Mitsubishi Compact Tractor

[MOW ED]

Well I had to have a small tractor to do some work and I couldn't pass on this one. I am waiting on delivery of a Mitsubishi MT372 which is a 2 cyl 15hp diesel, 2WD gear. Only has 900hrs and appears to be in good condition. I really bought it for the 3 speed PTO and the Cat 1 3 pt hitch. I am thinking of putting an aerator on it. I also saw a 500lb fertilizer spreader that is 3 pt mounted and PTO driven.
It is coming with a 48" finish mower on the back(thats how I get away with talking about it on this forum):D

Does anyone have any pros and cons with this tractor? I don't plan on doing heavy ground work with it but I would appreciate some - informed- opinions.

I hope I am not out of line here but I'll try anyway, if you have an idea of its worth please e-mail it to me as I know what I paid seems to be a good price for my market but I want to be sure. (Moderators, if this question is out of line here please fix it thanks)

[stslawncare]

looks like a good place to me, now if we had that tractor forum i had mentioned that would be different!

to answer ur question i am not at all familier with this type of tractor. nor have i even heard of it for that matter. however 15 hp is a good size, however a 3pt hitch on it?

[captdevo]

Gray market tractors are good units for the price.

i've owned dozens of them.

Believe it or not, Mitsubishi actually makes Case and Cub Cadet.

That model tractor would sell for approx. $2900

Finish mower new $700 (depending on make)

3pt. $150

Usually Gray market tractors come with a tiller, did you get one?


Why haven't you heard of these brands? Many are only sold new in Japan,but these manufactures make many of the name brands you are familiar with:

JOHN DEERE - YANMAR
CASE - MITSUBSHI
MASSEY FURGUSON- HINOMOTO
WHITE/BOLENS - ISEKI
CUB CADET - MITSUBISHI
FORD/NEW HOLLAND - SHIBARUA
DUETZ ALLIS- HINOMOTO

[Lawncareguy]

I have a Mitsubishi MT 372 also. My daughter loves to ride on it when not using it for work.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b29/dzney52/012708tractor004.jpg
Bill

[joesimoes2]

[QUOTE=Lawncareguy;2120451]I have a Mitsubishi MT 372 also. My daughter loves to ride on it when not using it for work.

I hope that tractor is not moving :drinkup:

[mag360]

[QUOTE=Lawncareguy;2120451]I have a Mitsubishi MT 372 also. My daughter loves to ride on it when not using it for work.

I hope that tractor is not moving :drinkup:

I wouldn't be too concerned. It looks safer than a stroller the way it's set up there.

[DuallyVette]

I've heard of people holding a child on a tractor as pictured, losing their grip, dropping the child, and running over the child.

Back on the farm in the 60's, we kids did LOTS of things that were highly dangerous. I had several close calls, riding on trailers that came loose from a tractor, unlocking the seperate wheel brakes on an old tractor..pressing real hard on the one that didn't work, and ramming it into the new haybaler.

As a 9 year old kid I was riding my friends on the OUTSIDE of a VW with a luggage rack and runningboards. I tried to get them to fall off while driving down a narrow road through the woods. Just good clean fun.

I remember cars without seat belts, and children standing up in the front seat.

You can never be too careful.

[tb8100]

We've sold a bunch of remanufactured Mitsubishis and they've been very good for us. We've had fewer complaints with them than with some of the brand new products we've carried in the past. Just make sure you've got a good source for parts. If you don't, PM me and I can put you in touch with a good company...

[swingset]

You can never be too careful.

Sure you can. You can be so careful you remove the joy out of your life.

Things we did as kids like riding on a tractor with our dads, as I recall, never killed anyone I ever knew. Riding bikes with no helmets, playing with lawn darts, bb-gun wars, ramping our bikes into a creek, you name it. I saw kids fall, saw a broken bone or two, never saw anyone die from riding a bike, or sitting on a tractor with their dad. Has it happened? Yeah, but what are the odds, really? Who's to say your kid doesn't get hit by a meteor, you can't be too careful...better install a better roof.

None of the things of my childhood are part of children's lives nowadays, awesome and fun things, because we have become way too careful.

We're raising generations of people that think you need protective equipment to ride a slow little bicycle that's 12" off the ground, and football is being replaced by soccer because it's not as dangerous. We're becoming a nation of creampuffs, raised by fretting soccer moms.

Ugh.

[pjslawncare/landscap]

I hope that tractor is not moving :drinkup:[/QUOTE]
Raise your own kids and let others raise their own kids. If he wants to give his daughter a ride, he can give his daughter a ride. I sure dont see her crying and kicking to get off, do you?

[MOW ED]

Hi Bill
Nice pic, I give my daughters rides on mine too. Matter of fact, my 12 year old was driving it too. Hope she doesn't get a ticket. I also have rear forks that I put a couple boards on and ride her and her friends around on. Did you get the 3pt fixed yet?
Take care.

[DuallyVette]

Sure you can. You can be so careful you remove the joy out of your life.

Things we did as kids like riding on a tractor with our dads, as I recall, never killed anyone I ever knew. Riding bikes with no helmets, playing with lawn darts, bb-gun wars, ramping our bikes into a creek, you name it. I saw kids fall, saw a broken bone or two, never saw anyone die from riding a bike, or sitting on a tractor with their dad. Has it happened? Yeah, but what are the odds, really? Who's to say your kid doesn't get hit by a meteor, you can't be too careful...better install a better roof.

None of the things of my childhood are part of children's lives nowadays, awesome and fun things, because we have become way too careful.

We're raising generations of people that think you need protective equipment to ride a slow little bicycle that's 12" off the ground, and football is being replaced by soccer because it's not as dangerous. We're becoming a nation of creampuffs, raised by fretting soccer moms.

Ugh.


