Any Opinion/Testimonial on Farmtrac Tractors

HTH

Aaron

Most of the early problems came when the change over occured at the new plant in Tarboro. They were moving parts and machinery from the old plant and things were hectic for a month or so. A few tractor got sent out with the wrong stabilizers on the lift arms. Just small things but didn't make them look to good for a short while. They had an employee that was mad for some reason or another. He would take a pair of channeloc's and crimp each fuel tank neck right where the fuel cap fastened. All those tractors leaked fuel. He was caught/fired and all those tractors were fixed. Guy I work with had one of those and they tried 3 fuel caps and they all leaked. The dealer took care of it once they found what caused it.

I've broken several parts on mine. My fault each time. If my dealer didn't have it in stock he'd take a new part off a tractor in the yard and then replace it. So I've never had to wait for a part. Part prices aren't bad either. I bought a cat 2 top link for $47. I bent mine and was my fault.

My question would be - how long has the Indian company been selling under the "Farm Trac" name? And how well do they hold their resale value?

I've been looking for a smaller deisel replacement for my old Farmall 350. The John Deeres, Fords and New Hollands all seem to be priced at 80% of what the new ones sell for - even if the unit they have for sale is 20 or 30 years old.

Escorts Ltd began local manufacture of Ford tractors in 1971 in collaboration with Ford, UK and total production climbed steadily to 33000 in 1975 reaching 71000 by 1980. Ford (Ford - New Holland)was sold in 1992 Ford Motor Company proper quit the tractors business but the name was allowed to continue as per agreement till 2000, when Escort relabeled its Ford models under the Escort brand. Escort manufactures produces tractors in the 27-75 HP range and has already sold over 6 lac tractors. Its tractors are marketed under three brand names, Escort, Powertrac and Farmtrac.

If you look at the grill you'll see these are the Ford tractors that were sold in Europe. I have a neighbor that would go to Canada in the early 80's and buy these tractors new, bring them across the border and sell them here for a lot less than Ford dealers were selling them. We still have some of those Ford tractors running in this area today. They were made by Escort. Escort has been around for a long time.

Escorts Ltd began local manufacture of Ford tractors in 1971 in collaboration with Ford, UK and total production climbed steadily to 33000 in 1975 reaching 71000 by 1980. Credit facilities for farmers continued to improve and the tractor market expanded rapidly with the total in use passing the half million mark by 1980.

Since my dealer started selling the Farmtrac brand I've only seen one model 35 sold at auction. That tractor was sold by my dealer for $9,995 with a 6 ft. mower or rotary cutter new. He sold a lot like that as a package. The tractor was two years old with just under 500 hours when resold and it brought $8,500 at auction.

May be a little more reading than you want but the link I posted gives some background of Escort/Farmtrac. Also the JD plant is a rock throw from the Farmtrac plant in India.

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I just finished spreading 600 tons of wood ash about a month ago. The bucket will hold about 500 pounds of ash, so you can do the numbers and see I gave the loader a good workout and no problems. I also handle about 300 rolls of hay per year and that has to be moved twice.

Got just under 900 hours on it now. It's just getting broke in good. Farmtrac has been great supporting the tractors. I had a lift cylinder that started to leak a little last year. Farmtrac replaced both cylinders (no charge) with the new style cylinders for the newest loader. I'll have to say I was shocked that they did that. I could see replacing one cylinder but they sprung for both. Of course that made me very happy. All I was asking for was a packing kit. LOL

I'll have to say I have a great dealer. He backs what he sells. I'll also add if I needed another tractor I'd sure buy another Farmtrac. It suits my budget and type of farming I do.

Got a 97-2610 Long too so I've been buying from my dealer for a while. A good dealer makes the difference with any tractor purchase. If he doesn't back the product you can have problems. That's with any brand.