Mr Coutts
New member
Im in the market for a tractor, and the chinese tractors are so cheap at the moment,been looking at tractors with about 30 to 45 hp,must have a 4in1 bucket a slasher, I have 15 acres of nearly flat land in nsw Australia.
Fluid i here you, but i really need to save a lot of bucks.lol
They said the same thing about both the Korean and Japanese made cars back in the 60's and 70's. Now look at the market - the Japanese are in the lead and the Koreans a close second (I am ignoring the European brands deliberately). The major US car companies are still in trouble over their sales practices and policies, where as the foreign companies have done very well.
I wanted a new tractor - not one that someone else had manage to damage . I didn't want to buy someone else's problems in the major brands. New was much too expensive for me in the major brands - three to four times as expensive.
For me, the Jinma has worked out fine - my only regret is having not bought a tractor with a cab (I have an open station one). Digging snow at -20C without the benefit of a heated cab is somewhat painful.
As long as a person buys with their eyes open, does a lot of research and is mechanically inclined, a Chinese tractor can be a good buy. And for the record, it has been easier for me to buy parts for the Chinese tractor I own (haven't had to buy too many parts) than it was to buy parts for the 1959 MF65 tractor that I owned for several years.
Don't disregard the Chinese because of "rumours" - do some research. You will find all tractors have problems. Currently there are brand new John Deere 55** series tractors (big bucks) with brake problems that John Deere seems to want to do nothing about.
Which is better US made John Deere or Chinese made Foton, Dong Feng, Jinma etc.