Subcompact TLB Comparisons

dbear · Aug 24, 2005

There's also the Ingersoll 7000 series. Nice machines, but air-cooled gas engines; no diesel option.

RayCo · Aug 24, 2005

( There's also the Ingersoll 7000 series. Nice machines, but air-cooled gas engines; no diesel option. )

With all the googling and what not that I've done over the past 6 weeks or so, I can't believe I didn't come across these machines. Thanks a lot.

NY_Yankees_Fan · Aug 24, 2005

Ingersoll is in chapter 11 and is in the process of being sold to another company see info below. Guees we will see what the new compnay will offer.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Deal may create jobs in Portland

By EDWARD D. MURPHY, Portland Press Herald Writer

Copyright © 2005 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc.
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Portland could gain more than a dozen manufacturing jobs next year as Eastman Industries moves a recently acquired maker of lawn and garden tractors from Wisconsin to Maine.

Eastman makes a line of walk-behind lawn mowers, including the lightweight Hovermower. Last spring, the Portland-based company purchased Wisconsin-based Ingersoll Equipment Co., which specializes in larger lawn tractors, commercial mowers and small backhoes.

On Monday, the Portland City Council approved up to $3.25 million in industrial revenue bonds that will allow Eastman to purchase a new manufacturing facility on Riverside Drive, where it will be able to consolidate the Eastman and Ingersoll oper- ations.

Nick Nikazmerad, Eastman's president, said it probably would have made more sense to move his operations to the Midwest, since he currently operates out of a smaller space with fewer employees in Portland than there are in Winneconne, Wis., where Ingersoll is located.

"I live in Maine and I love Maine and that is, I suppose, the only good reason" to combine the operations here, Nikazmerad said.

Nikazmerad said most of the parts for Eastman mowers are built by local manufacturers, and he has five employees who help design and assemble the mowers in Portland. He plans to use the same approach with the Ingersoll line and said he expects the move to Maine to create 10 to 15 new jobs here.

A few key Ingersoll employees have been offered jobs in Maine, he said, and will move east.

James Cloutier, a Portland city councilor, said the opportunity to land some manufacturing jobs caught the city's interest, since they are usually jobs that pay well and are more secure than many in the service sector.

"Frankly, that's something we do pay attention to," Cloutier said. "If you put a factory in place . . . it really helps support the base of the economy."

The bonds are not the responsibility of the city and don't affect Portland's bond rating, but they do allow the company issuing them to offer tax-exempt interest, which usually results in a lower interest rate.

Staff Writer Edward D. Murphy can be contacted at 791-6465 or at:

emurphy@pressherald.com

LBrown59 · Aug 25, 2005

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1* I'm looking to get, basically, the smallest tractor that I can .

A/Kubota BX23
B/Massey GC230
C/Cub Cadet 6284D
D/Kioti LB914, CK20, or CK20HST
Ray)
1* A and B are the only tractors on your list that meet this criteria.
C and D are larger tractors.
A & B are both great tractors I would shop around and by from the best dealer with the best price.

LBrown59 · Aug 25, 2005

( I would check out the JD also .
Good Luck )
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That would be the 2210 but it don't have a Back hoe option.

LBrown59 · Aug 25, 2005

1*You might want to consider the JD 2210 (now 2305) with a Woods Groundbreaker X backhoe.
2*I have also heard that the GC2310 and JD SubCUTs may have slightly higher capabilities than the Kubota BX.

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 1* You have to watch that this don't cost more than buying a tractor with tha OEM Back Hoe.
My BX 23 was 15500 with the OEM Backhoe.
I would have had to have gotten the Woods BH plus the installation of it for less than 3800 dollars to beat the 15500 price I paid for my BX23.
Another thing is The Rops on the JD 2210 may be to short to combine with a BH.
2*Since my BX 23 has done everying I wanted it to do why should it matter about slightly higher capabilities that I may never use.

LBrown59 · Aug 25, 2005

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No one mentioned the Terramite. I wonder if that was on purpose.
Thanks,
Ray )
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Perhaps it's because they weren't worth mentioning or they just don't measure up..

LBrown59 · Aug 25, 2005

( As far as I know, all Terramites are 2WD... that's why they don't often come to mind. But, what do I know? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif )

A local equipment rental place here has 3 4WD rental Terramites .

Phoenix1 · Aug 25, 2005

Suggest you also look at the Simplicity Legacy XL. Very similar to the MF GC2310. The FEL is a slick walk-on with 500lb capicity and includes weight box for 3-pt hitch. Same one as on the MF2927.

Look at the Dihatsu 27HP 3 cyl liquid cooled diesel. Tractor is 4WD with a turning radius of 32" and 55" when 4WD engaged. (I have heard that the backhoe is the only one on the market that can be purchased separately and not at time of tractor buy, if that is important.)

http://www.simplicitymfg.com/legacy_xl.php#

Good Luck.

LBrown59 · Aug 25, 2005

Suggest you also look at the Simplicity Legacy XL.

Look at the Dihatsu 27HP 3 cyl liquid cooled diesel. (I have heard that the backhoe is the only one on the market that can be purchased separately and not at time of tractor buy) 
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When I priced the Simplicity Legacy XL I was Quoted 20500
I had already gotten a price of 15500 for the BX 23.
I was hoping to pay less than 15500 when I went to the Simplicity Legacy XL dealer not 5000 more.
Had the Simplicity Legacy XL came in around 11500 to 12500 I would have seriously considered it over the BX23.

The Simplicity Legacy XL is the only small tractor ( that I know of ) that you can buy the tractor and later buy the OEM backhoe.

I may give Simplicity a second chance if they can beat the
$9000 deal I've been offered on a New Kubota BX1500.