wow great forum here. thanks for all the response. One of the reasons I bought the branson was because of the warranty, 4 years. I was going to buy a smaller tractor to begin with. something the size of my ht20 but with 4wheel drive. it was my good friend that talked me into the bigger tractor. He is a retired R&D engineer for hyster. he said you can never buy too big but you can buy too small. Now I am wondering about what tractors are designed to do. am I misinformed ? Would a HST be better than a gear drive for what I am doing? I did a solid months worth( hours and hours) research on tractors before I made my decision. My brother david has a smaller 29hp kubota and my brother mark has a TYM 30hp. Both has HST. They both have zero failures. I am wondering if this 47hp tractor is built like its 30hp tractor with just more HP. The 3120 to the 5220r use the same chassis but not sure if the running gear is stronger on the larger HP tractors. My son is a army ranger and when he comes home on leave he likes to shoot his guns down in my canyon. I was digging into the side of the canyon to make a dirt wall. I had the tractor climbing up the side of the canyon wall when this happened. SO I guess my question would be are tractors only meant to plow and mow flat ground? I know if my old bolens had 4wheel drive it would do anything. The warranty rep for branson was my first contact . That conversation did not go too well. I was very disappointed with his lack of compassion. I even had to go to the " I may have to hire a lawyer" card after that conversation. You would think after spending over 20k for a tractor He would do what ever it took to make me happy. All the branson dealers were a great distance away. the dealer I chose was 175 miles away. I asked the branson rep if they could help me with transportation of the tractor to the dealer for me. I had to take a day away from work and spend a $ 150 in gas. he just said no they don't help out with that. He even asked why I would by a tractor so far away. My response was "I did not figure my tractor would break down, I thought I was buying a durable tractor". I did make a cheap china tractor comment to him that did not go over so well. But what do you expect. I go out on a limb and by a tractor that is not a big brand name and I hear all these reviews about the junk out there. My tractor breaks in 2 hours? This rep then get bent out of shape because of my comment? What does he expect. I ended up calling the dealer I bought it from. He is awesome. He is going to take care of me. Props To Bonney's ag in hermiston Ore. Well if anyone can chime in on my questions it would be much appreciated . thanks ,tt
