Off Brand

[Cacinok]

Oh man....I didn't know that. Firefox is to IE what Belarus is to John Deere.

(By the way, I have NO IDEA what Firefox is - besides the Clint Eastwood classic movie).

lol. firefox is an alternative web browser that is slowly gaining ground on IE. and i'm don't know that i'd classify firefox (the movie) as a classic. entertaining yes, but classic, not so sure.

 

[KrumpsBrother]

From my standpoint, this has all been very entertaining. Something to break the bordom while my wife is away visiting her mother. All I have to do is post....ANYTHING..... and there's 3 die-hard fanatical zealots, all 3 Mahindra owners, who just go to pieces..

Hey Farmwithjunk, I used to enjoy your post and found them very informative as you have a lot of experience with tractors. But lately threads like these lead me to believe you just like to provoke people into a childish posting contest.

I respect you and your hard facts regarding tractors and implements. I look forward to you returning to better post than this one.

Peace, KB

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Hey Farmwithjunk, I used to enjoy your post and found them very informative as you have a lot of experience with tractors. But lately threads like these lead me to believe you just like to provoke people into a childish posting contest.

I respect you and your hard facts regarding tractors and implements. I look forward to you returning to better post than this one.

Peace, KB

Glad you enjoy some of what I have to say. Sorry for you that you don't like the rest of what I have to say. Trying not to sound like a wise ***** but don't read what you don't like. I speak to people in a language they can understand. When someone talks to me in a less than mature manner, I'll give 'em a dose of their own medicine.

 

[YanmarFever]

Maybe one less cup of coffee

 

[RollingsFarms]

you could make an argument for either side really. i don't try to get in the middle of something thats not my concern usually but I do own a JD....never owned anything else. heck i prefer a JD tractor(implements are another story). i'm currently shopping around at other brand right now as i look to find a new tractor but i will say i am more comfortable with a JD because i know them, know how to work on them, am familiar with the dealerships around my area, know i can get a part tomorrow....or even this afternoon if i need it. i do beleive in going into everthing with an open mind, and i have been so far, but i see very few things offered by other brands that would be enough to divert me away from green just yet(price included).

 

[MississippiMan]

Kubota JD, NH and MF, mainline tractors. All other are off brand, future Yugo's setting in the fence row rusting up.

that is what they said about kubota for years. nh's tractors are getting flimsier and flimsier.

 

[RollingsFarms]

that is what they said about kubota for years. nh's tractors are getting flimsier and flimsier.

from my experience NH makes a darn good tractor as far as the Ag utility and row crop series' go. can't speak about the CUT line though. i see you own a Mahindra 5525. isnt that their newest series? how do you like it so far?

 

[SPYDERLK]

1 - 128: So what are you guys saying? I dont get it.
larry

 

[MississippiMan]

from my experience NH makes a darn good tractor as far as the Ag utility and row crop series' go. can't speak about the CUT line though. i see you own a Mahindra 5525. isnt that their newest series? how do you like it so far?

i looked at the tt series and the sheet metal was pretty thin. i could hit a fender with my fist and it would wobble endlessly. wasn't a fan of the plastic trim either. i had a 1720 before and it apparently was a lemon. my neighbor has one and he has had zero problems in 8 years.

just got the 5525 so i can't make a call on it yet. all i know is after 2 hours everything is still working

 

[RollingsFarms]

i looked at the tt series and the sheet metal was pretty thin. i could hit a fender with my fist and it would wobble endlessly. wasn't a fan of the plastic trim either. i had a 1720 before and it apparently was a lemon. my neighbor has one and he has had zero problems in 8 years.

just got the 5525 so i can't make a call on it yet. all i know is after 2 hours everything is still working

i could say the same thing about the Farmtrac i looked at awhile back. to me it was cheaply made and although it appeared to look like one of the old Ford's, i just didnt see the fit and finish of one. cheaper is not always better. if i have to pay $3,000 more for a JD that doesnt have thin fenders then so be it. let us know your opinion of that tractor after you get a few more hours undr your belt.

 

[Lucky1]

Some individuals on this site seem a mite touchy and hypocritical. Why would a poster on this site be banned for being in agreement with the original poster (original subject: off brand).

I presently own five tractors, two are also off brand Satohs which I purchased new many years ago. They turned out to be stupid investments. Had I bought major brand they would today be worth a far greater return.

I don't think anyone could go wrong taking advice from farmwithjunk, he seems to be a walking encyclopedia regarding tractors.

In the end, people who get upset over a difference in opinions should get a life.

 

[rback33]

OK... did I miss something? Someone was banned over this thread?

 

[Keith_B]

..it was cheaply made and although it appeared to look like one of the old Ford's...

I know a guy that had the same opinion when comparing his Ford and Ford-New Holland tractors. He said his then new Ford-New Holland was a lot cheaper made and lighterweight than his Ford.

 

[DavesTractor]

Some individuals on this site seem a mite touchy and hypocritical. Why would a poster on this site be banned for being in agreement with the original poster (original subject: off brand).

I presently own five tractors, two are also off brand Satohs which I purchased new many years ago. They turned out to be stupid investments. Had I bought major brand they would today be worth a far greater return.

I don't think anyone could go wrong taking advice from farmwithjunk, he seems to be a walking encyclopedia regarding tractors.

In the end, people who get upset over a difference in opinions should get a life.

I'm curious about your Satoh's, as basically an orphaned tractor, how the resale has held up after all these years? If you wouldn't mind telling us, what did you pay for them and what model are they? I know we took a Bolens (Iseki) 4x4 tractor/loader in trade last year. The guy had it for 25 years and got 80% of his money back when he traded it in to us. I suppose if it were a Kubota he might have got 90%, but he did well.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

I know a guy that had the same opinion when comparing his Ford and Ford-New Holland tractors. He said his then new Ford-New Holland was a lot cheaper made and lighterweight than his Ford.

Do you happen to know what New Holland model he was comparing and to what Ford model?

 

[Keith_B]

Do you happen to know what New Holland model he was comparing and to what Ford model?

I don't recall exactly which one it was, it has been several years. The tractors were of similar HP, and only a few years apart in age.

 

[Cacinok]

OK... did I miss something? Someone was banned over this thread?

i'm wondering the same thing.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

I don't recall exactly which one it was, it has been several years. The tractors were of similar HP, and only a few years apart in age.

If he was talking about the TC's compared to the 20 series then I would agree. But otherwise I didn't really see any drop in build quality for the utilty tractors and full ag tractors.

 

[Lucky1]

I'm curious about your Satoh's, as basically an orphaned tractor, how the resale has held up after all these years? If you wouldn't mind telling us, what did you pay for them and what model are they? I know we took a Bolens (Iseki) 4x4 tractor/loader in trade last year. The guy had it for 25 years and got 80% of his money back when he traded it in to us. I suppose if it were a Kubota he might have got 90%, but he did well.

The two Satoh's I own are a S-470 Buck, used strictly for mowing at Two of our mobile home parks, the other is a Stallion S-750 , with a 6 ft. terrain King flail mower used at one of the farms we owned, we also used it on the parking lot of a restaurant tavern we owned to clear tight areas. I don't use either one much any more.

The price we paid for them I have no idea, I remember the floor plan was running out on them. Speaking of getting most of your money back, I sold my Case 580-E back-hoe and after 12 years got within 2,000.00 of what I paid for it.

The Satoh tractors gave way to Kubota Z-turns, the case BH to a Kubota 4630 -loader, dump truck and trailer to a PJ dump trailer.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

OK... did I miss something? Someone was banned over this thread?

No one I know of.