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98 Mistral SWB. My every day wagon. Not expensive enough to get too precious about.
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Not mine my wife's 4X4s
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Nah bro Green ones are dumb
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Tractor porn :D Now we're talking :thumbsup:
@Gibo how do you find those utes. Looking for a cheaper ute as am selling my cruiser and will buy a car and possibly a ute to cater for commuting and hunting.
Hilux
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The money pit :oh noes:
Not to derail the thread but I've got a bit of an interest in tractors. What's the dominant tractor brand in this country?
@Gibo that has a 2.5l td right? No headgasket issues?
They are sweet bro just need an extra half a litre of oil and no more 5th gear problems, they kill gearboxes when under load in 5th because the 5th gear isn't submerged in oil enough and relies on what little oil is shooting round in the gearbox to keep it lubed and cool so they get hot towing or under load in 5th. Mine (although a Courier) was a bloody good truck, and had a good run from it.
PS: they go bloody good for a 2.5 diesel too! I reckon my courier would have walked all over my 3.0ltd hilux in a straight line, Hilux probably pips it for torque though.
Good to know Ryan. Should slap a litre of Moreys in there then
@Ryan John Deere is probably the biggest seller as they make a tonne of different models and specifications to suit a wide variety of uses and customer preferences, John Deere do command a premium due to the name but they are very good to deal with, they build tough gear, and listen to their customers, I find the interiors of their Cab tractors to seem a little old fashioned (look at a John deere from 1995 and the equivalent current model and the interiors are remarkably similar, albeit with subtle changes and added technology) . They would be followed closely by Case (International) who also now build all the New Holland tractors,many very similar or exactly the same as various case models (only blue)
Cheers. When the picture of the JD was posted I started reminiscing about my childhood and visiting my cousins out in the Western Transvaal - gold mining and farming country (they were the former) and got to spend a fair amount of time on farms there and eventually went to boarding school there. So ja, tractors have always been my kind of "guilty pleasure" and so went wandering through the tractor geek forest on wikipedia.
John Deere, based solely on the wiki article seems to have a huge domestic (USA) and international base.
It's interesting as I've posed a similar question on South African forums that I frequent and I'm still waiting to see all the results - particularly keen to see what the "mega farmers" use.
I like the green ones.
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The farm I worked for had 18 JD from 90-360ish HP, 3 Fords and a couple of Fergies.
We wanted to get a couple of Fendts, but they were so different to drive. Anyone could jump into any JD, and get straight into work.
Not sure if they were the best, but we got the best service from the dealers. If one stopped, I'd make a phonecall, and there'd be a man there within 1/2 hr, or a replacement tractor would turn up.
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here is our hi/lo hiace/hilux at mill flat camp ground near blenheim over the xmas break. we were the only people there! awesome spot. the van is due for a lift, and maybe some diff lockers too... have a heat exchanger set up for hot showers, as much steaming hot water as you want! also got the usual gas fridge, 150L chilli bin for the booze, 50kg rottweiler, inverter, house battery, 70L water tank for cooking and drinking, self contained shovel for digging environmentally friendly toilets (when and where necessary), compressor, chainsaw, kitchen sink, couch, hot tub, curling iron, concrete mixer etc etc.... (kitchen sink, couch, hot tub, curling iron, concrete mixer optional extras) just need to work on the mobile gun safe next...
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it was shiney when I first got it now its more matt and dented
Woldwide by volume maybe Mahindra. Worldwide by value probably JD. Don't know about NZ but there is a lot of green around. All the local growers seem to run JD.
"Mahindra*Tractors is an international farm equipment manufacturer of*Mahindra & Mahindra. In 2010,*Mahindra*became the world's highest-selling tractor brand by volume. Mahindra's largest consumer base is in India, China, North America, and a growing market in Australia."
5 years ago when I was looking to buy a small brand new tractor for our block I did the rounds of all the available brands. At the local JD dealership I explained my cash budget and HP requirement. The sales manager immediately took me to a tractor 15 HP bigger than what I wanted/needed. Don't worry about the extra cost he said, we can assist with JD finance. Shees, worst than a car shark. I can also see where the "dear" is derved from in their name.
Bought a Kubota.
Trying to compare brands in NZ with those in SA purely out of interest and it seems the most popular in SA are:Quote:
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John Deere
Massey Ferguson
Landini
New-Holland
Case International
but with some Indian and Chinese under brand names Ursus and Farmtrac. And here we have a South African manufactured tractor:
Agrico 4+ Tractors
Not sure how it compares with others on the market as I know sweet f-a about tractors!
Dont want to end up too far off course here but heres a couple more tractor photos, this is the contractor turning up to plant Sorghum on our place in Uruguay... He came prepared!
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Not mine, but when I win Lotto.......
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you are lucky there aren't a polaris agent near you. after 6months the problems will start and the $1000 dollar bills with it:pissed off:
I had best start a new thread for recommendations.
As I said earlier that's what I get paid to drive. The other two tractors are a 130 hp (I think) cab JD...I don't like it. The boss drives it mainly...he's welcome to it. The other is a 90 hp New Holland ....that's more 'mine' than anybody else's. Currently has a post rammer attached to it...bit wet for it at the moment though.
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