dannygw
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2003
- Messages
- 75
- Location
- Bismarck, ND
- Tractor
- Power-Trac PT425 purchased May 2004, John Deere 1025R , Dec 2013
We got back home from Tazewell with our PT425 and attachments late Saturday night. I have just been to tired and too busy to post. We drove about 1600 miles to Tazewell, spent a half day at Power Trac and drove another 1600 miles home, all in 4 days time. I do not have any major projects scheduled for the PT425 as yet, but still have plenty of small things to do. So far I have been hauling some sand and dumping it into a foundation for my garage I started last fall, then got caught by cold weather and was unable to have the concrete poured. That should be done in about 2 weeks. Then I will start building the garage/storage barn (30' by 50'). I should find some uses for the PT425 during that project.
I met SMJ and his wife last Friday at Power Trac. They was there looking at the diesel's and ended up ordering a PT1445. I'm sorry I didn't have more time to visit with him and his wife, but we went separate ways for our tour/demo/service class.
The Power Trac plant is very impressive and very professional. We met Scott, Christie and Eddie, but did not get to meet Terry. Scott took us out to the PT demo area they had set up, and we tried out several implements for the PT425. The tractor and the implements, with the exception of the rotary tiller, were better even than my expectations. I went ahead with the purchase of the tiller, but with some reservations as to how well it will perform. Every rear mounted tractor rototiller I have used works very well because you can slow down the tractor speed and really till the soil. With the PT, it is difficult to go slow in reverse. Also, Scott told me not to use float when tilling, that it did not work well. So, if the float does not work well, then if will be difficult to till on any kind of uneven ground because you will have to continually adjust the depth manually. I will have to try it out and will post my results.
Picture attachments to follow.
I met SMJ and his wife last Friday at Power Trac. They was there looking at the diesel's and ended up ordering a PT1445. I'm sorry I didn't have more time to visit with him and his wife, but we went separate ways for our tour/demo/service class.
The Power Trac plant is very impressive and very professional. We met Scott, Christie and Eddie, but did not get to meet Terry. Scott took us out to the PT demo area they had set up, and we tried out several implements for the PT425. The tractor and the implements, with the exception of the rotary tiller, were better even than my expectations. I went ahead with the purchase of the tiller, but with some reservations as to how well it will perform. Every rear mounted tractor rototiller I have used works very well because you can slow down the tractor speed and really till the soil. With the PT, it is difficult to go slow in reverse. Also, Scott told me not to use float when tilling, that it did not work well. So, if the float does not work well, then if will be difficult to till on any kind of uneven ground because you will have to continually adjust the depth manually. I will have to try it out and will post my results.
Picture attachments to follow.
