Comparison Compare Massey F. against 'big three'

[Duffster]

I wouldn't consider right hand step,adjustable arm rests or flasher guards important operational equipment, jmho. You always mount your tractor like a horse, left side only!

All our new Deeres have right hand doors. I wouldn't have them any other way!

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

Is this true?

its been rumor for years. There has been some talk that Fiat may want to sell or spin off CNH since they purchased Chrysler. Personly I don't see how Agco could work the finances. CNH is a larger company. Agco has also been making a major consolidation of all their brands into just Agco and Massy. It does not make any sense to add Case/NH to that mix.

 

[Red Beast]

I wouldn't consider right hand step,adjustable arm rests or flasher guards important operational equipment, jmho. You always mount your tractor like a horse, left side only!

Not true. A savvy horseman climbs aboard from either side.

 

[lawn_king]

I attended agricultural school for four years, we were taught to mount horses from the left side only,

 

[jeffgreef]

I mounted a horse from the right side once and it bit me.

I mounted my Cub Cadet GT2550 garden tractor from the right once, and it wouldn't start. I dismounted, lifted the hood, fiddled around, mounted left, turned the key, and low and behold.....

 

[D7E]

I instructed tractor proficiency tests once and mounting from the right was a fail . Aside from most implements being right hand mounted many tractors don't even have a right hand door,Shifters,accellerator, hyd levers and any control boxes tend to be in the way and on the older tractors like fordsons there was a belt pulley dangerously situated there.
I liked one door cabs it gave some where to carry toolboxes down in the corner!

 

[Red Beast]

I attended agricultural school for four years, we were taught to mount horses from the left side only,

with all due respect; savvy does not necessarily come from 4 yrs at ag school. I have spent years in the saddle.
Historically, mounting from the left became a necessity with the advent of wearing swords on the left hip, to suit the right handed swordsman. No sword, no need to get up from the left.
We all have a preference, and habit, however, there is no need to make it an always thing.

 

[dragula]

I always considered MF as one of the "big three" as well.

I've been very happy with my '06 MF 2310TLB. I've put a couple of hundred VERY ROUGH hours on it without any problems. Mostly doing some land clearing which can be pretty rough on a tractor of that size (small).

My tractor still runs like new and almost looks like new minus the orange turn signals which were mounted on external part of the ROPS. I knocked those off right away.

Based on the prices that I saw, JD felt as though they were the "Cadillac" of tractors as both JD dealers that I went to quoted me over $3000 more for the same size/equipped tractor as my MF or a Kubota.

I test drove them all and had it narrowed down to Kubota and MF which were within $100 of each other in price. I ultimately decided on the MF for several reasons but a couple of the biggest were that the MF had all metal body parts (Kubota had a lot of plastic) and the frame appeared heavier to me. I figured a tractor with a good "foundation" would last me a while.


However, my biggest complaint is that I had to drive about 45 miles to get to my nearest MF dealer and a few months after I bought mine, they went out of business after over 50 years in the business.

There are Kubota dealers all around me. It hasn't really been too much of an issue for me though because I generally buy a lot of stuff from the internet anyway, so I just get my MF stuff shipped to me also.

 

[lawn_king]

with all due respect; savvy does not necessarily come from 4 yrs at ag school. I have spent years in the saddle.
Historically, mounting from the left became a necessity with the advent of wearing swords on the left hip, to suit the right handed swordsman. No sword, no need to get up from the left.
We all have a preference, and habit, however, there is no need to make it an always thing.

Lets call imus.

 

[mostly_gas]

I mounted a horse from the right side once and it bit me......

Unless the horse has a say in which side you mount on