If you plan to have your tractor a long time...

[Soundguy]

Lotsa jinma running around including all the rebadged units. As long as you are buying a unit in large production.. I doubt parts will be a huge issue.. probably some ealr small non epa motored ones that might have scarce parts.. etc.

as for ford.. what do you consider older? It's more a matter of amount manufactured.. I can go buy pretty much every nut and bolt for a 50's era ford, but have a hard time finding a crankshaft or front 4wd parts for a newer late 70's /early 80's scut like a 1100 or 1300...

soundguy

So, what about other smaller brands like Kioti, Mahindra, Mitsubishi, older Fords, Nortrac, Iseki, Lenar, LS, Case compacts, etc.- are you taking a risk buying such a tractor with respect to parts availability 10 years down the road? How do you tell if a brand you are buying today will have parts support 10 years later? Flip a coin- heads they will, tails they won't?

Thanks

JG