tractor purchase advise

angusangus

Iseki 14/10 compact tractor Does anyone have info on these? Reliable for cleaning yards? Would they lift a yard scraper? Trouble free? Anyone have one or any info please as I'm about to make an offer on one

angusangus

angusangus wrote: »

Iseki 14/10 compact tractor Does anyone have info on these? Reliable for cleaning yards? Would they lift a yard scraper? Trouble free? Anyone have one or any info please as I'm about to make an offer on one

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Nekarsulm

Scarcity of dealers doesn't auger well

20silkcut

Compact tractors are pretty reliable though. They can't exactly be dogged in the way conventional sized ones are.
That iseki your buying is probably a Japanese import that was driving a cultivator in a paddy field and used for little else. Some of these tractors have the cultivator permanently attached so are single purpose used maybe three or 4 times a year. The older ones are very simple with no electronics or sensors etc.
I drive a 14hp kubota that's about 30 years old and she starts on the button every morning in the frost and all. If you mind them like any Diesel engine and keep the oil and filters changed they will go forever.
You would be better off making a scraper yourself just a few inches wider than the back wheels than putting a full size scraper on it. Would be tidier and easier to manoever.

angusangus

20silkcut wrote: »

Compact tractors are pretty reliable though. They can't exactly be dogged in the way conventional sized ones are.
That iseki your buying is probably a Japanese import that was driving a cultivator in a paddy field and used for little else. Some of these tractors have the cultivator permanently attached so are single purpose used maybe three or 4 times a year. The older ones are very simple with no electronics or sensors etc.
I drive a 14hp kubota that's about 30 years old and she starts on the button every morning in the frost and all. If you mind them like any Diesel engine and keep the oil and filters changed they will go forever.
You would be better off making a scraper yourself just a few inches wider than the back wheels than putting a full size scraper on it. Would be tidier and easier to manoever.

Mind me asking what you use your for? Just interested in what they would be capable of t as the one I'm looking at is also 14hp

20silkcut

angusangus wrote: »

Mind me asking what you use your for? Just interested in what they would be capable of t as the one I'm looking at is also 14hp

I use it to scrape yards and push dung out of small sheds. It can clean sheds ,that take an hour to clean manually,in 10 mins.
Also it can take the ifor Williams around sharp corners and put it in places you would not dream of getting with the jeep.
Can comfortably pull it with 5 weanlings.
Has way more grunt than a tractor lawn more and can shove heavy dung mixed with silage in reasonable chunks.
The tyres are a blessing and a curse. They are great out in the ****e but will leave a right print on a lawn or in the field. And if they spin they will do serious ploughing.
Overall I can't fault it though every farm should have one especially ones with small sheds and tight yards the amount of time and hardship saved is unreal.
The only fault is that they can't hook up to conventional machinery.
As I said the older ones are simple uncomplicated machines.

invicta

20silkcut wrote: »

I use it to scrape yards and push dung out of small sheds. It can clean sheds ,that take an hour to clean manually,in 10 mins.
Also it can take the ifor Williams around sharp corners and put it in places you would not dream of getting with the jeep.
Can comfortably pull it with 5 weanlings.
Has way more grunt than a tractor lawn more and can shove heavy dung mixed with silage in reasonable chunks.
The tyres are a blessing and a curse. They are great out in the ****e but will leave a right print on a lawn or in the field. And if they spin they will do serious ploughing.
Overall I can't fault it though every farm should have one especially ones with small sheds and tight yards the amount of time and hardship saved is unreal.
The only fault is that they can't hook up to conventional machinery.
As I said the older ones are simple uncomplicated machines.

+1
Also a gift on log splitter,

Could you justify grass tyres on her, 20 silk cut??
I have them on mine, and sometimes you'd wish you had the cleated ones!but for scraping or around the yard the grass tyres seem to be fine,but you'd never face a grassy hill on a wet day with it!

20silkcut

invicta wrote: »

+1
Also a gift on log splitter,

Could you justify grass tyres on her, 20 silk cut??
I have them on mine, and sometimes you'd wish you had the cleated ones!but for scraping or around the yard the grass tyres seem to be fine,but you'd never face a grassy hill on a wet day with it!

I have never driven one with grass tyres.
But obviously having grass tyres opens up the possibility of lawn work. With a finishing mower on the back it is a tractor lawn mower on steroids.
Them finishing mowers are pricy enough but if you had the work for it it's easily justified. You can get removeable deck mowers for them as well.

invicta

The lady here came off golf course and has mid mounted pto and brackets for mid mounted mower, but never considered one!
Afaik, the mower was raised and dropped from the lift arms-at least that's where there are two stub brackets, plus two more under the foot boards in front of the pto
If interested, maybe we could deal!

homewardbound11

Got a kubota . 20 years old . 20 hp. Most power is to the pto . So check what goes to the wheels . Very reliable . I've mine on grass tyres with a finishing mower. Can cut an acre in 40 mins easily .

Hydrostatic is handy for grass work . But if you need controlled pto and need to control the speed ie spraying rhen possibly a manual gear box would be better .

Love it . Can cut hail rain or snow .
If I was to upgrade . I'd go for 25 to 30 hp for a little more power for rotavatingand ploughing