Satoh Beaver

[Anonymous Poster]

Im looking for my first tractor! I found a Satoh beaver with a FEL, good shape, 4x4, less than 1000hrs. Year unknown-its white & blue, with a chrome exhaust cover, any ideas? He says its 16 pto hp is that right? Its a 2cyl. engine.Does this tractor have a good rep. And hows the parts availibility?

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Chopper,
I cannot provide you with any info on the Beaver. However, I have been offered a Satoh 650 to cut my 6 acres. Have you found any good web sites or info on this manufactor? I have never heard of this brand and I'm unsure of available parts?
Thanks,

 

[kerr]

Chopper,i used one for awhile on my place bout 4 yrs ago.Not much bigger than a big mower if i remember rite.It was a beaver thow.Darn thing had the heart of a lion for sure.Had a 48 in.boxblade on it and it would get it!But,kinda tippy and i think it was air cooled.For a lifetime investment-i would keep looking.Kerrs 2 cents.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Which Beaver is it... Original, I, II, or II S372...etc.
{assuming original}
Mitsubishi-Satoh Beaver 4WD, Mfr. 1977-81, 15 HP Engine, 41 cid, 1256 lbs., Last fact. price $3,520.

No PTO HP rating was published, but I'd guesstimate between 10-12 PTO HP with a 41 cid, 2 cylinder engine. Seen a few parked along side the roadway for years apparently not running...

When you get below the 15-16 PTO HP range, you are severely limiting yourself to it's usefulness on multiple implements...

The Beaver may actually have been the first sub-compact tractor as we now know the Kubota BX series to be. The difference is Kubota did their homework a little better and sized the engine accordingly.

Bottom line... I feel the Beaver is much too underpowered to be classified as a tractor versus a lawn mower with a 3-pt hitch attached...

Mitsubishi-Satoh Tractor Club

 

[JohnMiller3]

edkick,

I have a Satoh S650G and it's a can do unit. What kind of price is on it and what area... maybe it's my older Satoh. {picture attached}

I have it at my father's house, and brush hog his property ~ 5 acres of fields with a 4' rotary cutter.

Parts are outrageous... so don't break anything.

Satoh was Mitsubishi's ticket to compact tractors in the US market. Uses a Mazda 4 cylinder gas engine with 22.5 PTO HP.

"You are what you eat, drink, think, say and do..."

 

[JohnMiller3]

Attachment picture of Beaver...

"You are what you eat, drink, think, say and do..."

 

[kerr]

That looks like the one i got ta play with.It had a 2 cyl.Are they air cooled i dont remember?

 

[Anonymous Poster]

That Beaver picture looks the same, what year is that one? Someone asked if its air cooled, not the one I looked at. Do you know anything about a Ford 1100? Theres one of them there also, about the same price & shape. It has a FEL only.840hrs on the clock. He told me its an early 80s with 13 pto hp. 2cyl. engine , which is the better machine?

 

[jimmoore]

Ford 1100= rated 11 hp at pto. bore2.95 stroke 3.15 displacement 43.1 cu in [706 cc] 2 cylinder shibura engine model LEK752C2

jim

 

[s1120]

John.
Were do you get this stuff??? You are truly THE walking text book of tractor knowledge.