Advice about loader tractors

TJH72 · Jun 29, 2010

I need your opinion. I am looking to buy a loader tractor. I am looking at a tractor with a minimum of 75 HP. What are some good models to look at in this horsepower range? I am not looking at one particular brand. Uses for the tractor would be moving round bales, light tillage, pulling corn planter or drill, and pulling hopper wagons in the fall.

Thank you for your advice.

TJH72

495man · Jun 29, 2010

My pick would be the NH 35/TL/TL-A CIH JX-U Farmall-U tractors, your pick red or blue.

I would also go for a Case-IH CX series / McCormick CX & CX-Xtrashift.

All of the above offer tractors in the 75 PTO HP range, fwa, factory cab or platform ROPS and LH reverse shuttle both syncro or power depending on age/options.

Slap an ALO loader on either and you've got a very decent tractor.

GordoSD · Jun 29, 2010

Check out the new Farmall 80 at the Case/IH dealers. They are also running a 5 year zero interest sale.

Gordo

buickanddeere · Jun 29, 2010

Clay, loam or sandy soil? Hills or flat? Wet or dry? Any snow?

DeltaRed · Jun 29, 2010

Find apopular modle of the correct size at a good local dealer(dealer service is foremost importance).4wd would be very handy.most all makes today seem tto be good tractors.

Paul Wald · Jun 29, 2010

Just saw a Case/IH 5230 open station, 2 wheel drive for sale in Texas. No loader, but has 1500 hours and they are asking $11,500. I have one with loader, cab front wheel assist, but the price on this one sure caught my attention. That's a late 80's early 90's tractor in the 90 HP range. I guess everybody wants a cab and front wheel assist now.

jm. · Jun 29, 2010

Go look at the new M 40 series KUBOTA if you are thinking new. More tractor for you dollar than most anything on the market..

Anonymous-0 · Jun 30, 2010

What kind of budget do you have? It's hard to give a response without knowing this. A used loader tractor could be as cheap as a couple thousand dollars and a new fully loaded FWA tractor with cab and loader could be well over $100,000. Dave

Tx Jim · Jun 30, 2010

(quoted from post at 02:22:01 06/30/10) a new fully loaded FWA tractor with cab and loader could be well over $100,000. Dave

I think a 75 HP MFWD,cab tractor with a loader can be bought for a lot less than a $100,000!!!!!!!!

And besides that nowhere in TJH72's thread did he state NEW TRACTOR.

TJH72 · Jun 30, 2010

Here is some additional information about what I am looking for. I am looking for a used tractor. I do not need a cab or FWA. The soils where I live are clay and yes we do get snow in the winter. I was looking to stay around $15,000 as a price.

Thanks,
TJH72

ChrisLSD · Jun 30, 2010

for moving round bales, or snow, or most any loader work - MFWD are built stronger and will help a lot - I would NEVER buy a tractor for a loader without MFWD

Mike (WA) · Jun 30, 2010

I bought a 3 year old Kubota M5000- 50 HP, FWA, loader, 320 hours, couldn't tell it from new, for $17,800. If you have snow, and are on clay ground, you need FWA. You also need it for resale value.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 30, 2010

Yes you could spend over $100,000 on a new 75 HP+ tractor with all the bells and whistles. You completely missed the point of my post. He didn't state USED TRACTOR either. How are we supposed to know how much he wants to spend and what exactly he's looking for??? Dave

495man · Jun 30, 2010

He said he didn't NEED fwa or cab, he is right, while FWA is desirable for loader work, it isn't REQUIRED for snow or clay, which I have to deal with both, I would buy fwa myself buy 2wd isn't exactly useless.

He will easily be able to get a 2wd open loader tractor for $15.

buickanddeere · Jun 30, 2010

No disrespect but you have never used both a M4WD loader tractor and a 2WD loader tractor in snow/muddy clay. I order to compare and know the difference.
You are not saving a lot of money by skipping the M4WD or the cab.

