I've done some searches on the Fotons, Jinmas and new guy stuff but I still haven't found exactly what I need.
A little background on what I' doing: I have 5 acre's with a short section of creek running through and a few trees along the creek. I need to mow about 4 acres and I'll need an FEL for taking care of the gravel drive. I found that a fork attachment is pretty common as an accessory to the FEL bucket and that would be handy in the shop for moving machine parts and supplies. A backhoe might be handy at some time in the future too. Not sure exactly what sort of HP I really need but I'm thinking 20-30 range. I haven't been around tractors since I was a kid so while I remember what the pedals and levers do there are a lot more of them now then there were then. I've looked at a few used tractors but haven't found anything that jumped out at me.
I stopped at Rural King yesterday on the way home and looked at a Tractor King 25HP 4wd. I have a few
questions.....
I have an idea what Hydro drive is but what is shuttle shift? The unit looks like a basic standard transmission setup.
Are these 25HP units Foton's or Jinma. According to the Foton site they start at 30HP but according to the salesman this is a foton. The info sheets I got have 2 different mfg part numbers which is confusing....description page has FT254A as the part # and spec sheet says JM254-4wd....???
The price with a loader (Koyker 140) , and a rotary mower is about $9800 + taxes of course and that seems quite reasonable. Am I missing something here? I'm not sure I'd notice any of the fancy gadgets not being there since the last tractor I drove was a 1960 Oliver 75HP diesel......
Am I looking in the right direction and what other places/types should I be checking out as well?
Thanks for any help or guidance.
Frank
A little background on what I' doing: I have 5 acre's with a short section of creek running through and a few trees along the creek. I need to mow about 4 acres and I'll need an FEL for taking care of the gravel drive. I found that a fork attachment is pretty common as an accessory to the FEL bucket and that would be handy in the shop for moving machine parts and supplies. A backhoe might be handy at some time in the future too. Not sure exactly what sort of HP I really need but I'm thinking 20-30 range. I haven't been around tractors since I was a kid so while I remember what the pedals and levers do there are a lot more of them now then there were then. I've looked at a few used tractors but haven't found anything that jumped out at me.
I stopped at Rural King yesterday on the way home and looked at a Tractor King 25HP 4wd. I have a few
questions.....
I have an idea what Hydro drive is but what is shuttle shift? The unit looks like a basic standard transmission setup.
Are these 25HP units Foton's or Jinma. According to the Foton site they start at 30HP but according to the salesman this is a foton. The info sheets I got have 2 different mfg part numbers which is confusing....description page has FT254A as the part # and spec sheet says JM254-4wd....???
The price with a loader (Koyker 140) , and a rotary mower is about $9800 + taxes of course and that seems quite reasonable. Am I missing something here? I'm not sure I'd notice any of the fancy gadgets not being there since the last tractor I drove was a 1960 Oliver 75HP diesel......
Am I looking in the right direction and what other places/types should I be checking out as well?
Thanks for any help or guidance.
Frank