Ender
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Tractor shopping.
In the past 10 days or so I have visited a
Jinma dealer…284 standard transmission $9400,00 with Koyker 60” loader. Dealer 150 miles away.
Tym dealer T330 with shuttle shift and Tym 60” loader approx. $15,500 dealer 12 miles away
NH dealer TC-30 hydrostatic transmission 60” loader and box blade 17K even. Dealer 22 miles away
Massy dealer 1433v with shuttle shift, industrial tires, and 60” loader and box blade for 18.8K. Dealer 1.5 miles away
(Ran out of time before I got a chance to go to the Kubota dealer and JD)
Looking at the 4 machines in a strictly working sense that is can it do the job that I need. Turning 5 acres of rocks, juniper trees, sagebrush, downed trees, and stumps into the “park like” setting my wife and I envision. I see no real difference. They all will move rocks, haul gravel, pick up stumps, blade a long driveway, and assist in a hundred other tasks around the place. It is the level of comfort that these various jobs will be accomplished at that is factor that separates the contenders.
I am a good mechanic and with my weird work schedule, I am home 2 weeks of every month and away 2, I have the time to tinker with the tractor. So mechanics of the machine becomes almost a moot point.
I have never owned a tractor or driven one further than around the lots at the various dealers so learning the very basic Jinma over the no effortless NH is still learning. I am not dead or living in a self-imposed box so if I learn on any one of them I will be able to make it do the tasks I need. So that is a tertiary argument at best. Plus having never owned one features are unknown and hence not much of a consideration.
No, it comes down to costs, reliability, and comfort. They all are quality machines in their own right. Even the Jinma is a solid mechanically well-built machine. One that like all the others will require certain maintenance to continue proper operation.
Costs…the Jinma was the most inexpensive, but the hardest to operate.
Costs…the Massy was the most expensive, but had the most bells and whistles.
Costs… the Tym had the best warrantee.
Costs…the NH was on the high side, but was simple enough to operate my 11 year old could do it.
What have I missed?
And the nebulas question of the day…How do I choose?
Ender
In the past 10 days or so I have visited a
Jinma dealer…284 standard transmission $9400,00 with Koyker 60” loader. Dealer 150 miles away.
Tym dealer T330 with shuttle shift and Tym 60” loader approx. $15,500 dealer 12 miles away
NH dealer TC-30 hydrostatic transmission 60” loader and box blade 17K even. Dealer 22 miles away
Massy dealer 1433v with shuttle shift, industrial tires, and 60” loader and box blade for 18.8K. Dealer 1.5 miles away
(Ran out of time before I got a chance to go to the Kubota dealer and JD)
Looking at the 4 machines in a strictly working sense that is can it do the job that I need. Turning 5 acres of rocks, juniper trees, sagebrush, downed trees, and stumps into the “park like” setting my wife and I envision. I see no real difference. They all will move rocks, haul gravel, pick up stumps, blade a long driveway, and assist in a hundred other tasks around the place. It is the level of comfort that these various jobs will be accomplished at that is factor that separates the contenders.
I am a good mechanic and with my weird work schedule, I am home 2 weeks of every month and away 2, I have the time to tinker with the tractor. So mechanics of the machine becomes almost a moot point.
I have never owned a tractor or driven one further than around the lots at the various dealers so learning the very basic Jinma over the no effortless NH is still learning. I am not dead or living in a self-imposed box so if I learn on any one of them I will be able to make it do the tasks I need. So that is a tertiary argument at best. Plus having never owned one features are unknown and hence not much of a consideration.
No, it comes down to costs, reliability, and comfort. They all are quality machines in their own right. Even the Jinma is a solid mechanically well-built machine. One that like all the others will require certain maintenance to continue proper operation.
Costs…the Jinma was the most inexpensive, but the hardest to operate.
Costs…the Massy was the most expensive, but had the most bells and whistles.
Costs… the Tym had the best warrantee.
Costs…the NH was on the high side, but was simple enough to operate my 11 year old could do it.
What have I missed?
And the nebulas question of the day…How do I choose?
Ender