I got a JD 4052M this year, which looks to be about the green equivalent of what you are looking at. I would have bought that 7060 but ended up liking the Massey a little better for my needs. I had great luck with my Kubota and don’t think you can go wrong with one.

It’s the most useful tractor accessory made in my opinion. I would also highly encourage you to just get the FEL right out of the gate. For example, if you want a 3pt 606NT you’re going to need a tractor with enough 3 pt lift capacity to to pick it up and enough HP to pull it while it’s engaged with the ground. You will want to consider looking at drills to decide what you might want and go from there. In regard to your drill question, I think you’re going to be undersized for most AG style drills if you stay with the 52 HP. If you’re not working in tight quarters or doing a lot of loader work, I think the conventional transmission with power shuttle is the way to go. I used to think that I loved my hydrostatic transmission until I started doing a lot of long runs with a mower, planter, disc, etc. I recently sold it and bought a 75 HP 6圆 with power shuttle, cab and FEL. The first was a 38 hp Kubota hydrostatic transmission w FEL. I’m no tractor expert but I’ve owned two.

Any thoughts or recommendations on that tractor? All had recommended the power shuttle, but i am not familiar with that at all. One being easier cruise with the hydrostatic, but one feeling like the stick would keep much better pulling power. Does that seem reasonable with the 52 hp? I have had a few people recommend different directions as far as the stick or hydrostatic. I would also like do to do a no till drill at some point if that is at all able to be done with this tractor. He feels as though a 7' brushhog would work great and could do a 6' tiller without issue.

So far, I have only looked at Kubota, where the dealer recommend a mx5200. What I would need it for is brushhogging, pushing snow out of my driveway, tilling for food plots, pulling a square baler, and other things like loaded hay wagons. I have a 25 hp Ford that is going back to its original owner, so I need to get me a new one by end of October.

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