I was green my whole life until recently and went red.

I have 2 orange ones and a farm full of green ones. They are tools and I don't baby any of them and I can't say nothing bad about any of them. Just make sure you got the size tractor for size job you have.

If you go red does that mean you're embarrassed?

No. I got friends who run em. One is legally colorblind so he can't help it.

There's a reason that John Deere is the most popular farm tractor in North America.

We've got access to several tractors- all green. But I will add that they're all a number of years old. jd ain't the only tracs made but you will mostly lose money on anything other than green when it comes trade or sell time.

What is this thread about?

Red like Massey or that Indian garbage they advertise on tv. If it isn't green and yellow it ain't worth a cornbread f.

Motors and the hydraulics are good on the red but the rest of the machine is junk (metal parts, front ring gear, housing around front drive shaft, hub assembly, the whole steering console fell off where it hinges forward and backwards, the brake pedals have had to be replaced in order to use the parking brake because the metal wore so bad the parking brake would not work, both tyrods have had to be replaced because they broke, and you are looking at a minimum usually of a week or more to get parts. Oh and the tractor only has 2,000 hours on it. None of the switches work and the key switch has been replaced once. This is my dads tractor and he bought it new. Total POS! It might be ok if you just used it every now and then but if you're depending on a machine to make a living your gonna go broke trying to run red.


Oh and for the red tractor guys try to bushhog some waist high weeds and grass with the little fuzzies and see how long it takes before you run hot.

The Deere cab is more operator friendly than any other on the market too.

I’ve been on a JD 55 hp and 85 hp that wouldn’t hold up in the white fuzzies for any more than an hour or slightly longer at a time before needing to cool down, or they’d simply bog down and overheat. . I’ve already cut over 40 acres of HEAD high white fuzzies with red and haven’t missed a lick. I drove and looked at a bunch of tractors for months before going Mahindra, and I can confidently stand behind my decision and glad I did. In the HP class I was looking at the choice was pretty easy if I started comparing apples(red) to apples(green). These arguments are about like the Ford vs Chevy people. It’s pointless to argue. I saw things on the new greens I was not a fan of and things I really liked about Mahindra. So far im quite pleased with the outcome and everybody I know who owns one talks highly of them, soooooo

Yeah my dad talks highly of his too. the fuzzies are bad for any tractor no doubt but the one I'm familiar with is a 4110 ( 40 horse) and that things radiator will clog up the quickest of any tractor I have ever seen. It had a bad design on the air flow to the radiator. But I will say this, that tractor holds 7 gallons of diesel fuel and you would be hard pressed to run that out in a full days work. I've never operated another make of tractor that did that good on fuel consumption.

Always knew you was a commie

Yeah you gotta clean those screens OFTEN on any of them in that fuzzy stuff. One thing I don’t like about the Mahindra is the process you gotta go through to get to the trash guards in the first place. It ain’t easy.

Always knew you was a complainer.

For calling you commie?

Nah. You just a generalized complainer. You’re complaining now.

Theys several different red tractors out there and i cant speak for any but mahindra and ither than some ergonomic stuff they are good machines. I like jd but they aint that great other than good resale and warranty stuff they are very dealer oriented just like every tractor sold. My brother is having issues with his jd dealer and he has already spent bout 185k and fixin to spend about 200k on them and he cant get the dealers to get off their lazy butt to do nothing. Theyve pretty much(and most every other john deere dealer ive messed with..bout 5 ofem) think...well..we sell john deere soooooo...like...we're the best and stuff...soo buy our stuff with our outrageously over priced parts and service...and..we'll take all your money..sorry...but we're not sorry. We have 4 jd bigger than 100hp at work and they do well but they tear up pretty regular and arent problem free..at all. We got one 100hp kubota..good tractor but stays in the shop due to emissions crap..and thats alot of the issues with our jd's too. My brother also had several issues that should have been covered under warranty that the dealer gave him as much trouble as they could. Soo..i see it like this..if i was a pro farmer and used a tractor everyday commercially and new that there was a good chance that theyd eventually give me issues..i may go with a big name just soo ive got a rock solid warranty on my big equipment. As far as anything less than 80 or 90hp im gonna buy a mahindra probly just cause there emissio s system doesnt do a buncha gobbldy gook and i feel like that is a weak link iin diesel engines today. I ran a 34hp mahindra 1533 and put about 150hrs on it in 5 months....i ran it HARD!...and did stuff with it it was not even remotely designed for...all i managed to do to it was bust the weld on the corner of the bucket. We got a kubota of the exact same size..and it just cant hang..still a dang fine machine, its just not as strong. The dealer this tractor was bought from is top notch red carpet as well. Here in the real world id really prefer a mid 90's ford 4x4 bout 60hp or a jd of around the same era...i aint got much love for anything made past bout 06.

This X 100.

A 5000 series Deere (or similar weight in other tractor brands) is heavy enough to work and use the loader without 4wd. That size tractor is a completely different animal than a compact utility tractor, where 4wd is essential to get acceptable performance with a loader.

Im starting to do some of my own learning and research on all colors of tractors because I will be buying one at some point in the next year. Right of the bat I was stunned at the price difference when comparing tractors of different brands but in the same horse power class.