[AT] What to do

[Mike M]

I was in talking to the dealer the other day, and our county turned from 
green and orange (Kubota) to red in the last several years. Mahindra 
sells 60% of the tractors under 55 HP in our county, which has a large 
number of hobby farms. Kubota has been making a hard push to break into 
the heavy construction equipment market around here, excavators and 
such, which is now owned by Deere and Komatsu.

Mike M


On 1/10/2016 2:51 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> There always seems to be way more Ford tractors up your way than around
> here. Since the 80's my area has turned green The exception is a lot of
> Mahindra's have been showing up. I would try to get something fairly common
> to your area, my thinking is dealer support and resale.
>
> Having said that, I'd rather have another tractor if the finances should
> permit. We basically have 2 here that do most of the work, a 4020 Deere and
> a IH 454. However, the 2 Super A's get hay duty, one has the sickle mower
> always mounted, the other handles the rake. I ted hay with the 454. The 4020
> handles loaded wagons. The DC Case pulls the baler. The beauty of having
> plenty of machines is you have a backup should there be a breakdown, and you
> don't have to worry about switching equipment as often---helps a lot when
> you work full time. I understand getting something newer and reliable.
> Especially when you work a full time job, you can't come home and play
> mechanic for an hour just to use the tractor for 15 minutes. I went through
> this with dad a few years back with lawnmowers--I'd come home from work to
> find he was on his 4th lawnmower for the day, the rest were broke. I
> upgraded to some newer machines and went through them with a fine tooth
> comb, problem solved. My 55 Deere combine is sitting under the shed ready to
> go, but face it, its beyond obsolete as far as combines go, that’s why I
> upgraded to a 40 year old machine instead of one that is 55 years old. At
> least parts are available and it is more advanced. I would have rather had
> something built in the 80's, but my acreage won't justify that $$$. If your
> tasks are time sensitive, such as baling hay, reliability means more than
> anything to me.
>
> John Hall
>
>
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