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5/17/2025 10:47:24 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By staringback05:
I've got 3 orange dealers within 30 miles....one is 5 miles and 2 JD dealers about 15 miles

I wouldn't mind a larger tractor but for 8 acres I figure 25hp is fine, along with cost and not dealing with emissions crap...and I don't have enough truck (1500) to haul something very heavy..
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I'm getting a JD 5060E, and it doesn't come with any emissions stuff you have to do anything with. Even the similar model on the Kubota side only had a regeneration cycle every ~50 hours or so, where you'd just crank up the engine a little for about 15 minutes while it burned off particulates... it isn't until 75+ that you're dealing with def...
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5/17/2025 12:35:44 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By staringback05:
Said he wants something above 30hp. He has 15 acres at his place and wants to do more I guess, it wouldn't behoove him to screw me...being he works with me
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He’s right. 30 hp is OK until you begin doing serious work.
No replacement for displacement. I’ve got four tractors and never said I wish they were smaller. In an ideal world, every compact tractor would be 100hp or larger.
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