Tractor King brand tractor reviews?

[grumpy1]

Found a 20 horse diesel tractor on Craigslist it's a Tractor King 200 This is a "rural king" type tractor. Fairly cheap price - wise and would be handy around the homestead. I don't know much about the brand. Has anyone had experience with these before?

[Jolly]

20hp, built by Jinma. Light duty tractor. Unless you are really, really good with a wrench, run, do not walk away from this tractor.

Different folks have different opinions, but if you can scrape together five to six thousand dollars, you can find some pretty decent stuff. I've seen mid-20hp Kubota, Ford (Shibaru) and John Deere (Yanmar) stuff go for that, not to mention something like a decent Ford 3000, 3600 or 3910, or if you are the right person at the right time.

[Wild_Bill]

I have a 1983 kabota 7100 i no longer need! 14 hp everything works good 3300 hrs. Runs a 4 foot hog just fine.

[grumpy1]

I settled for a yanmar mf1700

[logbuilder]

I'd call that a garden tractor. I searched for images and finally got one. It apparently is not very popular. Ability to get parts is really important as well as shop manuals.

Here is the pic I found. Is it the right one?

[logbuilder]

Is this the Yanmar? Does it have a cat 1 3 pt? With an implement on the back, it looks like it might need front weights.

[Wyobuckaroo]

I have seen enough compact tractors, and comments about them to say all the major brands make a good product...

The "whole package" is more important than anything to me... That is, price, service and parts availability within a reasonable distance to you... Model and size, hp, depends on the jobs you have and implements you need to do them with... This applies regardless of the color on the tractor as far as I'm concerned...

In my part of the woods green was the best option for me and my needs..

Tractordata dot com = tec data
Tractorhouse dot com = what's for sale where

forums
tracorbynet dot com
mytractorform dot com
greentractortalk dot com

Good luck....

[logbuilder]

Originally Posted by Wyobuckaroo

I have seen enough compact tractors, and comments about them to say all the major brands make a good product...

The "whole package" is more important than anything to me... That is, price, service and parts availability within a reasonable distance to you... Model and size, hp, depends on the jobs you have and implements you need to do them with... This applies regardless of the color on the tractor as far as I'm concerned...

In my part of the woods green was the best option for me and my needs..

Tractordata dot com = tec data
Tractorhouse dot com = what's for sale where

forums
tracorbynet dot com
mytractorform dot com
greentractortalk dot com

Good luck....

Adding one more site that has helped me a lot over the last decade.

http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/

Good folks for older tractors. I had a 9N for 12 years. It was a worker.

[M88A1]

What's fairly cheap price-wise?

[grumpy1]

That is a pic of the little yanmar. Also found a pretty good deal on a 5 ft new holland finish mower. Pulling that the little tractor seems to run hot which is a problem for those. They make a water pump for those which can be purchased as a kit on hoyereactor.com or just the pump on ebay etc. Has anyone had any experience with adding one of them?