I am considering the purchase of a Cub Cadet 8404 with FEL and BH but cannot find any information on Cadet tractors. Does any one have one of these or know about the reliability and availability of parts? I will be using it on a 120 ac weekend place to stack round bales, cutting, road maintenance ect. I was looking at other equipment but this tractor was about 6k to 9k less and had a BH.
I am also considering the following used tractors all 4wd, FEL but no BH ( 2007 Branson 4720, 2004 Case IH JX65, Kubota M6800, Deere 5210 and a 2007 Mahindra 7520 ). Is there much difference between these tractors other than the obvious HP, Weight, Lift capacity?
The 2007 Mahindra 7520 with 100hrs was at the top of my list because it comes with all the implements I need right now but I have a couple of concerns. One I keep about 3 to 4 ac cut for the kids and wondered if this might be too big for cutting i.e.. tearing up the field turning, burning a lot of fuel just cutting. I also read several posts that stated that Mahindra uses old technology for the trans, dry clutch,ergonomics ect. I may want to cut and bale hay down the road and with this tractor I will not need to upgrade later but its 9k more than the Cadet. However if the Cadet is not reliable or parts are hard to get then its not a good deal.
I also wanted to know what is the smallest HP tractor that can lift 4 x 5 round bales with the FEL,I know different FEL's have diff capacity on the same size tractor but wanted to know if there is a general rule of thumb.I have read a lot of posts on this forum and it has been very helpful in my year long on again off again search but I am going to purchase in the next few weeks and wanted to get some opinions on my situation.Thanks
Mike
I am also considering the following used tractors all 4wd, FEL but no BH ( 2007 Branson 4720, 2004 Case IH JX65, Kubota M6800, Deere 5210 and a 2007 Mahindra 7520 ). Is there much difference between these tractors other than the obvious HP, Weight, Lift capacity?
The 2007 Mahindra 7520 with 100hrs was at the top of my list because it comes with all the implements I need right now but I have a couple of concerns. One I keep about 3 to 4 ac cut for the kids and wondered if this might be too big for cutting i.e.. tearing up the field turning, burning a lot of fuel just cutting. I also read several posts that stated that Mahindra uses old technology for the trans, dry clutch,ergonomics ect. I may want to cut and bale hay down the road and with this tractor I will not need to upgrade later but its 9k more than the Cadet. However if the Cadet is not reliable or parts are hard to get then its not a good deal.
I also wanted to know what is the smallest HP tractor that can lift 4 x 5 round bales with the FEL,I know different FEL's have diff capacity on the same size tractor but wanted to know if there is a general rule of thumb.I have read a lot of posts on this forum and it has been very helpful in my year long on again off again search but I am going to purchase in the next few weeks and wanted to get some opinions on my situation.Thanks
Mike