Hydrostatic chinese tractor

Anonymous Poster · Apr 10, 2003

Are there ANY hydrostatic chinese tractors? I know tractors from china are cheap because they dont have hydrostatic but im willing to pay a few more hundred dollars for hydrostatic

JohnS · Apr 10, 2003

I have heard of them working on one, but haven't seen any pictures. When it does come out, I would give it a good deal of time to work the bugs out, before considering purchasing one. I don't know of any Chinese tractor offering shuttle shift yet either.

Anonymous Poster · Apr 10, 2003

Yeah i heard Jinma(i think) was developing one but that was a while back, i refuse to drive a manual

Anonymous Poster · Apr 11, 2003

Well by all means spend the additional 5,ooo and get you a hydro drive. RICHARD GAUTHIER

EFC · Apr 14, 2003

Hope you have a lot of patience. It will be around 5 to 10 years before a hydrostatic that works will be available and it will not cost hundreds more, it will cost thousands more. If driving a manual is unimaginable for your needs then you would be the wrong customer for Chinese equipment. It requires a certain amount of flexibility to own one. There are many brands that make good solid hydros, I would look in that direction.

Anonymous Poster · Apr 14, 2003

Thanks guys. I dont understand why some companies such as Kioti and Kubota which is Korean(i think) and they have hydrostatic engines but most others dont? I was thinking about getting a Long 330 instead, it looks really sharp

Tractors4u · Apr 14, 2003

Kubota is Japanese, Kioti is Korean. And most tractor companies do make hydrostatic transmission(not engine) tractors. The Chinese tractors are supposed to be a bargain priced tractor and if they added all the bells and whistles of the more refined tractors then they wouldn't be much of a bargain.

Anonymous Poster · Apr 15, 2003

For some people like me, a hydrostatic is a need. Ive been quoted a hydrostatic would cost about $3k more then a manual and i still find that to be a bargian compared to most tractors like New Holland and John Deere.

Anonymous Poster · Apr 15, 2003

You may start seeing some Chineese Hydro John Deere tractors in the near future. JD recently made an agreement with a Chinese tractor company.
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johnsonauto · Apr 15, 2003

Have you looked at the new Mahindra 2810 hydro(28 hp) korean built, resonably priced, not the price of the china tractors, but quality at at a decent price over the big 3. New England Tractor