MtnViewRanch
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wkpoor said:I think I must qualify something here. And first off I'm pro any brand. I own or have owned several different brands. I brought this up because in looking at the newer stuff I started to realize Manufacture A for example may call a particular tractor 75HP and B MFG call his 60HP and then come to find out they are really the same size and power machine. It a marketing game. JD won't even publish an engine HP and even asked my dealer and he didn't have any literature to tell me what is was. All my older stuff has only PTO and power to the ground. I used to assume PTO was engine but thats a new game also. Now I find out probably because of people like myself asking questions, brochures say in fine print " as tested by XXXX". Whatever happened to independant testing?
I am looking at John Deere 5025 series, 4020 series, 3020 series, and 90 series brochures as we speak, and all have engine hp and pto hp listed. Maybe your dealer needed some new brochures.