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R.W 
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 Topic: Lemon Tractors?
Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 8:56am |
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How many of you have bought a lemon tractor? If so what was the tractor and what were the problems?
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split51
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 10:51am |
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A guy here in my town was selling a tractor called a FarmPro. I think they were Korean built. . He quit selling them about a year later because too many were coming back to him with problems.
Edited by split51 - 03 Mar 2011 at 11:32am
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JohnCO
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 11:31am |
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I'm thinking they are made in China, and they are junk.
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Chris (swIA)
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 11:37am |
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My FIL has a Hudson(same as Farm Tec and the other imports) and he has had trouble with the hydrualic pump and alternator and the top link hits the back of the seat. for the price you can find a good used tractor that will still be working years after the imports go back to china in a box.
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SHAMELESS
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 11:46am |
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sum years ago, was at a home/garden show...with...you know who! anyways...a guy there was selling them farm pro tractors, i was looking it over and asked the salesman where the battery was? he didn't know! asked him how much weight it would lift, how many hours per gallon, how many hp? he did n't know, asked if he ever sold any? said oh yes alot of them! asked what else he sold, like equipment to go with the tractor? while he was away getting the broshures, i went away too!
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Dick L
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 12:41pm |
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Aint nutten bad about my lemmon tractors.
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AC WD45
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 12:52pm |
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Nortrac's had a problem with their loader tractors breaking frames in half. I think they corrected it. They also had a problem with the clutch wearing out in tractors with shuttle shift mut this is common with Kubota and John Deere aswell.
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Steve M
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 1:38pm |
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I'd say every tracor that Dick has owned was a Lemon tractor:)
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Steve M
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 1:39pm |
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Tractor.......I can't spell
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Good
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 2:22pm |
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Rural King was selling the farm pro tractors or (farm something). They were leaking oil in more than one spot brandnew and the castings had alot of nonfill. the ones that sat outside for a couple years the paint faded really bad. They were made in china according to the sales people. Imagine trying to get parts for them.
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denno
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 4:28pm |
i am in the hotel renovation business and more and more stuff is coming from china, mirrors, lamps, furniture, it is junk. but cheap. owners go for cheap.
dennis
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hillmonkey
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 4:58pm |
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i like orange tractors better than lemon tractors. hm
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 7:44pm |
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I haven't bought a lemon tractor as of yet but I am storing BIL's FarmTrac 35 for him. So far it is doing fine but from what I have read about them they have had numerous problems. Parts are expensive if you can find them. So are the service manuals. It is a copy of an older Ford design made in India.
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Jeff-in-Kunkletown
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 7:50pm |
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I never tried one but I've heard the Minot that Tractor Supply sold for awhile were no good.
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m16ty
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 9:19pm |
Any tractor sold at any of the big chain stores are junk. Even if you do end up getting a good one you won't get any parts or service support when you need it.
It always blows my mind why anybody would spend 10K on one of these junk tractors when they can buy a better used tractor for half the money.
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SHAMELESS
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 10:30pm |
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was at a consignment sale last month, there was a brand new const front end loader there with just a few hours on it. by a few in mean less than 10. was a 2009 model, the brand name i can't remember, the owners manual was in it, but no one could read it! some foreign print. it looked nice, looked strong, but coudn't even tell what engine was in it. dunno if it sold or not, didn't stay that long. but have never seen that brand even on the web. dunno where it came from. no dealers name stickers on it anywhere.
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 11:22pm |
 Good wrote:
Rural King was selling the farm pro tractors or (farm something). They were leaking oil in more than one spot brandnew and the castings had alot of nonfill. the ones that sat outside for a couple years the paint faded really bad. They were made in china according to the sales people. Imagine trying to get parts for them. |
All you gotta do for parts is buy an extra tractor. My oldest brother bought one of those 5000 series green tractors several years ago. All the broken miss fitting parts were fixed or replaced by the end of the second year so it works OK now. He was wishing he had his 1650 Oli back while the new one spent so much time in the shop.
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