The post below about the Cabelas LM tractor got me to remember a little story about a imported tractor.
This would have been 10-12 years ago. There is a farm we rent that has all of the neighboring land split in to mini farms. So on the one line fence there are seven adjoining owners. What a PAIN to keep the fence up on. When the ground was split the fence line was bulldozed and a new fence put up. Three to four years after that a storm blew down a BIG oak that was tall enough to reach the fence, smashed the fence down. The fellow that owned the ground told me about it and offered to help clean up. So I took my JD 6400 down to do the heavy work. So we cleaned up the downed tree. While I was there I took my tractor and pushed all the little grubs out that had regrown the "new" fence. Most of these where just one inch and smaller stuff but some of the maples where a little bigger. Still an 85 hp MFWD tractor had no issue pushing them out. Fast forward a few years. I am at an auction and the local fellow that sells Mahindra tractors is there. We get to talking and he asked me if I know this fellow that helped the fence. It seems he bought a compact tractor and loader. HE only had around 100 hours on it and already had torn it up 3-4 times. Like the clutch and loader mountings. Broke the front axle and some other casting/frame related stuff. I told the dealer I had no idea of what this fellow was doing but would let him know if I saw anything. About 3-4 weeks after that we where harvesting the crops down that way. The Mahindra owner was out "using" his tractor. I should say ABUSING his tractor. He had seen me pushing out the small saplings. So he was trying to do that with this little 30 HP compact tractor. He would clean out in front of a few saplings. Then when he could not pushing them out he was backing up 20-30 feet and ramming the saplings. I do mean HARD too. He would get the back of the compact tractor up off the ground at times he was hitting them so hard. HE was wearing the seat belt and was trying it out. I did not saying anything about it to the dealer. The fellow sold the Mahindra in a year or so and bought a larger older tractor. He keeps it torn up all of the time too.
So I can well believe the treatment a compact tractor, from redneck heaven like Cabelas ,would take from some operators.
This would have been 10-12 years ago. There is a farm we rent that has all of the neighboring land split in to mini farms. So on the one line fence there are seven adjoining owners. What a PAIN to keep the fence up on. When the ground was split the fence line was bulldozed and a new fence put up. Three to four years after that a storm blew down a BIG oak that was tall enough to reach the fence, smashed the fence down. The fellow that owned the ground told me about it and offered to help clean up. So I took my JD 6400 down to do the heavy work. So we cleaned up the downed tree. While I was there I took my tractor and pushed all the little grubs out that had regrown the "new" fence. Most of these where just one inch and smaller stuff but some of the maples where a little bigger. Still an 85 hp MFWD tractor had no issue pushing them out. Fast forward a few years. I am at an auction and the local fellow that sells Mahindra tractors is there. We get to talking and he asked me if I know this fellow that helped the fence. It seems he bought a compact tractor and loader. HE only had around 100 hours on it and already had torn it up 3-4 times. Like the clutch and loader mountings. Broke the front axle and some other casting/frame related stuff. I told the dealer I had no idea of what this fellow was doing but would let him know if I saw anything. About 3-4 weeks after that we where harvesting the crops down that way. The Mahindra owner was out "using" his tractor. I should say ABUSING his tractor. He had seen me pushing out the small saplings. So he was trying to do that with this little 30 HP compact tractor. He would clean out in front of a few saplings. Then when he could not pushing them out he was backing up 20-30 feet and ramming the saplings. I do mean HARD too. He would get the back of the compact tractor up off the ground at times he was hitting them so hard. HE was wearing the seat belt and was trying it out. I did not saying anything about it to the dealer. The fellow sold the Mahindra in a year or so and bought a larger older tractor. He keeps it torn up all of the time too.
So I can well believe the treatment a compact tractor, from redneck heaven like Cabelas ,would take from some operators.
