chinese tractors

[Rollacosta]

Hi i'm going to purchase a compact tractor in the near future .I often see cheap Chinese tractors for sale [new ones] and i was wondering if any of you guys out there have had any dealings with one ,the price of what looks on paper a very good compact tractor is very very good indeed half the price of a kubota or john deere..so what do you guys think about cheap Chinese tractors ??? i will mostly be doing bush hogging that kind of thing

[Travis Followell]

I'm not a big fan. They may look good now but what about when it breaks down and you need parts and service? Parts will be hard to find and no one will want to work on them. if you plan on using it very much at all just spend the extra money and get a good one- JD, NH, MF, or a Kubota. The Kioti's and branson tractors also seem to be good tractors for a little less money than the bigger names.

[vaham]

tractors, including all the chinese and other varieties. I am not sure if it is cool to post the website here, however... payup

[True Cut Lawn Maintenance]

drop me a e-mail at wranglerfarmboy85@hotmail.com with that page if you would

thanks

[Avery]

Never has the saying "You get what you pay for" been more true than when buying equipment. Stay away from the gray market tractors.....far far away.

[hosejockey2002]

Stay away from the gray market tractors.....far far away.

Is this advice spoken from experience? I have owned a gray market tractor for nearly five years and it has given me good service. Now, granted I don't use it 40 hours a week, but it starts willingly every time and I have only had minor maintenance issues with it.

[Avery]

Yes it is. I use mine in a commercial application. For a homeowner they may work. But I would not stake my business on them. One guy here bought one last year. It came with an engine re-build kit.

[olderthandirt]

I use mine in a commercial application. For a homeowner they may work. But I would not stake my business on them.

Great advise.................................................

[6'7 330]

Never owned a communist tractor, and never will.

[Rollacosta]

my son today bought a cheap chinese dirt bike ,lets just say i will NOT be buying a chinese tractor NEVER in a million years, the build quality is absolutely terrible

[JohnK]

I looked at a few of the Jinma tractors a couple months ago...right before I bought a Kubota. If you actually get around to seeing them in person you can see why they cost 1/2 what a Kubota, John Deere, New Holland etc costs for what looks like a similar tractor on paper. They just aren't finished as nicely, have more "manual" controls - for example on one I looked at it had 3 levers to operate the loader instead of 1 like most tractors do. Also it had one hydraulic cylinder for the bucket attached in the center instead of 2 like the others.

You may get one and it may work great for you, they have for a lot of other people, but I felt a lot more comfortable going with the Kubota and the terrific dealer out here than with some guy selling them out of his barn.

Also the Jinma dealer said there was only a 90 day warrenty on parts and no warrenty on labor, quite a difference from the 3 years you get with the name brands.

You might want to look at the Montana tractors, the few of those I've seen looked pretty good and are a bit cheaper than the big three. I might have gone with one of those but they didn't have one down quite as small as I wanted to go.

[Rollacosta]

I think i'll be getting a Kubota B2410