What's the best tractor for wife & teen

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These other threads have me wondering since my wife has been watching these commercials with women buzzing around mowing, using a loader, etc. She would want something not very big that would start first time everytime without needing 5 hands to hold different knobs and then have hold her tongue in the right position while saying a prayer.

I see the John Deere commercial with the little green ones and they even have financing. I also read here about Kubota with people liking them although I'm not sure who makes them other than somewhere west of the US. Seems like there is a plethora of tractors out there with a name that ends in a or i, etc.

Something she could run down to the south 40 to check fence or the creek in. She talks about one of those utility vehicles but to me they aren't worth the money for what they do. Something I won't need to post on here that it is having a problem.

So the best new tractor for wife and teenager is? Thanks.
 
I'd say stick with a Deere or Kubota or New Holland. What ever dealer is closest and offers good after the sale service. Ask your neighbors about how their dealers treat them.
 
I would be all for Kubota, if I ever bought a new tractor. Kubota is a Japanese company that has been around since before the hit-n-miss days. They
were somewhat of a Fairbanks Morse as they started off making scales before moving into other castings & then engines almost 100 years ago. They
kept with the engines & still diversified into other markets & industries including cultivators, housing materials, waste treatment plants, vending
machines, construction machinery, etc.

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By the way, their first tractor came out in the early '60s. So, if you want to look at just the timeframe of that line of production, they've been
at it for a while. As for sales, they sell like hotcakes around here & the local deal keeps very busy with them. Last year, sales topped service
calls, though the circumstances were a bit different than most due to the new flu.

Mike
 
Deere or Kubota if you want something that you can get long term parts and support for. They are usually competitive with each other. There are other
brands that may be less money, but you may get what you pay for.

One thing about some of the smaller compact utilities, they dont have a big range of ground speed. I have a sub compact Deere. Works great for
moving, blowing snow etc, but I would not want to use it for a utility vehicle. Too slow unless it is wound right tight.
 
I have a John Deere 1025r very handy we use it all the time for cleaning up a round the saw mill and in the
garden easy to drive gets into places I can't with the big tractor mine has a little back hoe its very handy
also. and it handles a 4 foot brush hog with ease. Randy
 
The best tractor or utility is the one they want to have instead of the one you want them to have. Take them "shopping" and let them choose the one they like.
 
A tractor with a cab gives a extra element of safety
and comfort . The size of the tractor, well now that
depends on many things. A tractor of 75-100 hp
isnt really much different to operate than a tractor
of 45-75 hp, but the larger tractor could be more
safe from a stability point of view if used to load or
carry big bales of hay. I also agree buy from a
dealership that is near to you. I dont have any JD
tractors, but if a dealer opened up across the road, I
would switch brands
 
I'd say take a look at the small Massey Fergusons and the Simplicity, too.
I have a Kubota 2350. You're talking a lot of money, but also good resale.
If you have steep lawns, you need 4 x 4. I got by for years with just tire
chains on a two wheel drive. My old G1800 was 25 years old when I sold it,
and the lady who bought it is still happy with it.

The big box store tractors aren't going to be for the long term, and pretty
much have the same stuff under the hood. I suppose I didn't need it, but
I also have a 900 Kubota truckster and as an oldster, it has allowed me to
stay on my place for an extra 5 years, I think. Chasing around and hauling
parts and fetching tools, etc. Pulling and towing trailers, etc. The trouble
is the bed is always full of stuff that should be put away.
 
Any make dealer will finance your
purchase. Speaking to your concern about
who makes the tractors there are several
makes that manufacture the entire tractor
Kubota is one, Yanmar is another and I
believe that Kioti and Mahindra also
build the entire tractor,,,, notice that
the one you specifically mentioned,
Deere, is not on that list,,,just so you
know. I just got done shopping and have
just about any make in a easy drive. I
bought a Kubota BX23 TLB and added a
mower deck. 0% financing at the moment.
 
Used to be true, but Kubota has partnered with outside manufacturer for their two largest ag tractor series. M7 built partly in France I think? M8 in Canada in partnership with Versatile.
 
(quoted from post at 11:01:52 02/24/21) I'd say stick with a Deere or Kubota or New Holland. What ever dealer is closest and offers good after the sale service. Ask your neighbors about how their dealers treat them.

This sounds good to me as well. I am surprised though that you do not seem to have a Kubota dealer nearby (but ask around - their dealer locater may not be perfect). You have Deere ag dealers in McPherson, Hutch or Great Bend so could take your pick. Not sure where a New Holland dealer is but your neighbors/friends may.
 
There isnt any common tractor under 100hp made entirely in the USA. You might hope they are slightly assembled here in the USA, but that is because its cheaper
shipping to put the sub assemblies in containers.

Kubota and JD are good. And you pay for it.

The Massey, New Holland, Case, are also good.

Other Japan and Korea branded tractors cost less, and are nearly as good. Yanmar, Kioti, MTZ, and so forth.

The cheaper China tractors are a step down, less well fit, less comfortable, cheaper parts. China is making pretty good engines these days, but the rest of the tractors
they make are built to be cost savers, not nice and it shows.

