Another deal or dud

[callmefence]

jd5085e with fel and pallet forks. Open station. At 46,000 with JD insurance and free money for 60 months.

 

[HDRider]

Open station?

 

[callmefence]

Open station?

No cab

 

[HDRider]

I paid $44,104.00 on 08/22/2014 for the same 2014 model of that tractor

 

[Farm Fence Solutions]

What are the transmission options? Left hand reverser/shuttle shift would be handy on a fencing tractor.

 

[HDRider]

12 speed, and yes.

 

[callmefence]

What are the transmission options? Left hand reverser/shuttle shift would be handy on a fencing tractor.

Agreed same for the open station. The cab is like crawling in and out of a deer stand.. ;-)

 

[Farm Fence Solutions]

What are the transmission options? Left hand reverser/shuttle shift would be handy on a fencing tractor.

Agreed same for the open station. The cab is like crawling in and out of a deer stand.. ;-)

Till August rolls around and you've got one trained to run the post driver while you sell wire by the ton from the comfort of your air conditioned cab. ;-)

 

[littletom]

2wd or 4

 

[ddd75]

seems like a good deal

 

[callmefence]

2wd or 4

4

 

[Farm Fence Solutions]

2wd or 4

4

Dang right. You never know when some azz hat might dump a load of topsoil on top of your rock in a thunderstorm and you really don't want to drive around it. :lol:

 

[fence_it]

What are the transmission options? Left hand reverser/shuttle shift would be handy on a fencing tractor.

Kubota L series has left hand shuttle and gear selector. We ran one up to 5500 hours fencing with it. At that point the post driver had pretty much rattled it apart.

 

[True Grit Farms]

Two years ago in a month my wife bought me a new lease return 9960 Kubota tractor for $48k, cab, 3 rear remotes, air ride seat, radial tires, cast wheels, loader and a 12 speed shuttle shift.

 

[wbvs58]

Two years ago in a month my wife bought me a new lease return 9960 Kubota tractor for $48k, cab, 3 rear remotes, air ride seat, radial tires, cast wheels, loader and a 12 speed shuttle shift.

Well Grit, is it any good?

Ken

 

[callmefence]

Two years ago in a month my wife bought me a new lease return 9960 Kubota tractor for $48k, cab, 3 rear remotes, air ride seat, radial tires, cast wheels, loader and a 12 speed shuttle shift.

Yes I remember congratulateing you on a nice tractor. How's it holding up.

 

[jltrent]

IMO neither a deal or a dud. Myself, I would look very hard for a good used one, even if I had to over pay, to find one made before the EPA emissions additions were added.

 

[ddd75]

IMO neither a deal or a dud. Myself, I would look very hard for a good used one, even if I had to over pay, to find one made before the EPA emissions additions were added.

i agree. i see a lot with less then 500 hours.

 

[True Grit Farms]

The tractor has been good so far still trying to get used to it even after two hay seasons. The pro's, no break downs of any sort, and comfortable. The con's, the loader is built in such a way you can't see the the tips of the forks to pick up a pallet or bale of hay up easily, broke the armrest, seat won't swivel, ripped a hydraulic quick connection off the back because I got side tracked and forgot to unplug the hoses, which I've done several times on my JD without any problems. And last and the worst, the tractor regenerates every 30 to 50 hours. The EPA sucks.
I'd look at John Deere and Kubota and decide between the two myself. I keep thinking about buying a used pre emissions tractor but if something major is wrong with the tractor, the cost of parts and labor will make you wish you bought a new tractor.

 

[Farm Fence Solutions]

What are the transmission options? Left hand reverser/shuttle shift would be handy on a fencing tractor.

Kubota L series has left hand shuttle and gear selector. We ran one up to 5500 hours fencing with it. At that point the post driver had pretty much rattled it apart.

You'll have that with a Shaver. :lol: :hide: