Used Kubota L2350dt vs New Jinma or Farm Pro???

SPIKER · Apr 18, 2004

hi john: I know the kioti's are good tractors. though I have not used one like I have JD, ford and my jinma. the JD is top of the line as it should be, and though I only got a 1 yr parts warrenty the only items I needed was a oil pressure gauge. which I replaced myself using a mechanical one from the local big lots store, (had a 3 gauge kit on hand that I bought for a small car add on and never used) so I like the standard PSI reading gauge better than the simple bar graph one that came factory. I did get my gauge sent with in a bout 2 weeks of asking for one. I still have it new & shinny in the package as I left the odd lots one in. any how the choices are as clear as mud. every person has to choose which one they NEED or want. vs how much they can afford and how much ability they have. I have lots of mechanical ability and can fix pretty much anything. like the farmers of old. I don't have much money (and even less as the local area has gotten more and more depressed job market.) so I had to get the least expensive thing I could find. and USED in this area is/was just as expensive as the Jinma I got. and every thing always seems to be in bad shape or resotred with little in between. people always try and say that the jinmas have no resale, that fact is just not true. on the COTA board is used selling for as much as a new one and they are sold usually within a weeek or two. usually locally rather than on the board. Others hipe the greys which againe may be nice tractors, but there is as much or more problems getting parts for them and you still have a used tractor as well as not up to date safety equipment...

I can only say what experiances I have, I don't try to knock anyone for their choices in tractors or anything else. I'm a live and let live person. anyhow I will be going over my jinma this week comming up as the radaitor is full of seed pods from last fall and a mouse next was under hood too. so it was heating up a bit while I was breaking new ground with the tiller... never boiled over but was up on the 90 degree mark but never over the 100 degree C mark. I found the nest and seed build up after taking a look under the hood... ya should have done that ealrlier.!

Mark M /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Tractors4u · Apr 18, 2004

I don't recall you mentioning wanting a front end loader but for $14,000 you could get a new John Deere 790 4WD with a loader. I priced them here in Alabama and I seem to recall the price at $13,900. If you don't need a loader then the price is probably going to be around $11K. With that tractor you will probably be able to get 0% financing, I think they have started that again. A big plus is the 2 year warranty on parts and labor that you will not get with either of the other two tractor you mentioned.

AndyMA · Apr 18, 2004

I'd also take a look at the new Holland TC30 which is an excellent tractor. As far as implement size and what you are looking to do, I think many of the machines you are looking at are just too small. I run a 5' Bush Hog on a Ford 2120, 34.5 pto hp and find it just right. I could run a 6 foot on that tractor if I wanted. I couldn't imagine running a 6' with under 25 pto hp and that little weight.

Andy

TNCHRIS · Apr 18, 2004

tractorsmart.com in northeast tn has a new 2001 model L3410GST with full warrenty for 12,700. if you want a dt i was quoted 12,900 for a 3130,and 11,400 for a L3400dt all were 4x4. also was quoted 13,600 for a L3130HST all these prices were with r4 tires a 700 option. i went with a L3830Hst for 16,250 myself.any will handle a 72 mower fine but i'd say with a 5' hog for the rough stuff, i've owned up to 42hp tractors and 5' is all i've used. i'd look at a new L3130,if a lot of mowing is in the works look hard at hydrostats,(internation been using them sence the 60's in up to 100 hp wiyh no problems) i went to buy that 2001 L3410 but drove a hydro just to prove i did not want one, boy was i wrong. the hydro has cut my mowing time from 3.5 hour to 2.25 hours.good luck and stay namebrand, remimber whay resale on the yugo car did. the l seris can also be fitted with a belly mower

jinman · Apr 19, 2004

( I think the Jinman is an ok tractor but again it depends on how much mechanical work you can do. )

Murph! I didn't know you cared. I think you're okay too. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

( I know Northern has been around for a while and they have had the Jinman's in front for a long time. )

I think I remember seeing you at Northern, Murph. Weren't you that guy who kept trying to strike a match on my hood? /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

Just delete the last "N" in the name and you'll have the chinese tractor instead of that good lookin' fella from the New Holland forums. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

normde2001 · Apr 19, 2004

Aren't there any tractors for sale in your area? I would never buy any tractor, new or used, without giving it a thorough inspection, and driving and testing it. In most cases it is just too much agravation to get warranty repairs done if things are not right.