Garden Tractors

[tacticalturnip]

Cub Cadet had the XT3, which was a rough equivalent to the X5 series Deere, though not as polished. It was one hell of a rugged machine, equipped with a shaft drive, Kohler Command, power deck lift, power steering, and a differential lock. MTD never put much into advertising them, and they were only sold at dealers; Stanley killed it off for this year after assuming full control.

The XT3 didn't come with a sleeve hitch, but one was available, which opens up a world of possibilities.

They're an absolute bargain on the used market at this point, because they have very poor resale value, but they're great machines. I absolutely loved mine, and only got rid of it to move to a larger machine.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

OR just buy a used Wheel Horse 8 speed,

you can easily make them into anything you would want in a garden tractor, and they were built to last!

SR

 

[tacticalturnip]

OR just buy a used Wheel Horse 8 speed,

I'm not sure, as I'm not a Wheel Horse guy, but I think that machine has been modified...

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I'm not sure, as I'm not a Wheel Horse guy, but I think that machine has been modified...

Just a little.

SR

 

[AndyMA]

I have a Deere X748SE 24 HO Yanmar Engine, True Cat 1 3PT I have a 5 foot york type rake, a 54 inch from mount blower adn 60" mid mount deck
12 years old and still going strong

 

[nova3930]

Not sure about new but I see old ones come up for sale around here pretty regularly for next to nothing, lotta times with implements included. Get one with implements for a few hundred bucks you come out ahead even if you have to work on it

 

[rScotty]

Does anyone make the Garden Tractors anymore. The ones you can add attachments . The ones smaller than a subcompact but bigger than lawn tractors.

I don't know if they still do, but I know what you are talking about. Yanmar and [AFFILIATE=1, nofollow=true, newwindow=true, title="Kubota"]Kubota[/AFFILIATE] - and about a dozen others - used to make tiny versions of their larger tractors. They had all the same features as much larger tractors, but were under 15 hp and weighed about 1100 lbs.
Very popular in the 1970/80s for the suburbanites.

I mention those two because they are the best known but there were others with the same features all the way back to the Farmall Cubs. Regular 3pt hitches, PTO, Turf tires.

 

[nova3930]

I mention those two because they are the best known but there were others with the same features all the way back to the Farmall Cubs. Regular 3pt hitches, PTO, Turf tires.

Case made some that looked very much like shrunken versions of their ag tractors. I almost want one just for the novelty

 

[2manyrocks]

Does anyone make the Garden Tractors anymore. The ones you can add attachments . The ones smaller than a subcompact but bigger than lawn tractors.

You might search here: https://www.tractorhouse.com/listin...Type=Diesel&Horsepower=*24&Transmission=Hydro

 

[tacticalturnip]

Case made some that looked very much like shrunken versions of their ag tractors. I almost want one just for the novelty

Can't forget the generation that followed!