As someone said, let her pick it out, If its something they pick out, they will like it. If you pick it out for them, they will always find fault with this or that. just like her
finding a husband, if you were her choice then she will try to overlook the flaws and work with what she choose. If someone arranged you for her, she wont be happy
with every little thing, she would have known better.....

but steer her away from the China stuff. Having a dealer near by is nice.

Paul
 
I'd get a little Kubota with a HST Transmission (push the pedal and it goes, let off and it stops). I'd look at a L2501 for light duty work. If you want a fairly heavy loader capacity, I'd jump up to around
50hp.
 
I have neighbors on both sides of me that have New Holland and Mahindra,they both do very well as small utility tractors.As stated by someone else a lot depends on the local dealer in your area.
 
Not sure if you have dealer close by but to me within an hours drive is close enough. I
would only buy something that you push 1 pedal for forwards and 1 for backwards. Now having
said that I do drive my dads Kabota and it has a rocking pedal so your heal dose the
reversing. I personally hate it but I also have a size 16 boot. Makes my leg cramp as I
always have the heel on the pedal and the toe at the same time. Smaller feet seem to like it
better. Now they tell me that is a safety feature as the one where the front and back are
side by side you can accidently hit the reverse and that can lead to an OH $hit moment. I
would let your wife decide and not your teen. Teens can learn real quick and get used to
whatever, wife not so easy.
 
For running around the farm checking stuff, it is hard to beat an ATV. My wife uses our Kubota RTV900 all the time for similar farm chores. It is easy to drive, safe and a very capable 4WD
 
I would hands down buy a utv. Everyone in the world complains about the price until they realize how handy they are. You can get in a kubota rtv 900 with a top and windshield under $15,000 and kubota is always
offering 0% financing as far as I know. My wife has said many times I can buy whatever I want as long as we always have a side by side
 


If its running down to check the creek then a 4 wheeler utv w electric steering would be best.

If its a tractor for tractor chores... then a tractor that is easy to get on and off, has power steering is what my wife uses. cab and a/c is nice but not necessary mandatory. Who ever does the baler gets the cab and a/c tractor. I usually do work around the fences first and then she is on the other tractor both of us cutting, raking, and then baling. Same on the renovator this year, but we both used an open station 7710s.
 
I am a few days away from picking up a Kubota LX2610. 84 months financing, I figure to have the entire package paid off in just over 2
years.
Roughly $16K for the basic machine. I am adding the loader, Grappler, Pallet Forks and a Back Hoe to bring it around $32K. That backhoe is
about $8900 by itself.
I am pricing between 3 dealers and will finally drop the hammer around mid March before the sales specials come to an end.
Neighbor down the road has a John Deere 3230E(?) Just a rebranded Yanmar and it has it's own built in problems.
Kubota has had a few clunkers but I believe JD/Yanmar has had a few more.
The LX has no emissions on it and I figure is one less thing to worry about.
However, when buying a tractor, look at the size you desire and go up one or two steps.
The LX is two steps up already from what I already inherited and I might, *might* think about an even larger toy.
 

Will have to check the Kubota out. Didn't really know where they priced out at. Know a local JD salesman but I don't know how much leeway they have with prices. Talked to him about ZTR mowers last year and it was like these are our prices and we throw in free delivery, take it or leave it.

We were talking about it since last fall and then she found that used ford 1500 on faceless. It will work for me but I'm not sure she is ready for something that you have to hold your tongue right to start. She likes the Cub Cadet 54" ZTR mower I got a year ago. So probably has to be an automatic and probably want an air conditioned and heated cab if she did much. Not sure what she would do as it would mostly be me. Daughter is a little past being a teen but the same as for all intensive purposes. She has talked about a UTV but I think it would see limited use compared to cost. It would need a cab too with 100 degrees, 100 per cent humidity, and dirt blowing in the wind at 100 mph which is about the norm around here in the summer.
 
Hydrostatic transmission ,electric start , make sure they drive it , dont pay no attention to commercials ,you never hear the of it if the seat is
uncomfortable &#129397;
 
(quoted from post at 07:51:27 02/25/21) Hydrostatic transmission ,electric start , make sure they drive it , dont pay no attention to commercials ,you never hear the of it if the seat is
uncomfortable &#129397;

Yes!! The padded seat is one of the big reasons I got the cub cadet Z1 ZTR mower and paid a little more. Couple I looked at had minimal padding on the seats. Of course some of the girls driving them in commercials look so comfortable that I want to ride along with them. I noticed Bad Boy mowers switched girls.

Back when I was buy a whirlpool tub, the wife used to walk away when I would take my shoes off and sit in the floor models at stores and this show we went to. You would be surprised how the slope of the back can be a pain or not or if they have ledges on the side to rest your arms, and then how deep they are as some aren't very deep. I flip the overflow drain over and put a gasket in it notched at the top so I can get another 3" of depth.
 
Buy the tractor it can check the creek the loader bucket can
carry what the dinky bed on the utility vehicle can and also lift
it up which the utv cant then add the option of another
hydraulic outlet which the utv / suede by side also cant do
and we havent talked about the drawbar three point hitch or
pto yet .
 

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