As I posted yesterday, I am getting ready to buy a tractor and am looking at 30 vs 35HP. As I am weighing everything, I am considering how my in-laws tractor worked for me last year. His tractor is a Massey Ferguson 1428 with hydrostatic drive with weighted industrial tires. It is 28.5HP. When pulling my cultivator, which has eleven tines and is very heavily built, there were times when his tractor felt a little underpowered. I am by no means an experienced tractor operator, so that "feeling" may not have been accurate.
There were times, when going through soil that had more/heavier plant growth to pull through, that the tractor started to lose traction and I had to lock the rear differential; then it pulled through.
Each of the three tractors I am looking at weighs about 700 to 800 pounds more than the 1428, and will have weighted Ag tires. Since the 30HP tractor I am considering(Kioti CK30), only has 1.5 more HP, and weighs 700 pounds more, will the extra 700 pounds more weight cancel out the extra 1.5HP, leaving me feeling underpowered at times? Thanks, Al
There were times, when going through soil that had more/heavier plant growth to pull through, that the tractor started to lose traction and I had to lock the rear differential; then it pulled through.
Each of the three tractors I am looking at weighs about 700 to 800 pounds more than the 1428, and will have weighted Ag tires. Since the 30HP tractor I am considering(Kioti CK30), only has 1.5 more HP, and weighs 700 pounds more, will the extra 700 pounds more weight cancel out the extra 1.5HP, leaving me feeling underpowered at times? Thanks, Al