I am brand new here, but would like to know what you all would recommend for price and reliability and parts? I am looking for a 40 HP 4X4.
Glad to have you here at TBN, but you gotta realize that's some loaded question to start out with, right? There are dozens of different brands owned by thousands of different folks who post here. What are the odds you'll get any kind of agreement from all those people about
the best brands of equipment? Well, let's see... did they ever settle the Ford vs Chevy debate that has been going on for, what, 75 years? :laughing:
If you do some reading here, I think you'll find people who know tractors usually say that many manufacturers are making good quality, dependable equipment these days. But each brand has its own strong points, and you'll have to study them and match them against what you expect to be doing. Since you are the only one who knows that information, recommendations from others would have to be pretty generic. And a lot of it comes down to personal preference and the dealers you choose to work with.
You can get an idea of which brands are most popular by how many threads, posts and participants are active in the forums for the different brands. Generally, JD, Kubota and New Holland are considered to be the leaders in the under 60hp tractor market, but there are several others that also make very good equipment.
Pricing is regional and also dealer specific, so it's hard to generalize.
If you gave a little more specific detail of what you plan to do with a tractor, you'd probably get more detailed comments.