Buying Advice Barn Tractor

[Flatbroke]

I would like advise on tractors for inside the barn mostly manure duty, so must be small and maneuverable would like it to be FWA.
What brand, models would you gents recommend?

 

[eddie48]

A baby Skid Steer. I have one, a small NH with a 40" wide bucket. Turns around in its own length and will lift almost anything. Has a manure bucket with tines.

This one is so small that you don't get into or onto it, you feel like you are putting it on.

 

[dusty3030]

Second a skid steer.
So much faster and easier wiggle into corners.

 

[eagle628]

Skid steers are more efficient. They're also fun. I suggest one of Bobcat's 700 series from the late 1990s. We have three at a farm I work at, all with over 4000 hours, one approaching 8000. Bulletproof reliable for the first 3000 hours or so, very solid after that. They're old enough to be reasonably affordable now, but it's not hard to find one that still has a lot of life left in it. Avoid John Deere's 200 series, they were Deere's first in house skid steers and have a tendency to blow up the hydraulic systems. I've had first hand experience with a 240 and 250, both of which have required new or overhauled engines before 2000 hours and have required dealer repairs on the hydraulics several times between them.

 

[JasG]

I would like advise on tractors for inside the barn mostly manure duty, so must be small and maneuverable would like it to be FWA.
What brand, models would you gents recommend?

What are you doing to do with it other than manure?

How much do you want to spend?

If that's it I would go along with the others and say skidsteer, New Holland, Deere, or Bobcat. I do agree that with Deere, either an older one made by New Holland or a newer one. Their 1st series did have issues didn't hold up well.

If you really want a tractor, Massey, Kubota, Deere, possibly a New Holland with the super steer. Many good machines made today, and some are assembled in the USA.

 

[wmonroe]

Like JasG asked, are you doing anything else with it other than manure? If not a skid steer is the best option, lots of good brands out there and they have excellent lift power as well so maybe a set of pallet forks would be useful for you also.