strum456
Platinum Member
Horsepower ratings are going the way of lawn tractors. Today, you need a 60 horse tractor to do the work of an old 45 HP rated machine.
I just finished reading the "rust on my kubota" thread and it quickly switched into a debate on how modern tractors wont last as long and are not as well built as those vintage ones. Good points made on both sides I reckon but it left me wondering on what makes a tractor vintage/old iron and what makes it a modern one.
Was it glow plugs, power-steering, OEM cabs, hydraulic shuttles/HST/power-shift, electronic digital displays or something else?-
I just finished reading the "rust on my kubota" thread and it quickly switched into a debate on how modern tractors wont last as long and are not as well built as those vintage ones. Good points made on both sides I reckon but it left me wondering on what makes a tractor vintage/old iron and what makes it a modern one.
Was it glow plugs, power-steering, OEM cabs, hydraulic shuttles/HST/power-shift, electronic digital displays or something else?-
If it leaks too much to keep on a cement floor it's old iron
Horsepower ratings are going the way of lawn tractors. Today, you need a 60 horse tractor to do the work of an old 45 HP rated machine.
If it leaks too much to keep on a cement floor it's old iron