Thread: Thinking of getting a tractor

Euroleopards are buckets of snot!! Don't waist your money with one.. I think they are imported in a tie up with Branson Tractors... Branson are not well known, but seem to take the punishment. I used to work for a Branson dealer, and we had a couple of tractors fitted up with forklift masts, and the bricky transporters really worked them, and they survived. As said before, avoid anything Chinese! Euroleopards, Sota's, Dong Fengs, Luzhong, YTO's, Foton, and Mahindra to name a few.....

Originally Posted by Dougal

The single worst thing about these Masseys is the hydraulic setup that needs a diverter valve to run externals. It can't move the arms and a loader at the same time.

The available hydraulic flow rate is also quite low, making loader work a fairly leisurely affair....

Don't know how people find it in other areas, but around here if its a tractor and look like it may actually run, someone will pay 5G+ for it....

We had a customers old and very well used (ie rough) Massey 40 Loader/Backhoe at work....he wanted $9G for it, I laughed but someone gave him $11G

Guy I know works at a place that used to sell Euroleopards.....don't even think about them...old Belarus would be a better option!

One of your customers is a Massey mechanic, lives and breathes Massey tractors....he likes the 165's....cheap, simple, reliable.

Old Universal Farmliner? Basically cheap Fiat knockoff but there are enough old ones still going around here to show they can do the hours if half looked after.

Originally Posted by Sitec

--- and Mahindra to name a few.....

Mahindra tractors are Indian built, I'm not saying that their any better built though.

I like my Massey Ferguson 165, it has the AD4-203 Perkins and it did have an axillary pump fitted inside the gearbox, but I have since pulled that out to fit a creeper gear instead.

To power the hydraulics for a loader on a Massey Ferguson, I would fit a pump driven by the front of the crankshaft, this still gives working hydraulic power after the clutch is disengaged to stop the travel of the tractor.
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Check out the Daedong range . Models I would recommend for you are the 35 hp CK35 or for something a little bit smaller 26 hp CS2610

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Gary

Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

Mahindra tractors are Indian built, I'm not saying that their any better.

They used to be.... Chinese writing all over them now...


disco2_dan, what size block do you have, and what do you plan to do with it??

Ok I will chime in now.
I bought one of these

Absolute competitive for tractor dealers QLN-254 Tractor with front end loader 25-35hp mini farm tractor, View farm tractor, QLN Product Details from Henan Qianli Machinery Co., Ltd. on Alibaba.com

last December, with the slasher and the FEL and aux valves and dual clutch and with air compressor and with a backhoe.
I imported it direct from china
All up 13k inc delivery and customs etc etc.
yes it had some faults like loose bolts and things just not right, but I expected this. Its the same as the fotons and the others and has a laidong engine.
I now have 15 hrs on it and its great.
I have been in contact with the manufatures in china for advise via skype and all good. If I need any spares they have said to me they will send via DHl. Everything so far is above board with the company. They are genuinely trying to do the right thing.
There is a really good forum that you can search and it has lots of good info.
So not all chinese Tractors are crap in my opinion.
I have 3 acres to maintain and this little tractor is great
Brad
Chinese Tractors

Hey guys, It's too late at night for me to read this whole thread so I appoligize if I'm off track here.

My best suggestion is the tractor in the vid but that might be too much power for you. Not for me, I'd want at least that in a tractor.

Go the MF135. Make sure you get the 3 cylinder perkins motor. The 4 cylinder diesel was well under powered and the 4 cylinder petrol was thirsty. The perkins is the same motor used in the 155. God knows how the motor makes 35hp in the 135 and 55hp in the 155. In those days they didn't detune motors for lesser vehilces. The only thing the 135 lacks that the 155 has is weight. The 135 would struggle for traction sometimes when I had the bar as low as it would go.

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Originally Posted by Sitec

They used to be.... Chinese writing all over them now...

Mahrindra has manufacturing plants in India, China & America among others