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I need to replace my tractor with a new one or a recent model used one probably in the 40 to 60 hp range. I have been looking at ratings
on line and have not found them very helpful. What I am trying to find is info on overall quality, frequency of repair and availability
of and ease of getting parts. Do you know of any such info or do you have your own ideas on which brands or models seem best in these?

I am considering a 50hp Yanmar but am open to other brands.
 

I bleed Ford Blue, (but not their trucks) but they haven't built any since 1996. it is pretty much the same with everything under 100 HP. I would not shop any place other than Kubota. You will pay more than for a Yanmar, but when you want to trade in 10-15 years you will be way ahead.
 
In NYS, there is no choice other than Deere, if you want maximum resale, great parts availability, and excellent reliability. we have a lot of Deere from a 1960 4010 to nearly new. We also have fairly new New Holland and older Massey. When they work, they all work well. When they need repair, Deere tops them all for parts availability.
 
I would look at the case ih's the farm I help out on has a jx55 at 55 horse and its very handy the only problem is sometimes you have to play with the shuttle shift to get it into gear
 
I would go with Deere in you have a large dealer nearby, a small dealer maybe not, Mother Deere is squeezing them out. I don't understand it, a small dealer is better than no dealer! Yanmars are very good, but I didn't realize they were sold under that name, Our JD 4600 has a Yanmar engine, it's very good. Kubota also has a very good reputation.
 
lots of decent ones out there today,
they probably all come out of the same industrial town ...over there...

but, I agree with the other posters...
hard-eye compare them all, and you will be left
with Deere and Kubota.
 
(quoted from post at 04:23:45 07/28/15) I need to replace my tractor with a new one or a recent model used one probably in the 40 to 60 hp range. I have been looking at ratings
on line and have not found them very helpful. What I am trying to find is info on overall quality, frequency of repair and availability
of and ease of getting parts. Do you know of any such info or do you have your own ideas on which brands or models seem best in these?

I am considering a 50hp Yanmar but am open to other brands.
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I have been shopping as well. I recently got a chance to work with a friends 2014 Kubota 32HP HST tractor. This one impressed the heck out of me. Looking at the 40-60 HP tractors they are all made in Japan, India or China pretty much. At least with the Kubota you know that up front and dealer support is good in most areas.

When I buy new or almost new it will be a Kubota. I have good Case, NH and JD support here as well. Case has almost as good of pricing as Kubota. Others are higher here.

In Kansas City area of MO
 
In that HP range, you certainly can go wrong with a green one. We bought some at ADOT for mower tractors; they spent more time in the shop than out mowing the roads. The old Fords were much more dependable.
 
Im sure you can.If its man made it can break and it dont matter what color it is .I have a green one and a red one. But then again they are small tractors not big stuff. JD2040 and a 135 Massey Gasser
 
If you want a 40 - 60 HP tractor that you will not have problems with, get a Kubota.

Dean
 
Kubota and JD are the common good ones.

Case and NH used to be but they started changing manufacturers shopping around their lines, so as much as I love my Blie, in scared of the parts availability long term when they shift around like that.

I hear good things about Massey but they just don't have any dealers within 50-100 miles, so don't know nothing around here.

Then you have the middle tier. Stuff from India and South Korea. Or from Japan other than Kubota. These are a bit cheaper, have less dealer support, but are a good value, good enough machine.

Then at the bottom you have the stuff from China.

Town folk want to buy a new or 3 year old one because they are thinking like a car, anything over 4 years is old and worn out.

Farm folk are used to tractors and understand a good well kept tractor from the 1960s through 2000 or so is going to last decades and be a much better deal, less plastic and more value.

Neither is right or wrong, just where its at. Anyhow from that, there is not a good consensus, enough people to offer a real review of individual models......

I guess it depends where you want to be.

Paul
 
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