Aquabird
Silver Member
Well, after looking for a couple months now and reading on this forum as well as reading everything I could read on different tractors and different models, I finally got the deal done today.
The tractor and implements will be delivered tomorrow morning.
I started out to replace my 30 y.o. Ford 1520 hst with another Ford/New Holland, except slightly bigger tractor.
I went to the New Holland Dealer about 45 miles away and talked to him I Knew him from buying some implements off him.
He told me that he sold Kubota now and thought they were better suited for my needs. He said that New Holland mainly wanted to sell to farmers or commercial entities.
Anyway I looked at an L3301.
I went to the Ford dealer that I had originally bought my 1520 from and he steered me to a kioti.
I did not want to buy from that dealer as I had just had my Zero turn worked on there and was very disappointed in that work as well as the fact that they could not fix some issues I had when it was under warranty.
At any rate after looking at a Mahindra and then a Massey(which I liked), I visited another Kubota dealer when I looked at an L4701. I liked that, but that dealer steered me toward an MX5400. I really wanted the Turf tires on it and was not able to get those for over a month. I asked about the other tires someone on this site told me about, but they are not available on this model.
So, the tires and implements came in and I signed the paperwork today.
I got a Ground scraper and of course the FEL and a tiller.
I already have a finish mower and a rear blade.
The tractor and implements will be delivered tomorrow morning.
I started out to replace my 30 y.o. Ford 1520 hst with another Ford/New Holland, except slightly bigger tractor.
I went to the New Holland Dealer about 45 miles away and talked to him I Knew him from buying some implements off him.
He told me that he sold Kubota now and thought they were better suited for my needs. He said that New Holland mainly wanted to sell to farmers or commercial entities.
Anyway I looked at an L3301.
I went to the Ford dealer that I had originally bought my 1520 from and he steered me to a kioti.
I did not want to buy from that dealer as I had just had my Zero turn worked on there and was very disappointed in that work as well as the fact that they could not fix some issues I had when it was under warranty.
At any rate after looking at a Mahindra and then a Massey(which I liked), I visited another Kubota dealer when I looked at an L4701. I liked that, but that dealer steered me toward an MX5400. I really wanted the Turf tires on it and was not able to get those for over a month. I asked about the other tires someone on this site told me about, but they are not available on this model.
So, the tires and implements came in and I signed the paperwork today.
I got a Ground scraper and of course the FEL and a tiller.
I already have a finish mower and a rear blade.
