AGCO ST Tractor Line

 I was thinking up grading to a newer tractor. I have been looking at the AGCOs & Masseys. I have demoed a Deere 3520 and it was a fun little tractor but I'm thinking maybe little bit biger would be better. So do you think of the AGCO & Massey tractors?

 With the lack of replys I'd say there must not be to many small AGCO or Massey tractors . Are AGCO dealer don't have any. They tell me how good they are but yet where are they? The dealer also sells Kubota, I wonder why AGCO would let an AGCO dealer sell a competiters product.

I would think the resale on the Agco would stink.

Didn't they discontinue the Agco compact tractors 2 or 3 years ago?

MF compacts are very good we have sold them for 15+ years with very little issues.  MF is in the process of updating several of the models so many are limited supply BUT there is also a new model that replaces them. 

You like Allis tractors and your thinking of getting an MF or AGCO compact?  The current CEO of AGCO killed the "Allis Gleaner Company" and made it "Your AG Company."  Then he proceeded to kill the orange line.

On a strictly tractor note I bought an AGCO ST, (smallest one), for mowing my yard and I love it.  I bought it right after I got the email from an AGCO exec that they were not dropping the orange and two months after I got it they announced they were.  Anyway, it's  a good tractor.  They are all (MF and AGCO), I believe, made by ISEKI.  There is very little difference between it and the Kubota model of the same size.  Both are made in Japan.   I got a good deal on the AGCO and when I bought it they were still supposed to be making orange.  If I had to do it again I would get something different just because I hate be lied to, in general, and I especially hate it when AGCO lies to me and then kills something I hold dear. 

If you want to look in other areas LS tractor is selling there own line in the US now.  They make compacts for New Holland and I believe McCormick and they used to make them for Montana too.  They are made in Korea with Mitsubishi engines in the smaller ones.  Kubota you know about.  Kioti is orange and a good Korean brand too and if you buy a Bobcat compact it's made by Kioti too.  John Deere used to assemble some of their compact models in the US but am unsure if they do yet or not.  Dealer support is usually a big deal but most of these compacts are of good quality and have very little issues.  Personally I'd stay away from all the Chinese brands. 

Right now I'd either get the Kubota or LS depending on price/features and dealer.  I've not looked closely at the LS compacts but if they did make the McCormick I like those.  It seemed like a well thought out design with some nice extras. 

 I'm thinking of adding and take the "CA" off of winter duty.

What HP are you looking for?

After reading the comments, I got to wondering about Montana tractors as I haven't seen any ads for them lately.  The most currant info on them was dated in 2009.  They seemed like pretty good tractors, built in Korea, maybe the same as the outfit that now owns Bobcat.  They also had some bigger tractors that look like Ford (New Holland), made in India, I think.  One of the co owners last name is Hunt and there is reference to J.B. Hunt trucking.  Maybe they got bought out by the Bobcat parent company.

Dennis, I've sold the Masseys for 11 years.  The Masseys are very reliable and we have never had to take a motor or transmission apart on any of the models.  The only thing we've had to do is replace the quick couplers on the GC2300's because of the o rings.  If you get a 1600 series (non Hydro) go for the 12 spd Power Shuttle, they have a great gear range. 

Hears some son tractorhouse and there pricey little buggars!

I'll go against the grain, I love my Deere.  Bought it new in 2004.

I wondered who made Branson.  A neighbor repairs tractors and had a tractor in the shop from China, think it was a Pro something, sold by Northern Hydralics.  Had a real nice heavy built loader but the transmission was junk.  The main shaft had broken and some of the gears were so soft they were worn down.  The owner lives near the mountains and bragged about how big a rock he had moved with it but still, there are 8N fords around there that have been doing the same job for 60 years and still do the job.