Posted by JDseller on July 04, 2012 at 07:49:54 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: farmtrac posted by martye on July 04, 2012 at 05:19:00:
The Montana/Farmtrac has been several different tractors over the years. The older models had a four digit model number that the last part of was the horsepower. I don't think that a 545 is a 2007 it would have to be newer. The 545 is a renamed Farmtrac tractor. Farmtrac went out into bankruptcy in 2008. They had some models built in India and Korea. So I would say it is a 2009 or newer. Now it could be an old inventory Farmtrac. I think Montana bought the old inventory to resell.
Now they are not even selling new tractors. Here is what the web site has posted now:
Thank you to all of our customers and dealers!
Effective January 1, 2011 Montana Tractors, LLC transitioned from a tractor and implement distributor to a parts, service and warranty company.
I would RUN RUN away from it if it was me. Down the road parts will be an issue and resale will be next to nothing, it is not very high right now. The tractor itself is not a bad machine but you will have a white elephant in just a few years with no parts support. Plus the company has a confusing ownership trail. So it is unlikely that anyone will buy the whole thing to start manufacturing them again. If it is someone that was a dealer then I would take everything he says with a BIG grain of salt. He stuck with the thing and is trying to sell it before it looses anymore value. The company is dead and does not look to be coming back.
If I was buying this type of tractor I would go with Mihindra. They seem to be a fair tractor and the company seems stable.
Myself I would rather spend that amount of money on a used main brand tractor even if it has more hours. I look at a tractor from a mechanics view. I want to be able to get parts to keep it running. I also want those parts to be readily available. I have seen the trouble guys around me have gone through on Long, Hesston, and Belarus just to name a few. None of these are bad tractors but I have seen them set for YEARS waiting for some part to be found so they could be repaired. That is not for me. Its your call but I think buying one of these is just throwing your money away sometime in the future.
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