1726E

   / 1726E #11  
I've used mine to move soil, gravel, and wood. I've pulled a subsoiler through some heavily compacted soil. I'm about to start doing post holes with my new phd. So far I'm loving this machine. Less than 20 hour mark here.
 
   / 1726E #12  
I have noticed several threads recently that were about the damage to exposed filters, hydraulic lines, wiring and other vulnerable components under some brands of CUTs. As I was greasing my 1734e last week I did some checking under it for vulnerable bits and pieces, I am happy to say that there does not seem to be much of anything under there that is exposed or unprotected. I did swear a bit at the tight access while changing the hydraulic oil filter but it is reasonably well protected where it is located at.
 
   / 1726E #13  
Do tractor prices vary a lot between states? I was looking at the 1726EHL on line at the dealer up the road and they have it listed at $25000 cash or $28000 financed. This comes with a 5' bush hog and FEL. Am I missing something? That prices is exceedingly higher to what others seem to be quoted elsewhere.
 
   / 1726E #14  
I was quoted 26,000 for the 1736 Premium. Your dealer is mistaken models or thinks your a fool....

And Im in NY- Land of everything overpriced and taxed to death
 
   / 1726E #15  
Yeah, it's strange. That one they have packaged with a trailer, fel, and a 6' bush hog for roughly 35,000. Kubota seems to have much better pricing around here. Oddly compared to their 1726, what seems to be a better deal is their 1739EHL. It's got a disk harrow, bush hog, FEL and trailer for 26,500. Charleston is a bit of the land of everything overpriced as well. Particularly cars, and I'm guessing that transfers to the tractor market as well.
 
   / 1726E #16  
Do tractor prices vary a lot between states? I was looking at the 1726EHL on line at the dealer up the road and they have it listed at $25000 cash or $28000 financed. This comes with a 5' bush hog and FEL. Am I missing something? That prices is exceedingly higher to what others seem to be quoted elsewhere.


Considering that a 1726E with loader and hydro transmission lists for just over $21K I would run screaming from that dealer...unless the brush hog is made of gold...
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#17  
Just to update my 1726E experience. I put almost 40 hours on it in 2016 and it is a super tractor for the price that MF receives for it. It is very comfortable to operate. It was able to to run my plastic mulch layer better than any other tractor I have used for that job. It handles a 6' finish mower easily. It was able to handle a 6' disc harrow OK as well. Also no problems with a 5' tiller either.

It struggled with a 6' three point field cultivator, though able . It was not able to handle the 2-14 moldboard plow at all. At least not in heavy sod. But I do not have fluid in the tires either. My tires are R-4 industrial. I like the smooth ride on the highway of these tires as opposed to the Ag's I have on my bigger tractors. What I mow isn't lawn per se but these tires are not prone to scuffing either.

I never have tried blowing snow with it. The reasons being that I neglected to put a rear hydraulic outlet on at purchase and my blower chute needs that. So for anyone else looking at a 17xxE series the rear remote is an option and not standard. I don't recall now if I was aware of that either way. I have also now moved up to an 8' blower and blow out with my cabbed 4610. My bet is I would need to fill the rears though in order to run my 66" blower with the 1726E.

I had one issue with the tractor. In mowing my ditch embankments it stalled. It basically ran out of fuel. The tractor has a split tank and at manufacture they did not install a check valve in between the tanks. So my tank was low enough in fuel that all of the fuel went back into the low side tank on the embankment which was opposite of the pump and filter. Called the dealer up. They checked it out and made the diagnosis and ordered the check valve and came back out and installed it. All under warranty. My tractor was down for a week or two while we waited for the part and the dealer to work on it. But it happened during a down time where I wasn't really needing it anyway.

Now if I had it to do over again I would have spent the few extra k's and bought the 1739E model. The tractors are on the same frame, which I love the size of these tractors but I wouldn't mind the extra HP. I can see others not needing the extra HP however and 2-4k is an extra sizable investment. Even myself with my other tractors I'm still ok with this size.

To sum it up I would w/o pause buy another 17xxE series MF tractor. They are priced very fairly and appear to be a very high quality tractor.
 

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