Farm tractor models to avoid

[Baranx4]

Is there any tractor entirely made in the USA ?? I always thought John deere was but i was wrong.

Made in the USA Products Directory

 

[fiat980]

hey what knid of dutez to avoid

 

[Millsonwheels]

My family has always tried to avoid the multi-power on the massey's due to a bad experience with a 165 with it installed.

I heard that the same designer that worked on the multipower with massey ferguson moved on to ford to do there design for awhile and then on to john deere to do there powershift. And supposedly when he got to the powershift he got the bugs worked out?

Is there any really truth to this? I originally heard it from a guy with green flowing through his veins so it could just be hearsay.

 

[knightrider955]

Long tractors are great!! Lots of parts available, Parts are cheap, Bulletproof diesel engines. The UTB ones built in Romania are the ones to get.

 

[Ford tractor]

I would avoid Belarus tractors. Very poor quality.

 

[clemsonfor]

I doubt any are entirely made in USA, but JD is about as close as you can get. The 4000 series CUT's are assembled in GA and use a North-American JD Powertech engine. As far as I know, the company has never had foreign ownership.

I thought the 4000 series were yanmar engines? My uncles jd 4400 is a yanmar 30something Hp deisel. maybe that is a 44 series?

 

[Dill]

Any of the "odd" brands right before they died. You never know what parts where used. Like the David brown sourced Olivers or the last of the Whites.
Acutally I'll go out on the limb and say any of the late 70s early 80s utility Olivers. Some where Italian some where English. Good luck with that at an AGCO dealer.

 

[Dargo]

I would avoid Belarus tractors. Very poor quality.

I have to agree. I'm shocked to see others post good things about these poorly designed, poorly constructed beasts made with recycled scrap iron. At one time there were about 5 dealers in my area. Now there are none and all 5 dealers deeply regret ever selling them because the Belarus tractors ruined some long existing friendships due to their poor quality and being very unreliable. There are dozens around here just sitting in fields where they stopped.

 

[gauthier]

Do not get any john deere or kubota,

 

[HiddenHollow]

Stay away from the Ford tractors with selecto-speed transmissions. They had a lot of problems with them.