PhiDelt496
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- May 2, 2020
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- Tractor
- Massey Ferguson 135
A year ago, I moved back to the family farm and renovated my grandparents old house. Through the construction we used our Ford 7610s and the loader and barely touched a ladder. We also took some time this winter and restored my grandads 1972 MF 135 Special Deluxe. But now that I am in the house, the yard shows the issues with the heavy tractors around the house. So, I started looking at subcompact TLBs to give us something small for around the house and add a backhoe to our tool kit. Really shopped NH (superb local dealer), Kubota, JD, and MF. MF was, to me, the best overall package. JD 1025R was a close second, but price was way out of line. Would have paid maybe $500-$1000 less than the GC for it, not $3k more! NH/LS was a bit of a concern because of the LS deal and still not sure on the quality. And Kubota...well, You can get better, but you cant pay more!
About a week ago I pulled the trigger on a new 2020 GC1723EB w/FL1805. A lot of our MF dealers are powersports dealers that picked up MF in the past 2 years. One really good Old tractor shop that has dealt MF for years. Was able to get them down to $16750 out the door, not sales tax for agricultural equipment, so not too bad. Had a couple of dealers $250- $500 lower, but just new I would get better service out of the old tractor shop. No extras with that. Couldnt get a GC1725MB below $17500 and just couldnt justify that much more money for what amounts to 0.2 PTO HP...and armrests. Been really rainy here lately and I have only got about 17 hours on it so far playing around, but already really like it.
Did go with a HF quick hitch cause those turnbuckle stabilizers are pretty much a PITA. And how hard would a position control really be to add? But those are the only two real gripes...well, cruise control could be a little more fine toothed to make it easier to set at lower speeds. It works great, just a little too slow or too fast where it seems to catch.
These aren't just great tractors for small acreage...they are crazy good additions for larger acreages to do the small tasks around buildings and homes.
Grabbed a 54 RK tiller and got a 5 landscape rake with wheel kit coming in this week. Added a $15 USB outlet for the cupholder and going to get the Backhoe thumb ordered this week.
Anyone use one of the buggy top sunshades? Any recommendations?
About a week ago I pulled the trigger on a new 2020 GC1723EB w/FL1805. A lot of our MF dealers are powersports dealers that picked up MF in the past 2 years. One really good Old tractor shop that has dealt MF for years. Was able to get them down to $16750 out the door, not sales tax for agricultural equipment, so not too bad. Had a couple of dealers $250- $500 lower, but just new I would get better service out of the old tractor shop. No extras with that. Couldnt get a GC1725MB below $17500 and just couldnt justify that much more money for what amounts to 0.2 PTO HP...and armrests. Been really rainy here lately and I have only got about 17 hours on it so far playing around, but already really like it.
Did go with a HF quick hitch cause those turnbuckle stabilizers are pretty much a PITA. And how hard would a position control really be to add? But those are the only two real gripes...well, cruise control could be a little more fine toothed to make it easier to set at lower speeds. It works great, just a little too slow or too fast where it seems to catch.
These aren't just great tractors for small acreage...they are crazy good additions for larger acreages to do the small tasks around buildings and homes.
Grabbed a 54 RK tiller and got a 5 landscape rake with wheel kit coming in this week. Added a $15 USB outlet for the cupholder and going to get the Backhoe thumb ordered this week.
Anyone use one of the buggy top sunshades? Any recommendations?
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