Kubota M5-111D or TYM 1054?

[bazman82]

Now that I see that Massey again, I am really liking the way it looks but that Ford looks fairly clean as well and is quite a bit closer to me and a lot less money than the Massey.

 

[Hay Dude]

Now that I see that Massey again, I am really liking the way it looks but that Ford looks fairly clean as well and is quite a bit closer to me and a lot less money than the Massey.

Yeah older Ford/NH are a better choice, too.

Kubota is building a better medium frame tractor now in the 150-200HP range, but I see a lot of guys buy them and sell them off. They aren’t built from the ground up like a farm tractor.
Maybe you don’t need that, so its a moot point, but given the choice, I’d buy the heavier stronger tractor.

 

[bazman82]

Yes, heavier and strong is what I am looking for. I think I'm going to inquire about the Ford and see if I cant get any videos. At 22k, I think it would be a good buy from what I am reading about them. Very durable apparently.

Given a choice between the 2, is that Massey worth the extra 12k? Both same age tractors, one has 6k less hours roughly.

 

[bazman82]

I saw a Challenger but I didn't look at it cause I didn't know anything about them. Maybe I'll check back and look. I talked with the place that has the Ford for sale. It must be a one man show cause he just answered the phone, hello. I thought I was calling a place of business. He said he would have to see if his neighbor could get some videos of the tractor running to be able to send them to me....

 

[Hay Dude]

Yes, heavier and strong is what I am looking for. I think I'm going to inquire about the Ford and see if I cant get any videos. At 22k, I think it would be a good buy from what I am reading about them. Very durable apparently.

Given a choice between the 2, is that Massey worth the extra 12k? Both same age tractors, one has 6k less hours roughly.

Compare them on tractordata. Very helpful
So is Nebraska testing.
Look at the weight and the drawbar HP. Make sure you have dealer backup from an AG dealer in your area. Kubota has a million dealers but few are AG. Most are commercial or hobby/ranch.

I like MF, Challenger, AGCO because I get a lot of CVT & Fendt drivetrain in them. Don't forget Deere. Lots of people hate on them, but they are very solid in 100+ HP

 

[bazman82]

But the deere are also quite a bit more money. I have kubota dealers, jd dealers and new hooland dealers all close by. Not much for other brands but there is a decent heavy machine workshop close by that did some decent work on my farmtrac and a family members ford 7000

 

[GWagon]

I'm looking to purchase a bigger tractor for our boarding stables. It'll be mostly used for snow removal, manure clean up (huge piles of old hay in the pasture), dirt moving and basically that is it. The reason I am looking for bigger is that I need to make quick work of the cleaning up and snow removal. My Farmtrac 785dtc is not big enough to make quick work of all that and now that I have 2 properties, I do need a third tractor. Here are the 2 I am considering so far:

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I don't know much about tym tractors but I believe the Kubota has the stronger loader.

TYM makes a wide range of tractors all with lengthy warranties that are very reasonably priced. They also make many tractors for other brands. Some try to conceal this others don't.
When comparing TYM tractors to other brands of the same hp TYM machines usually weigh more and have higher lifting capacities both front and back. Easily comparable one the web.