whitetiger
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wkpoor said:
74 engine horsepower.
Tractor Comparisons and HP
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74 engine horsepower.
Soundguy
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Can't argue with that.
That's one of the main reasons I'm a ford guy. the local JD and Kubota dealers are only for 'rich' people as their hp cost about 1.25 X as much as blue or red hp.
Our local massey F dealer has slightly better prices than blue.. but is a scheister... I feel like i can't bend over in his parking lot without something uh.. bad happening to me. The only other dealer we had was blue.. and was a ford dealer 'back then' and is now a CNH dealer. He's done me right over the years on service and sales price, so I keep giving him my business even though I could save a few bucks down the road at red.. or way up the roada hundred miles at another blue dealer.
soundguy
That's one of the main reasons I'm a ford guy. the local JD and Kubota dealers are only for 'rich' people as their hp cost about 1.25 X as much as blue or red hp.
Our local massey F dealer has slightly better prices than blue.. but is a scheister... I feel like i can't bend over in his parking lot without something uh.. bad happening to me. The only other dealer we had was blue.. and was a ford dealer 'back then' and is now a CNH dealer. He's done me right over the years on service and sales price, so I keep giving him my business even though I could save a few bucks down the road at red.. or way up the roada hundred miles at another blue dealer.
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Farmwithjunk said:
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wkpoor
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Soundguy, I bought my 5400 used but in really nice shape and I'll bet I've got alot less in it than most do in 1/2 the power. Granted if I bought brandy new it would have been another story. But its the age old tractor thing, the bigger they are the less they cost dollar/hp. Everbody wants a little tiny cute tractor thats easy to haul around so market demand sets the price. My local Cadet dealer sells sub compact trators with Kawasaki engines in them and a loader (basically large garden tractors) for more than I paid for this real farm tractor. Of coarse it won't fit in your typical attached garage either.
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Personally.. I'd rathere have the biggest tractor that was still capable of doing my smallest job.. or moe preferably.. the biggest tractor i needed / wanted for my big jobs.. then an intermediate tractor for the little stuff.
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I think I got real lucky. When I found this 5400 my only real criteria was over 50HP and a loader capable of at least 2000lbs. lift. Any brand was in the mix. I was close to a Ford 4600 when this 5400 came into the dealer. Since I've owned it (for me) its the perfect balance of power/size/weight. Its small enough to still go to the woods, heavy enough to do some real work, and powerful enough to handle most jobs with ease. It would still be a toy to most farmers today but compared to what I was using this was a pretty big step up. If I had it to buy all over again I wouldn't want anything less than this. I was actually thinkin about an Allis in the 85-90HP range but this JD seems to have all the poop necessary. Even on the road with a heavy trailer behind going up a hill in road gear it loafs along with power to spare. Maybe its the turbo but this little Deere will run.
