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Posted by Fawteen on May 15, 2005 at 03:12:47 from (65.99.191.225):
In Reply to: compacts posted by dmc on May 14, 2005 at 02:07:31:
I'm not going to get into a color war. I'll just mention a few points learned from my experience. 1. Someone said new JD's are all plastic and electronics. I agree. I have a 1988 JD CUT, and it's been absolutely dead reliable. I've driven a couple newer (4XXX) JD's and they look and feel MUCH cheaper, and have way too much stuff to go wrong. 2. Older JD CUT's were mostly all Yanmars with JD paint and bodywork. Therefor, if I were in the market again, I'd have to look REAL hard at Yanmars. Much as I like my Deere, you can't argue with the saying "Nothing costs like a Deere." 3. Someone said "You can do little jobs with big tractors but not...etc." True, as far as it goes, but big tractors are harder to trailer, harder to get into tight spaces and more likely to tear up the turf when turning or when things are soft. 4. My JD is a 1988 750, 18 HP diesel. In 17 years I've put one battery and one rockshaft seal kit in it. Period. I've run a 5 foot bushhog through 2" alders, dug trenches, ditches and foundation holes with a Woods 650 backhoe, graded drives, moved snow, tilled gardens and done a host of other tasks. Not as fast as I might have with a 50 horse tractor, but still just as done. I've gotten several jobs the big boys couldn't do because they couldn't get at it without cutting down trees or tearing up a lawn. My point: Bigger ain't always better, and neither is newer.
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