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Originally Posted by Botnst
I'm tired of fixing tractors. I have been spending nearly every weekend fixing one of three handmedowns: A 1950's Ford gasser (a farm tractor for sure, 4 cyl), a 1970's Ford diesel kamikaze (an 1100 that wants to tip over when it hits a pebble) and a 1963 Farmall Cub. I'm going to put the herd out to pasture and buy either a Mahindra 4010 or a Kubota L3900. Need 4x4 and FEL.
I'm leaning toward the Mahindra because it's about $5K cheaper for approx equal HP and config.
Last year somebody (AKLIM?) suggested some websites for tractors which I joined and learned a lot from. Thank you.
Y'all have any opinions (pa-hahahaha!!!)? In the town I live by there is a Kubota, New Holland, Deere and Mahindra dealer. New Holland was higher than Kubota so I eliminated that one. Deere is just a green Kioti (nothing against Kioti, but it's still priced like a Deere). So I narrowed my list to orange or red.
I have a lot of implements except my bush hog equivalent is worn out and I need a 5 ft cutter. But I don't need anything else.
Tell me what you think?
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As much as I don't want to like the Mahindra, for no particular reason, I find myself strongly considering one after talking with contractors and farmers who have them. A lot of guys around here have them as their secondary equipment (JD and Kubota are still the big guns), but they still use the heck out of them and they say they've held up well in commercial applications.