</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Let's open one. My opinion> JD Lawn tractors; until you get into the 200 and 300 series their no better than murrays, mtd,etc. Kubota is the best utility. When Ford was making tractors, their midsize was the best buy for the buck and the used ones still are. Nothing beats a JD in the high hp. tractors, and their combines are untouchable. Am I close?
Brent in Ohio )</font>
I see no point is starting a color war - they break out by accident often enough as is.....
I know diddly about lawn mowers, I think Grasshopper is the coolest but I can't afford....
Kubota has the best rep on compact tractors, not utility....
The old grey & just barely blue Fords were some of the best bang for the buck tractors in their day. Only the more modern JD 4020 can touch them for reputation & long term value.
Truley large hp JD tractors are frowned upon by those that know. Nearly any other brand of big 4wd tractor beats them in one way or another - either more power, more durable, or easier to get off-the-shelf parts to fix ecconomically. If you meant mid-sized 2wd/ FWA ag tractors, JD has a good rep - but _not_ the large machines. The large JD had some _real_ issues, none good.
In the 60's Gleaner was toe to toe with JD on combines, one offered good value & easy to work on, the other slightly more rugged for more $$$in purchase & parts & labor. In the 70's the 4400 & 6600 & 7700 were top dog around the midwest. In 2000, the only game in town is the Case rotories. I see 4 new of those on farms around me for any one new machine of all others combined. It is amazing how much Case has taken over the combine market up here.
I happen to own 4 different colors of tractors, and yet a different brand of combine. I might be not too terribly biased.
So, I disagree with you mostly. Tho I agree with you if you were thinking in the timeframes I mentioned....
Not that I care much. Color wars are stupid.
--->Paul
