Jinma how reliable

[FOURTEEN]

Before you buy a Jinma, check out www.POWER-TRAC.COM .

The Power Trac is a revolutionary design manufactured in Virginia, USA at a great price!! The attachments available are amazing.

I was actually within 2 days of placing my order for a Jinma when I discovered the Power Trac. After visiting the factory for a full day of classes and demos, I'm buying a 4WD 25hp PT-425 with LM Bucket, Grapple Bucket, Forks, Stump Grinder, Potato Digger, and MiniHoe (a backhoe mounted to the FEL) for less than $13,000!!!!

Check it out! Avoid the "Oh nuts! What I should have bought was -----------!!!!" blues!!

 

[bluechip]

Neat machine! to compare with the JInma diesel with Koyker loader you should look at the PT1430 or PT2430 to get similar lift capacity,etc. Look look like a decent value but still over $14000-16000. The big advantage I see with PT would be for finish mowing since you can get the deck out front and not run over the grass before you cut it. The hydrostatic drive is kinda neat. You'd probably see more of these if they had a dealer network. Of course they not only save the dealers profit on the sale, they save the expense of warranty service too by letting the customer do it himself. Of course you can get those same savings by buying a Jinma in the crate...

Not apples to apples to be sure. I do think its great that there is something tractor like still being built here in the USA. and for a lot of applications it might be the perfect machine, let us know how you like yours after you've had it awhile!

 

[alpha]

well I went out and put money on one;getting the 354. I hate to give business to china but nothing made in USA. the jinma looks like the tractor for me.

 

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Unlike a car which is traded every few years, the right tractor may last a lifetime, maybe more. I'm looking for the easiest functioning, most reliable, most versatile tractor I can find.

True, the Jinma/Koyker can lift 1500# (the Jinma FEL lifts 875#), but it weighs ~4300# with FEL & Ballast Box. PT-425 can lift 800#, but only weighs ~1500#, and can load itself into the back of a pickup! (Kioti CK20 lifts 770#; New Holland TC24 - 750#; New Holland TC29 - 875#; Massey Fergusen 1423 - 800#.)

PT-425 is gas, Jinma is diesel. One fuel for every engine I own. Problems: PT-425 > local Kohler service center; Jinma > slow boat to China!

PT-425 has NO transmission, transfer case, differentials, steering gear, brakes, PTO drive shafts, chains, or belts! Just the engine, 3 hydraulic pumps, 4 hydraulic wheel motors, and a few hydraulic cylinders. All are easily repaired bolt-ons!

Easy to move around?? Jinma: manual clutch, 3 speed plus reverse trans, shuttle shift, hi/low range, creeper range, part-time 4WD lock, differential lock, brakes, and throttle. PT-425: right pedal - forward; left pedal - reverse; lift both feet, it stops (always in full-time 4WD)!

No sheet metal or fiberglass body/frame, PT-425's Unibody is welded 3/16" to 3/8" plate steel!

How many jobs will Jinma do for you?? PT-425 will: use FEL Buckets, Forks, Snow Plow, & Grapple Bucket; PLUS mount Snow Blower, Mowing Decks, Brush Cutter, Boom Mower, Rake, Fertilizer/Salt Spreader, Wheel Trencher, Chain Trencher, Ditch Filler, Post Hole Digger, Backhoe, Box Blade, Stump Grinder, Disc Edger, Concrete Mixer, Sump Pump, Rotary Tiller, Power Rake Aerators, Power Sweeper, Potato Digger, Lift Boom, Tree Hugger, and 5 Ton Winch! Change attachments in seconds with a Dash Pushbutton (plus quick-connect hoses, if hydraulic). The Jinma will spend most of it's time in the garage, while the PT-425 is out there helping you with any job you tackle!!


If you need a 3 pt hitch for row crop farming, buy the Jinma. But if you are a homeowner/landscapper/contractor who needs a machine that can help you with nearly all your jobs, buy the PT-425!! I did!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[RWB]

/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif Geeezzzzzzzz fourteen did you have to add that? ""Oh nuts! What I should have bought was -----------!!!!" blues!!" /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

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In real estate it's called: "BUYER'S REMORSE." !! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Soundguy]

For jinma parts you want have to hit the slow boat to china. They are now setting up parts network here...

So lets see a pic of that power trac.. if it doesn't have pto and 3pt lift it is basically useless as a modern tractor, and falls back into the early 30's as to what pull-type farm implements it can work with.

(somewhat tongue-in-cheek but no more offensive than the used car-salesman / door-to door insurance sales pitch you just hefted at us.) Glad you like your machine... just try not to cut the rest of us down because we own something else?

Soundguy

 

[DIYGuy]

Actually, they are already set up here at Nortrac and Deljin. Most of the replaceables have NAPA equivalents. Fluids are all normal. For the Chippers, Bolton Power Equipement stocks parts.

Today, Slow boat from China only applies to self importers with warranty issues.

DIYGuy (MakrS)

 

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Soundguy,


Sometimes the truth hurts! I may not have been very complimentary, but I didn't lie about it!

If I needed a FARM tractor, the Jinma would be high on my list! It offers a lot of farm tractor for the money. I came within 2 days of ordering one for myself, but for my HOMEOWNER/LANDSCAPER needs I found that the Power Trac PT-425 is far superior!!
The Power Trac is NOT a farm tractor! It does not use the usual 3 pt hitch attachments. After building these tractors for 20 years, Power Trac has a front mount attachment to do any job that the average HOMEOWNER/LANDSCAPER would want done, and at an affordable price.

The PT-425 is designed to be the ultimate Tool Carrier and Helper for the HOMEOWNER/LANDSCAPER.
If you are a row-crop FARMER; enjoy twisting your head around to see what the 3 point hitch attachment is doing; or want to impress the "boys" with the big "real" tractor you can drive; then DO NOT get a Power Trac!!
But if you want a very compact tractor that can economically make every job you do faster, easier, and maybe even fun - buy the Power Trac!!

Years ago everyone drove rear wheel drive cars. Today most people have front wheel drive. They just learned that front wheel drive makes most driving easier or better! The Power Trac just does a lot of HOMEOWNER/LANDSCAPER jobs easier or better!!



www.POWER-TRAC.COM



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[greg_g]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( If I needed a FARM tractor, the Jinma would be high on my list!

The Power Trac is NOT a farm tractor! It does not use the usual 3 pt hitch attachments.

The PT-425 is designed to be the ultimate Tool Carrier and Helper for the HOMEOWNER/LANDSCAPER.

If you are a row-crop FARMER...then DO NOT get a Power Trac!!
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Sorry FourTeen, but it still sounds like you're using this TRACTOR forum for free advertising.

With all due respect, This is a Chinese tractor forum. I think it can be safely said that the PowerTrac is not a Chinese tractor. Matter of fact, I'd be hard pressed to classify it as a tractor at all. The photo you uploaded looks sorta like a mutated golf cart.

May I respectfully suggest that you flog it in the appropriate HOMEOWNER/LANDSCAPER forum?

//greg//