wkpoor
Platinum Member
- Joined
- Jan 14, 2007
- Messages
- 613
- Location
- Amanda, OH
- Tractor
- John Deere 5400, Farmall H, Farmall Cub, Allis Chalmers CA
I was at the Louisville show a couple of weeks ago. I was looking at all the new stuff and asked a few questions here and there. It seems to me the manufactures are playing some marketing games just like they did 100yrs ago. I was looking at a new TN75. I asked they guy if that meant 75HP. He said yes it did. I then asked is that the PTO HP or engine. He said engine, the PTO is 60HP. I then said, then its really a 60HP tractor. I thought the standard rating was on the PTO or the power to the ground, not engine by itself. What ever happened to the Nebraska test?? He replied we don't intend to sell in Nebraska.
So basically we can call a tractor whatever we like since no indepenant testing was done to confirm anything, its whatever you like. Makes direct comparisons a little tricky. And since I walked around and looked at them one right after another I got real dissatisfied with what I saw. Engine power is all over the spectrum and PTO power can be almost 20HP less than the acclaimed engine HP. Makes me wonder how one brand stacks up against the other. Of coarse if there really was that many brands to start with. There were alot of similarites once you looked beyond the paint and stickers and fiberglass.
So basically we can call a tractor whatever we like since no indepenant testing was done to confirm anything, its whatever you like. Makes direct comparisons a little tricky. And since I walked around and looked at them one right after another I got real dissatisfied with what I saw. Engine power is all over the spectrum and PTO power can be almost 20HP less than the acclaimed engine HP. Makes me wonder how one brand stacks up against the other. Of coarse if there really was that many brands to start with. There were alot of similarites once you looked beyond the paint and stickers and fiberglass.