I would have agreed with you when I was a young fellow. Ask an Emergency Room nurse, and get back to me.

[GravelyNut]

Farm kids are more likely to get hurt as teens working on the farm then they are when young. First drove a tractor when 9 years old.

As for the Mitsubishi, dealer here used to sell them before taking on Kioti. They were decent tractors.

[DuallyVette]

Farm kids are more likely to get hurt as teens working on the farm then they are when young. First drove a tractor when 9 years old.


What does this mean ? Is some punctuation mising ?

[GravelyNut]

What does this mean ? Is some punctuation mising ?

Young as in 6-7 and just going for a ride, as compared to teens actually doing the farm work.

[DuallyVette]

Farm kids are more likely to get hurt as teens working on the farm then they are when young. First drove a tractor when 9 years old.



OK, so you mean that 6 or 7 year old farm children are more likely to get hurt than teens working on a farm. ( I would disagree, but I haven't seen any studies done)

Who first drove a tractor at nine years old ?

[DiyDave]

Those little mitsubishi's are cool little tractors. I have 2 of them. One thing you should check before you buy is the pto shaft. Is it the industry standard 6 spline 1-3/8" shaft, and does it turn clockwise? Both of mine have the smaller metric shaft, and turn backwards from standard. There is a way to convert your way out of this problem for little or nothing, I have addressed this problem over at the TBN site, which has a forum just for Mitsubishi tractors. If you need parts or advice, there are lots of experienced people over at that site(TBN.com), and there are a couple of dealers who frequent there, too. Good luck with your tractor, looks safe to me, at least you weren't on the cell phone in that picture!:hammerhead::hammerhead:

[GravelyNut]

OK, so you mean that 6 or 7 year old farm children are more likely to get hurt than teens working on a farm. ( I would disagree, but I haven't seen any studies done)

Who first drove a tractor at nine years old ?
You have it backwards from what I said. Teens more likely than just kids going for a ride on pop's lap. Or mom's lap in some cases.

And I first drove at that age. Case VAC, VAI and MH 22. And know of others who grew up in farming areas who did it at that age also. By 11 I was doing the repairs to the equipment also. Don't know how many knives on a sickle bar mower I've removed and riveted new ones on, by hand. And we didn't get hurt. It all depends on who does the teaching and how well the kids listen to what is taught. And the funny thing is, I could drive and use the tractors, but couldn't mow the yard on the farm with a power mower. :rolleyes: ROPS, what it that?

[DuallyVette]

I've heard of people holding a child on a tractor as pictured, losing their grip, dropping the child, and running over the child.

Back on the farm in the 60's, we kids did LOTS of things that were highly dangerous. I had several close calls, riding on trailers that came loose from a tractor, unlocking the seperate wheel brakes on an old tractor..pressing real hard on the one that didn't work, and ramming it into the new haybaler.

As a 9 year old kid I was riding my friends on the OUTSIDE of a VW with a luggage rack and runningboards. I tried to get them to fall off while driving down a narrow road through the woods. Just good clean fun.

I remember cars without seat belts, and children standing up in the front seat.

You can never be too careful.

I actually heard of a man that was riding his grandson while bush hogging. The child fell off and was run over with the bushhog.

I was also mowing the lawn and the roadsides on the farm. I sent my little sister to the hospitol when a rock hit her.

[dbear]

Who first drove a tractor at nine years old ?

I actually started earlier than that. At 5, I can remember sitting on my mom's lap and trying to steer a 9N, NAA (no power steering) and 841 between the rows of trees in my uncle's orchard.

That year, my dad bought our own farm and I could always be found riding along with him, and occasionally driving, during all cash crop farming operations.

By the time I was maybe 7, I was performing tillage tasks (discing and dragging) by myself, and by 9, operating and maintaining all of our equipment, to include our combine, again, by myself.

We never had any accidents more serious than those that could not be taken care of by a simple band-aid. Not one! The secret to this is to have a full understanding of, and the respect for, the dangers, potentials, and limitations of equipment you're operating; and thru constant attention and observation of operating parameters, both internally (machine) and externally (environment) related. Something my parents drilled into my head from any early age.

These should not be foreign concepts to any of you. Think about when you're running your Z's. How many of you walk the property before the first cut to scout for trash, debris, toys,... and to just become familiar with the lay-of-the-land? How many still do this? How many of you maintain your machines in top condition in order to minimize the potential of problems and/or dangers? How many slow down on turns, rough sections, and hillsides?

The problem with today's kids is that we tend to over-protect them thru the use of engineering controls - i.e. safety guards, helmets, pads,... I'm not saying that there shouldn't be these protections, but that we fail to educate them as to why these controls are needed. Hence, the all important connection between action and consequence is not occurring inside our childrens' brains. They're just not thinking ahead; not anticipating the possible outcome.

If you don't believe me, just watch one of those TV shows or Internet offerings that glorify these idiots or as like to refer to it, "Stupid Human Tricks!" Take for instance the one where some kid lights a bottle rocket off while holding it between his bare butt cheeks. He is truly surprised when he receives some severe burns for his brainstorm idea. Or how about the kid who decides to jump a flight of stairs on his skateboard between parking lot levels and gets his legs run over because he failed to think about checking for traffic. The scariest part of this whole phenomena is that these Einsteins are our country's future.

[mag360]

I actually heard of a man that was riding his grandson while bush hogging. The child fell off and was run over with the bushhog.

I was also mowing the lawn and the roadsides on the farm. I sent my little sister to the hospitol when a rock hit her.

It definitely pays to be careful, but you can find fault with just about anything if you look hard enough. Children are killed in car accidents too I guess. Bush hogging would be pretty dangerous without a full cab on the tractor but riding on a tractor without any implements has got to be one of the safer things a kid can do these days.