TJH72 · Jun 30, 2010

No disrespect but usually this forum is very helpful and informative but this thread has resulted in very little useful information. I did have a John Deere 2440 2WD with a loader and it did just fine. The engine needed to be rebuilt and the cost did not justify the repair. I would like a bigger tractor this time. I have read several times about FWA and cabs as something I need. If that is the case what are some used tractor models with those options that would fit my criteria and approximate price range.

Thanks,
TJH72

buickanddeere · Jun 30, 2010

It isn't going to hurt to have a walk through the dealership and just look at the new stuff with incentives.
It takes just one large surprise engine or transmission job to push the price of a "good used" machine into new price territory. And be left with a old tractor and new price.
New equipment has warranty, no past abuse and no wear. It should be just fuel, oil and filters for several years. No surprise bills.
The JD 5075E M4WD is capable and reasonable in price.

Mike M · Jun 30, 2010

Just go out and buy a John Deere 4020 with a loader. If you don't like it in a few years you can sell it for more then you paid.

Tx Jim · Jul 1, 2010

(quoted from post at 18:04:07 06/30/10) It isn't going to hurt to have a walk through the dealership and just look at the new stuff with incentives.
It takes just one large surprise engine or transmission job to push the price of a "good used" machine into new price territory. And be left with a old tractor and new price.
New equipment has warranty, no past abuse and no wear. It should be just fuel, oil and filters for several years. No surprise bills.
The JD 5075E M4WD is capable and reasonable in price.

If you keep talking to your WIFE and begging HER then maybe she'll let you trade your money pit tractors in on one NEW JD MFWD that you keep trying to talk everyone else into!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW how many of your tractors are MFWD?????????????

I have a neighbor that bought a NEW JD 5625 MFWD with cab & loader and he hates it. He says it's most uncomfortable tractor he's ever owned. Hyd's have already gone out on it twice.

buickanddeere · Jul 1, 2010

As long as the existing tractors keep running. Mrs
B&D is having home/house renovations before a
tractor upgrade.
Just saying by the time I purchased a running
tractor from my Uncle Minimum Maintenance and
repaired every little thing.
I would have been near dollars even, been time
ahead and had a better tractor. If I had instead
walked into the Deere dealership and bought a plain
jane M4WD.

RodinNS · Jul 1, 2010

I think with your budget and power requirements.... you're just looking for heartache.
With that money you're not going to find much better than you have around here in 75 HP tractors.
If you put that into the Deere you'd know what you have... and as long as you don't intend to sell it, who cares what you have into the old thing?
My point is simply that you could buy someone else's pig in a poke tomorrow, then require an engine next week...

If you are determined to buy another tractor then my suggestion is to look for a Ford 6610 or 7710 from as late in the 80's as possible, with MFWD for both and a cab on the 7710.
If you go with the 6610, definitely go with the open station.... as the cab models are pure poison to work on. Again, I'll tell you right now... if you find either of those tractors in that price range you may either be EXTREMLY lucky or buying a worn out old sow. Shop carefully. They were good tractors, but they do wear out too.

Rod

Tx Jim · Jul 2, 2010

(quoted from post at 07:08:14 07/01/10) As long as the existing tractors keep running. Mrs
B&D is having home/house renovations before a
tractor upgrade.

The other prospective buyers that you continuously try to persuade to buy a NEW JD just so their repair problems will be over may be in the same financial or DOMESTIC situation as you!!!!!!!

Then when the warranty expires and the NEW JD breaks they have 2 bills to pay. The NOTE PAYMENT and the REPAIR BILL!!!!!!

Tx Jim · Jul 2, 2010

buickanddeere
See if you can help this nearly new JD tractor owner out.

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A neighbor, that I help occasionally, has a JD 6410 that has suddenly started giving problems. It started with the steering becoming erratic, then will not steer, neither will it move forward or reverse. On the advice of JD "experts" we changed hydraulic filters, helped for an hour or so, same problem. Next time changed fluid and filters, eventually cleaned strainer (lots of break pad material), steering and forward/reverse movement OK. Now we get warning lights, low temp, high pressure on hydraulics. Have changed filters and fluid couple more times. It has now run for 2 days with no problems. We hold our breath waiting for the next occurence.

Just wondering, anybody out there had similar problems and what did you do to correct it?

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