I bought one about a month ago. If you take the cash deal, there is a $2,500 rebate from Deere. That is what I did and got the tractor for $15,250, including the larger rear tires, fluid and delivery.
I cut, raked and baled about 400 square bales - so far, so good.
Basic, no frills tractor.
When I bought mine I was not color shopping, though I wanted to stay with older line brands for the dealer support. Kubota was out from the start as I didn't care for the dealer. That left Massey Ferguson, New Holland and John Deere.
I wanted a tractor with higher clearance for straddling wind rows and enough power to make a 4x4 bale one of these days. I also wanted parts support long term as I'll use this tractor and my boys after I retire/expire. The MF 2615, NH Workmaster 55 and JD 5055d were the choices.
The MF was lower to the ground and has a Simpson diesel. I'm sure nothing wring with the Simpson as I'm told it's a Perkins clone, but when I google, don't see much in the way of parts. The NH is a nice tractor, but the dealer him-hauled around about if he could get one and the price was the highest of all three choices. It has a Shurabura (sp?) which I think is a good engine, but not sure about parts. IMHO, the #1'reason to buy the Deere is the 3029 engine. In my day job, I have experience with this engine in generators. They are durable, high hour engines and lots of parts everywhere. The basic design of the 5055d has been around for 20ish years. There are some problems I've read with melting fuel tanks from hit castings nearby (from a hydraulic problem), but from what I can glean, it is on the 9/3 tranny tractors vs the 8/4 in the 5055d. Also some of these tractors have some brake return springs internal to the rear end (as I understand it) that can be problematic, but that is with hydraulic actuated brakes. The 5055d has mechanical brakes.
If you buy the tractor, have the dealer put it on a dyno to seat the rings and pay attention to the manual for the first 100 hr engine break-in requirements.
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