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Exxxxxactly.
Perfect! Let us know if you do, and if they can wiggle a little for you. :thumbsup:
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Exxxxxactly.
Perfect! Let us know if you do, and if they can wiggle a little for you. :thumbsup:
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The MX5100 is a really nice tractor and Kioti makes a similarly sized machine, some report problems with the hitch on the L3800. Lots more people comment, "I wish I had gone bigger" than "I went too big", tractors sure seem to shrink once you start using them, my 5740 seems small at times. My original intent was 35-40 HP.
LOL I started look at 35's myself then yesterday when I got the quote on the MX, I sent a text to the wife telling her... My mistake... I could hear the frustration in her reply text... Something to the extent "they just keep getting bigger and bigger!!" but I know as soon as she seen the price tag her ears where closed to anything I had to say!! Lol God I love that woman!!
The physical size of even the 50hp tractors still seem small to me plus after I've been on a Volvo L60E doing dirt work with a 20hp tractor... Frustration!!!
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I'm sure it does, our 8540 is small compared to the 8000 and 9000 John Deeres running around our farm and those adjacent.
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+ 2 on that. When I was growing up in rural Minnesota, a JD 4240 was a "smaller tractor". I remember trying to explain to my uncles at Christmas what a JD 5103 was. One of them has been a mechanic at the local JD dealer up there for almost 30 years and even he was foggy on that tractor, haha!
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I sat on a 5065E today at the fair, dang it seemed to fit me nicely. :laughing: I can see how you like that series. Clean design, solid construction. I only saw two things that are iffy for me here. Ag tires won't clear the fenders with heavy chains on, R4's would. And there is a safety switch for the PTO that is mounted down low in tree snagging territory.
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It really is a great line of tractors.
Where is the safety switch for the PTO? I wasn't made aware of this by my loving dealer.
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It really is a great line of tractors.
Where is the safety switch for the PTO? I wasn't made aware of this by my loving dealer.
Standing on the left side of the tractor, I could see it with a wire harness leading to it. It's on the left side of the driveline, straight below the seat back about. I don't believe it would be an issue for field work.
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That's really great to know! Now if it cuts off when I'm in some brush, I don't have to beat and shout at it trying to figure out what's wrong, ha!
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Those have pretty decent ground clearance, so it didn't look horribly exposed. I am not 100% the switch is for the pto, but it is activated by some rod that comes up to the left side of the seat. Something to keep in mind in brush though.