Nortrac tractors

nortrac is just another of the hundred names used for the Jimmina Chineese tractors. The chineese tractors are based on old US design but the fit and finish is plain slave labor quality. If I had close to 9000 to spend on a 20hp tractor it WOULD NOT be a chineese. I would look at the used compact market, You didnt say if you got any accessories with it, but for $0k you can get an older kubota or JD, Heck I have seen new cub cadet 20hp diesel being sold at end of the year sales near that price. If you do get it make sure you visit http://www.ctoa.net/ and keep up with all the Chinese Tractor Owners Association Home doing.

The nortrac Northern warantee is pretty poor unless you know how to work on tractors. They will say they have dealers all over the US, but unless you know of a local one then your out of luck. And then will they be a dealer in 6 months once they have had to deal with a repair. If you want to save some money and go with an "import" go with the Yanmar Grey market tractors, 4-6K for a nice 20hp 3cyl diesel, Used and not without issues itself but a better tractor than the chineese.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/ is a great site for both yanmar , chineese and other tractors.

 

you could buy a nice used bobcat for 9K

 

Ah, but I found a Homier dealer the other day, who would sell a 20hp in the crate for 3K + shipping (about $500).

I agree, you need to be able to work on them.

But I believe they are here to stay.

 

The homeir are the same chineese tractors. Now the homier tractor are cheaper and might be worth it at that price. at 9K its NOT worth it.

 

You get what you pay for. There is no resale value on the cheap tractors to go along with the poor warranty, lack of parts, and lack of people that can fix them. But look at the money you will save.

 

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I dont know where you are but just using the search terms compact and a price limit of $9000 I came up with a lot of options. Your best bet is to find a local or semi local dealer to buy from.

 

I was at the Farm Machinery Show in Louisville last weekend and priced some tractors. I was looking at 80-90hp, 2 wheel drive, no cab. Funny thing, I could get a Massey Ferguson for just a little bit more than some off brand that may or may not be around in a few years. Before you go spending your hard earned cash, check out major manufacturers- you may be pleasantly surprised.

 

China makes a lot of ok cheap clothing.

China tractors - Uck. No parts, poor fit, no dealers, poor castings.

No point in repeating - whatever Gary said so far, that's my opinion as well.

--->Paul

 

I was at the local Farm & Fleet this weekend and they now sell Cub Cadet mowers and they have a 27 HP model that is right around 9k but the optianal loader and mower add around $3500. they look like a pretty solid machine for a small farm

 

Scorpion5,
Sorry to tell you that Cub Cadet was bought out by MTD, which means most of that tractor is probably outsourced overseas.
Someone mentioned Ford tractors. There are no more Ford tractors or dealers, there is New Holland, Farmtrac, and Long.
You can easily find a very good used fullsize tractor with a loader for under $10k.
Shakeytails,
An 80-90hp tractor, what are you using that big a tractor for? Do you have a large farm?

 

Any tractor under 100hp, (for that matter any tractor, truck, or car) will have parts made from overseas. Many people consider Japaneese vehicles to be superior in quality to some made here in the USA. The problem is with these specific _China_ tractors - there is no support here in the USA for them, and they are of a very poor 'fit & finish'. They are being sold by mass liquidators with no follow-up support. Cub Cadet may not be what it once was, but it still has a dealer network 7 a parts supply system. _Much_ better than the low-cost China stuff.

I own 3 Ford tractors, 1 NH, 2 IHC, and 1 Oliver tractors. The only current name is NH, but I assure you Ford & the other tractors still exist, and are pretty well supported by their current dealer network.

If you round-bale hay, that's about the size tractor you need. for real tillage, you need bigger. Even the newer high capacity small square balers need about that hp. To run an 8' snow blower, you need about that hp. Just an average utility size tractor these days.

--->Paul

 

I know cub cadet is made by mtd i have a self propelled push mower and i love it. There is a big difference in a cub cadet being made in china than a company in chia making one and selling it here in the usa. As for big tractors you can buy as big as you can afford to make the payments on but at least around here the smallish tractors seem to do most of the work and the big ones do there job in the spring and fall plowing and such and sit in the shed the most of the time

 

Beeman, we put up about 30 acres of hay x at least 2 cuttings. There's also plenty of free hay around here if we had reliable equipment. We have a 50 hp loader tractor that will actually do the job, but it doesn't like it. And it doesn't have enough power for a discbine or round baler which we intend to purchase in the future. We had a 90 hp Oliver. but it decided to throw a rod so we're in the market for another tractor. I can get a good used tractor for under 10k, but I was toying with the idea of brand new for about 30k. Just thinking if I buy brand new- I shouldn't have any problems for many years...