2manyrocks
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At one time, you had international harvester cramming a small diesel in their 982 series of garden tractors, John Deere was putting I think a three cylinder yanmar in one of theirs, Case had the 446 model---if you put them all side by size, they are roughly cousins in terms of wheel base, tire size, etc.
Some have the opinion that the John Deere diesel garden tractor was the ultimate garden tractor that kind of grew out of these competing product lines. I forget the model number, but there are websites that specifically focus on the John Deere as the most developed extension of the garden tractor.
Then there is the Kutoba 6100/7200/etc series of diesel tractors.
To me, they are all garden tractors on steroids--not compact utility tractors, but others may have differing opinions and are welcome to say so. Once you get close to Ford 8n or the Cub Lo-Boy or the Hefty G in size, to me that's a compact utility tractor because of the weight and wheel size and not necessarily based on HP, but really the physical size of the tractor.
Others may see this differently.
Some have the opinion that the John Deere diesel garden tractor was the ultimate garden tractor that kind of grew out of these competing product lines. I forget the model number, but there are websites that specifically focus on the John Deere as the most developed extension of the garden tractor.
Then there is the Kutoba 6100/7200/etc series of diesel tractors.
To me, they are all garden tractors on steroids--not compact utility tractors, but others may have differing opinions and are welcome to say so. Once you get close to Ford 8n or the Cub Lo-Boy or the Hefty G in size, to me that's a compact utility tractor because of the weight and wheel size and not necessarily based on HP, but really the physical size of the tractor.
Others may see this differently.
