What kind of tractor do you drive?

What kind/brand/build/vintage of tractor do you have?

  • Ford tractors

    Votes: 31 26.5%
  • Kubota tractors

    Votes: 25 21.4%
  • John Deer equipment of all kinds

    Votes: 50 42.7%
  • Case tractors

    Votes: 10 8.5%
  • Various Japanese-Mahindra, Hinomoto, Yanmar, etc.

    Votes: 2 1.7%
  • Antique gas tractors only! Half the fun is working on them!

    Votes: 12 10.3%
  • Steam tractors or road engines by Case, Peerless or other various makers

    Votes: 1 0.9%

  • Total voters
    117
Have a John Deere X728 with 54" deck for mowing three acres. For winter I install a 54" two stage snowblower and full enclosure. Really like the 4 wheel drive and 4 wheel steering.
 
A John deere 970 does most of the work these days, but I keep a scraper blade on my old Ford Jubilee for snow removal and road grading...58 years old (I've owned it nearly 30 years) and it keeps on going and going like the energizer bunny.
 
I have a Kubota 2710 with 27 hp four cylinder diesel, 4-wheel drive and 3 speed hydrostat transmission. Absolutely love this tractor and it's trouble free.

I run a 5 foot bush hog and a 48 inch finishing mower with it in the summer. I run a 48 inch PTO tiller in the spring, and it hauls around firewood during wood cutting season.

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IH FARMALL SUPER A

Born in 1955. Has a harrow, one bottom plow and a disc. It needs a Woodruff key for the steering and I don't have the time to fix it. Runs like a dream.
 
I grew up driving and operating my Dad's Case tractors. He has an old 530 Case that he bought new in the 1960's, still running today.
I wish I had all the money that one has made in growing tobacco over the years. Spent alot of time on that one.
 
I drive a New Holland TC-33LA, but I marked Ford because there was no New Holland choice and Ford is its' ansestor. I have a bucket loader, canapy top and a radio for it. I put a lot of hours bush hogging and plow and till two gardens each year. I love my TC-33.
 
I probably should not buy any guns this year and up grade my tractor.
I've got an old late 30s Ford with the front mount distributor that has a mind of it's own. Starts only when it wants to.
 
faulkner:
Have you seen the price tag? I like the concept but you can buy a bit more tractor for the price. I own 6 8n's but the new one is just a copy of the color scheme, in my opinion.
Ed
 
1952 Harry Ferguson TO30. Has Wagner loader on one end and a hoe on the back.

I've worked this so hard and so long, I'm surprised I haven't busted it.
 
faulkner:
Have you seen the price tag? I like the concept but you can buy a bit more tractor for the price. I own 6 8n's but the new one is just a copy of the color scheme, in my opinion.
Ed

I agree with you . . . I wonder if nostalgia is selling these days in tractors. It seems to be hit and miss with cars.
 
I haven't seen one in a pasture or field and the local NH dealership still has the first one they got in. Nostalgia is nice but the economy probably can't support it.
Ed
 
What kind of tractor do you ride

That's me on the yellow IH. We're
bad,oh yeah we're bad...
These are my friend's daughters'
vintage lawn tractors. He also has
a barn full of current & vintage tractors.
Regards
turnerriver
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I'm running a John Deere 5303 (56 hp) at the acreage I call a "farm". I grew up in N TX working mostly with Farmalls, later a John Deere, and finally with a Minneapolis Moline. When I was researching tractors to buy for my place I found that the vast majority of tractors under 70 hp are made mostly in India, or at least the vast majority of cast iron parts come from India. My JD 5303's transmission came from India, the diesel engine from France (I understand the engine was actually developed as an engine to be used in irrigation) and the tractor was assembled in Georgia (I think).
 
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