radrock
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Dec 22, 2011
- Messages
- 1,466
- Location
- S/O Joplin, Missouri
- Tractor
- Massey Ferguson 1526 Hydrostat
Looks like I got the best offer this week. I drove the Max 28 this morning. Pretty nice tractor. He priced it for $14,800 with a FEL. I probably would have bought it for sure but I am a Massey guy. Tested a 1526 yesterday and it was pretty nice too. I had to make a pro and con list to come to my conclusion. A couple of good points on the MAX was it had metal fenders. Most everything is fiberglass anymore. It had a Tilt Steering Wheel and Massey didn't. It only had a 48" bucket and the Massey was 60" It has an option of 54" I don't think the Max had a bigger one but I could be wrong. The Massey has a 3 range Hydro and Max has 2. The Max moved slower in Low range than the Massey at full throttle. The Hydraulic seems a little rougher on the Max but that could be from the new. The seat was higher and more comfortable on the Massey and the Massey has side by side Hydro Pedal where as the max has rocker pedals. I was pretty impressed with the MAX 2 though. It is shorter and Wider and looked like it would be a lot more stable mowing on sloped ground. The ROPS was more straight up and looked a little more solid.
Hope this wasn't too long but just thought I'd give my input. Sorry guys, The Massey won my heart again. But the MAX sure isn't anything to complain about too much.
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Hope this wasn't too long but just thought I'd give my input. Sorry guys, The Massey won my heart again. But the MAX sure isn't anything to complain about too much.
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