School me on 40hp tractors

You got a nice deal there^

 

I'd say you got a deal there.

 

THATS what I'm talking about, right there!

Whats a dpf?

Knock off the trailer and the brushhog and its getting close to budget as well!

 

Great input thx

The "buyers remorse" for too small is why I'm not looking at Kubota B series and going straight to the L

 

Have about the same setup and attachments. But also have a 60in snowblower. And get forks. You will not regret that $500 spent.

 

Diesel particulate filter

Costs about $13,500 to replace

 

depends on the aize and who is bending you over.
Plus you can cook them and burn out the old soot.

so a little more on emissions. Tractors older than 2015 shouldn’t have them. After 2015 and under 75hp. Is typically just EGR and a DOC (cat). Some even have no after treatment just egr. Above 75hp will add a DPF and DEF

 

I would look at them all and see what you like best. I personally didn't even consider Green or Orange due to the fact that their equivalent tractors were $10-15k more but that's just me. A person can buy a lot of implements for $15k. I wanted a hydro trans for loader work and mowing near buildings and I did not care for the Kubota forward/reverse single pedal. I got a ton of standard options that end up costing lots more on other tractors. ie. telescoping 3 point arms, 3 sets of rear remotes, draft control, cruise, 7 point connector in back, a lever on the back of the tractor to raise and lower the 3 point arms (best option ever as I don't have to go inside the tractor to make height adjustments), front and rear work lights and front and rear wipers w/ washer fluid etc.... Had the dealer fill the rears with beet juice also.

I agree with the buy bigger than you think you need. I was originally looking at one size smaller frame size and am happy I went with the size I did. Sure lots of things can be done w/ less its just a time thing but my thinking was I will only be doing this once. Well last night I was thinking about a 12' batwing mower and 80hp as I was using my 7' flail and 50hp. Ha

Since this is turning into a pic thread. When tractor was new w/ 12" auger and loaded up last night to knock another field down after work.

 

Another consideration that I don't think anyone mentioned is tires. Ag tires are best for off-road, mud, etc. as they are thin, tall, and aggressive but if you ever drive it across your lawn it will likely jack it up depending on how dry it is and the weight of your tractor. Industrial tires (R4's) are wider, less aggressive but can still get the job done off-road albeit not as well as Ag tires. Then there are turf tires, lawn friendly but not great off-road.

 

Good point. I have the R4s on mine and for the amount of time it is used on lawn, I wish it had ag tires. The traction with the R4s suck.

 

That's good to know. I was oogeling those tires and considering them. I run my Ag's over the lawn on occasion and they can rip it up...then again, I couldn't care less about grass....

 

www.everythingattachments.com for implements.

 

When reading this I had to look up where LS is made, South Korea. I know nothing about them but based on forklifts, South Korea and Taiwan as well as US and Japan all make good quality. China is better than it was, but still lacking.

On another note, surprised how low the hours are on these. We see forklifts all the time with over 10K hours and I have customers that have lifts with over 40K hours.

 

If you really want to tear shit up put these on, rice and cane tires. Had them on my AC 7000 when I was dairy farming. They go in the mud.

 

LS motors are designed off a Mitsubishi, or a copy of,from what I’ve read and been told.

 

that depends on which series your talking about. The smaller 1&2 series use Yanmar

 

Yanmar diesels have been good, based on my experience.

 

Well look up LS R4041 tractor and see for yourself. It states 2.5 liter 4 cylinder diesel Mitsubishi

 

That’s not a current production unit
It looks like the MT3 and XP seires use the same 3cyl turbo unit thats branded as LS but uses a Mitsubishi style engine model name. Theres so much overlap and cross pollinating of engines and chassis in the industrial world it will make your head spin.

 

baconologist, you seem pretty knowledgeable about tractors. You work in the industry?