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    Tractor which brand is best

    Here in Chaiaphum everyone has Kubota Tractors but have seen a few very smart looking New holland ones around --I would appreciate views as which are best value and also whether its better to but the larger engine models from a wear and tear point of view and fuel economy
    Also does anyone know where the local New holland dealer is in Chaiaphum province --we are near Teppasit

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    ^ hard question

    I personally like kubota,

    i first had the ford 6610 second hand, plenty power but to do the paddy fields was shit, two wheel drive the biggest problem.then swaped for a 6640 kubota just as good but better as it have 4x4.

    i got it a few years back, back then there were not many brands available in my area
    now you can get
    yanmar, mitsu,euro,champion and offcorse ford and john deree
    ford has many new

    if i would buy today i probably would go for mitsu.

    whatever you get remind everyone who paid for it, and it needs servicing and who will pay for it.

    by the way there is a ford dealer in khon kaen, near the central plaza on the way down to kosa after the railway line on the left,
    they will deliver to your house.
    Sorry about me horrible speling

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    Quote Originally Posted by donald36 View Post
    Tractor which brand is best

    Deere: Dealer Locator

    the only brand we purchase (For farm/ranch equipment)

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    Quote Originally Posted by S Landreth View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by donald36 View Post
    Tractor which brand is best

    Deere: Dealer Locator

    the only brand we purchase (For farm/ranch equipment)
    Nothing Better.

    Although nothing much goes wrong with the New Holland, but nothing is a patch on a JD.

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    Think the type of tractor best suited, will depend on your needs. All the above brands are good and you may not need a top of the range job if it is hobby or small scale farming.
    Guy out here [dead now ] had 2 ford Hollands, doubt they saw more than a few weeks a year of operating time. A big waste of money. Jim

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    Massey Ferguson.










    Oh hang on, they went bust like the vast majority of the British automotive industry!

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    Quote Originally Posted by khmen
    Oh hang on, they went bust like the vast majority of the British automotive industry!
    Damn! Why didn't we think to use tax money to prop them up?!

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    Get one of these to fit your need. John Deere. Available in Thailand

    6100D Utility Tractor


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    Tractors need servicing, nearest JD from me 140 Km, guys come out when under warranty, after that you pay. It's just not the tractor that counts, but the parts and service you have to look at.
    As said all good tractors, but do you want to go may be 100 KM to get it fixed or call, the guy down the road from the service center.
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    Would love to have one of those 1940s/1950s diesels... perfect for a small scale nursery and a gardener that gets more lazy by the day.


    Borrowed from the net. Ford 9n tractor

    If anyone ever sees one for sale here in Thailand.. Engine and mechanics should be in working order, the rest is the fun part!

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    Quick fact. Yanmar and JD have an engineering and technology agreement globally. Little ones Yanmar Big Ones JD. The difference in the colour. Not just tractors but ride on mowers etc... Here, go look at the front end system on a 4 wheel drive "K" brand then look at a Yanmar. Game, set and match.
    If you have serious acreage go JD. Small patches Yanmar.

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    Given the resources and the vanity,what would I buy? No doubt, a 90HP 4x4 JD.

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    What do I have? A 1980 large frame 4x4 28HP Iseki. It can do everything they can all do, just slower. Watching most of the "Contractor" lemons around me, slow is good!
    Why did i BUY this old heap od sh1t? Because I can use any Isuzu pickup motor in it and it can only get better!

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    The best Tractor,that all Thai's agree on,is the best,and the most sort after are: Farang buy for family.
    No bank loan,and all maintenance costs are billed to the Farang sponsor.

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    What happened to a water buffalo? Did they all get sick and die?

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    ^ its in the water?

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    Quote Originally Posted by IsaanAussie
    Quick fact. Yanmar and JD have an engineering and technology agreement globally. Little ones Yanmar Big Ones JD. The difference in the colour. Not just tractors but ride on mowers etc... Here, go look at the front end system on a 4 wheel drive "K" brand then look at a Yanmar. Game, set and match.
    If you have serious acreage go JD. Small patches Yanmar.
    not sure about that IA
    sure there are connections but
    Yanmar is for the most part a corporation specializing in diesel engines, and also makes light fishing boats, hulls for ships, tractors, combine harvesters, rice-planting machines, snow throwers, transporters, tillers, mini excavators, portable diesel generators Side by Side UTV and Heavy Utility Machinery. Yanmar is one of the most famous among the top brands of agricultural, marine machinery in Japan and the world.
    Yanmar was the first to put a diesel engine in a rice planting machine with a passenger seat. Small, light, air-cooled diesel engines are Yanmar's speciality. Yanmar also supplies engines to John Deere tractors and Thermo King Corporation used in refrigerated trucks and trailers.

    yanmar timeline
    1912 Yamaoka Magokichi sets up business under the name Yamaoka Engine Workshop.
    1931 Inauguration of Yamaoka Engine Workshop Limited.
    1936 Inauguration of Yamaoka Internal Combustion Machines Limited.
    1940 Yamaoka Internal Combustion Machines amalgamates with Yamaoka Engine Workshop.
    1952 Company name changes to Yanmar Diesel Limited.
    2002 Company name changes to Yanmar limited.

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    I can’t add much to the debate other than to say that I’ve been very satisfied with my Ford 6600. It must be over 30 years old - owned by me for around 15 years – but it just keeps going despite my oft times poor maintenance and is very cheap to repair with parts readily available along with many very capable mechanics. It’s my understanding in my local villages that Kubota owners would prefer to own used Fords but the finance deals make the purchase of new Kubota tractors easier.

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    my local mechanic said ford tracker easy to fix and no problem finding parts.

    matt

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    The old Fords are unbeatable easy to fix and no real technology to cause problems when they get older -of course now all tractors are going to be more technology dependent in future and parts correspondingly more expensive
    From othert comments John Deere need to be looked at

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    Yea those old Fords are great, my pal used one as a log skidder in Vermont.

    Tractors are pretty mission specific. I just needed something small with a PTO and 4x4 for the wet hilly stuff. Found a grey market 28hp Kubota for 140k baht. It sips fuel and is tough as nails. And runs my wood chipper fine.

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