7 CS

Interesting option there. I have been around industrial telehandlers before and, a German Mercedes articulated ~75HP tractor that was the bee's knees for the farming I did over there. Too bad there aren't any Mercedes tractor options over on this side of the Atlantic because that would be an awesome medium-duty utility tractor for most people. The suspension and 45MPH road speed were really nice too!

 

[Sid Post]

Playing some phone tag with the Merlo 'mothership' on the East Coast. Everyone has been out to Las Vegas for some show out there so, still, an open issue to find out more about this interesting telehandler.

 

[enwinn]

Playing some phone tag with the Merlo 'mothership' on the East Coast. Everyone has been out to Las Vegas for some show out there so, still, an open issue to find out more about this interesting telehandler.

Try Taylor Grout with Atlantic & Southern in Lake City, GA. His cell is 470-630-2203
When I talked to him end of Jan, first of Feb or so he was out of the MF34.7 but had some of the MF40.9 model.

Apparently the two MF34.7 models he had sold very quickly.