Kubota vs Massey advice

[Hay Dude]

Well I've been sidelined with a bad cold for the last week but it gave me time to collate all the quotes and do some thinking.



After weighing up the figures, I signed up for the Massey MF5709.

Since it has to come across country, now the wait begins!

Thanks to everyone for their advice in this thread, I really appreciate it, and good luck to BleepinSheep for the deal on his Massey.

Smart.
When comparing tractors, always look at weight.

Kubota makes great tractors, but IMO AGCO makes a more “farmer oriented” tractor, while Kubota is more “utility” oriented.

 

[BleepinSheep]

Tractor’s home. I think this tractor is going to serve us well, it has some of the smoothest controls & trans I’ve experienced in a piece of equipment.

The only issue I’ve found with it so far is that the loader lowering control on the hand control only goes partway forward, like it’s being blocked internally in the spool valve. It goes down just fine but can only be pressed maybe 1/3 the way the rest of the controls go, and won’t go into float. I’ve fiddled with it and given it some force and it hasn’t had effect. I think it needs disassembly.

Otherwise the ride quality is good, loader is very strong, it’s quiet enough to not need hearing protection. Put about six hours on it today.