The cramped engine compartment is a P.I.T.A. I don't weld but I finally found some one who said he could install a detachable floor plate in the engine box for clean out & maintenance and stifle the loud muffler. These are my two biggest complaints.
I've always looked at PT's as kids toys.....or fun toys for city folks playing farmer....![]()
Its definitely not an ag machine. Doesn't have the pulling power to pull dirt plows or stumps. Its hardly a kids toy. Many are sold to landscapers for professional use. It will plain and simple run circles around other machines its size when it comes to moving landscaping material, snow plowing, mowing, tiller, etc.... Its quicker and more nimble with a heavier lift capacity. Its also simple to work on and highly customizable. And.... its made right here in America. :united-states:
Pound for pound, the PT425 is pretty formidable. Yeah. Formidable
forキmiキdaキble
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adjective
adjective: formidable
1. inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.
If you like being nit picky... you should note the two "or's" in MossRoad's definition. By your own admission it looks "handy", "nimble", "practical" and "variable in it's abilities". That sounds like a machine that could "inspire respect through being impressively capable".After a chest thumping proclaimation like this post I had no choice but click on the little tractor for video proof. Yep handy "little" implement. Nimble. Practical for light work. Variable in it's abilities. Formidable,,,, nope. Does just what it's designed to do with no fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.![]()
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