Trading up? M5400 vs MX5100

[Iwannafish]

I have a ten year old M5400 two wheel drive. I am looking at a newish 2013 MX5100DT (49hp) four wheel drive with a front end loader. My question is simple. Do yall think that the newer smaller 4 wheel drive will do as much work as the larger older 5400? The new tractor is 5 hp less and 600 lbs lighter (not including the loader). I will be using it to work food plots, a five foot landpride 3 point disk and a five foot bushhog are the largest tools I plan to use.

 

[KennyV]

You will have no problem... the 4 wheel drive will more than make up for the slight weight difference in disking coming from a 2 wheel drive... and the 5 foot mower is not going to be noticed on the back of it... KennyV

 

[sixdogs]

You would miss the weight with bigger equipment than you have but with your items you won't know the difference. I lift a 1200 lb seeder with my MX5100 and while it knows it's back there doesn't even sweat it.