Horse farm needs tractor

[rScotty]

That's another way to solve the problem. Instead of a single utility tractor used everywhere for everything, the OP could concentrate instead on different machines for the various jobs. Big tractors in the fields and 4 wheelers pulling implements in and around the barn.

This solution may put some serious pressure on their budget....

 

[Yander]

I would either go with the Kioti ck2610 or go find a Yanmar dealer and get the SA-425 which comes with rear remotes which you will want. I have the sa 425 and they are an amazingly capable tractor. They're small in frame but the amount of work they can do is amazing.

Wouldn't go with bobcat because they're essentially Kioti. Just buy a Kioti. Check FB marketplace everyday, they do pop up with good deals but they don't last.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Bobcat's appeal is tempting; a white Kioti for less than a Kioti. The biggest concern I see with them, outside of the dealers potential lack of tractor experience, is that eventually Bobcat plans to build their own tractors. I don't know if that will actually ever happen, but if it does, where does that leave those with a white Kioti?

 

[woolyAcres]

Bobcat's appeal is tempting; a white Kioti for less than a Kioti. The biggest concern I see with them, outside of the dealers potential lack of tractor experience, is that eventually Bobcat plans to build their own tractors. I don't know if that will actually ever happen, but if it does, where does that leave those with a white Kioti?

That's a good question. The few parts I've needed (I installed the rear remotes kit about a year after purchasing the bare tractor) for my white Kioti I've ordered through MichiganIron. They never asked me what color my tractor was.

 

[rScotty]

Bobcat's appeal is tempting; a white Kioti for less than a Kioti. The biggest concern I see with them, outside of the dealers potential lack of tractor experience, is that eventually Bobcat plans to build their own tractors. I don't know if that will actually ever happen, but if it does, where does that leave those with a white Kioti?

Well, that's easy to answer. It would leave white Kioti (Bobcat) owners in the same boat along with owners of half a dozen other makes from companies who outsourced their manufacturing.

For that matter, on this thread we've heard mention that it is getting even getting harder to find parts for the rebranded Yanmars that JD sold. Two posters on this very thread have said that about their JD750s. A dandy tractor, but support has not lasted as long as the tractor.

Come to think of it, didn't Bobcat do this very thing before? Back about ten or fifteen years ago??

rScotty

 

[tacticalturnip]

Well, that's easy to answer. It would leave white Kioti (Bobcat) owners in the same boat along with owners of half a dozen other makes from companies who outsourced their manufacturing.

For that matter, on this thread we've heard mention that it is getting even getting harder to find parts for the rebranded Yanmars that JD sold. Two posters on this very thread have said that about their JD750s. A dandy tractor, but support has not lasted as long as the tractor.

Come to think of it, didn't Bobcat do this very thing before? Back about ten or fifteen years ago??

rScotty

2007 to 2013, and now from 2019 on; you'd think they'd just stick with Daedong.

It's crazy seeing how quick a lot of Deere parts have dried up over the last few years.

 

[WinterDeere]

...on this thread we've heard mention that it is getting even getting harder to find parts for the rebranded Yanmars that JD sold. Two posters on this very thread have said that about their JD750s. A dandy tractor, but support has not lasted as long as the tractor.

I owned a 750, and I believe it was a 1978 model, despite tractordata.com stating that model lagged the 850 by a few years. It was replaced with my 1986 Deere 855.

The fact that Deere offers any parts for a tractor introduced 45 years ago, and discontinued more than 35 years ago is frankly impressive, and goes beyond most of what you'd find in the non-rebranded category. Beyond that, because so many units were sold in those 10 years of production, there's an abundance of parts for this model on the used and NOS markets.

 

[rScotty]

Sell a few horses to help get you the right size tractor.
If you can't afford a tractor I don't see how you can afford a horse farm.

I can answer that one because we did it. You can lease your well-schooled (read "older) horses out to teach others. And you can take in boarders. Most horse farms work that way. They basically rent space and sell lessons and training.

Nobody has yet offered to pay me to keep their tractor in a stall.... but it could happen. I could train it some, too. Yesterday I could have taught somebody's boarded tractor how to pull logs out of the creek without hurting itself or others. Sorta the same thing with a horse....

rScotty

 

[tacticalturnip]

Nobody has yet offered to pay me to keep their tractor in a stall.... but it could happen. I could train it some, too. Yesterday I could have taught somebody's boarded tractor how to pull logs out of the creek without hurting itself or others.

rScotty

Sounds like a dream job.

 

[rScotty]

There was a dicey moment there with the log chain tight on a half submerged log in the current - and the tractor sliding trying to decide whether it wanted to have two wheels on the ground or four.

About them I was thinking, " Maybe next time I'll bring the big tractor.. uh, that is if there is a next time...."

But in the end it got done OK, and I figure that little tractor is wiser for the experience.
Just like a horse.

rScotty