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Originally Posted by Mark Henry
Except for seahawks those are all toys, if you want to bushhog you want 50hp diesel minimum. Mine is 60hp FWD White 2-60, which really is a Fiat 640DT
Get a dedicated mower first, I have a JD X320
If you are handy get a solid older model, easy to work on without all the tier4 crap.
This is experience talking, done my share of messing around with the toy tractors, never again.
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Some of older brands 35+ hp were skinned over Fiat's. Awesome tough and a bargain buy. Lots of parts interchange too... if you know or have the resources.
The cast chassis were far heavier made vs. ANY Japanese of the same class HP. Matter of fact, some of the larger Kubota's back when were Fiat made chassis. (I think it was the M class.)
The LONG tractor out of Tarboro, NC is a good example. Fiat produced out of Romania. Laugh but these were tough rugged machines, direct injection, great 4wd and without the flim-flam styling.
Point being, you want a hardcore machine to do the job and not get caught up in the pretty look or color, chrome crap, extra useless lever this or that. Look at all those old Fords from the 1950's that have sit outside all those years but still work!