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Originally Posted by Formulabruce
JD, up through the 4 series made in Atlanta with Yanmar engines since the early 80's.
The coast Guard uses these engines on ships for generators, very reliable.
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Looks to me like it's pretty much been narrowed down to JD vs Kubota.
All the dealers let me test drive their tractors. I highly recommend you do so. Even tho they all look very similar, I found that each brand felt different, when driving it. The controls were also in different places & felt different to operate. No way to know which you'd like better without driving/operating both.
Back then, the small JD's had the manual gearshift in the center. I didn't like the way it felt, at all. My Kioti has the shifter on the left side. Feels MUCH better.
So, the position & operation of all the controls are things you should check out, on all the models you are considering. You MAY like one more than the other.
Just for kicks, I ask some questions over on the tractorbuynet.com site. One guy said it's JD & only JD for him. Here's a quote from another guy.
" I looked at those 3 brands and a few more. Mahindra 1626 shuttle won pretty easily. Next in line was the Kioti CK2610 but I didn't like the backhoe mounting. If I didn't ever want a backhoe and wanted hydro, I'd have went with the Kioti. I like the hydro pedal setup better.
720 hours in just under 2 years on the Mahindra. No warranty claims. Hasn't been back once.
I had a Mahindra 3215 hydro years ago that we beat pretty hard doing tree work. 500 hours never had any issues. The Mitsubishi built tractors or pretty solid."