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Maintenance advice
25/09/2026
A Japanese import tractor almost always comes without a manual and without maintenance history. This is the complete first service: oil and filters, fuel system, transmission and front axle, cooling, glow plugs, oil seals, brakes, and 3-point hitch, with capacities per model and known weak...
24/09/2026
Can a compact tractor go on the public road in the Netherlands? What the number plate requirement since 2025 means, how a Japanese grey import passes the RDW inspection, when you need a T licence, which lights are compulsory and why 30 km/h makes the...
24/09/2026
Japanese tiller, European rotary tiller or power harrow: which soil cultivation suits your compact tractor? How they work, width per hp, clay and breaking up grassland, PTO and slip clutch, and maintaining tiller blades and chain case.
24/09/2026
Finishing mower for a neat lawn, pasture topper for rough grazing, flail mower for verges and rough ground: how to choose the right mower for your compact tractor. With hp per metre, width per hp class, collector, horse paddock and what to sort out at...
24/09/2026
A front loader on a compact tractor only works with four-wheel drive, enough pump output and ballast at the rear. How to read the lift capacity at 500 mm, choose a quick attach and third function, and what a loader roughly costs.
24/09/2026
Which compact tractor suits a country estate of 3 to 20 hectares? Hp, weight, cab, speed and registration, front loader and hydraulics, mowers for lawn and avenues, forestry winch and a model table from Kubota, Iseki, Yanmar and John Deere.
24/09/2026
Which tractor suits a horse farm? Roughly 25 to 40 hp with 4WD, a hydrostatic transmission and a front loader with a third function. Read how to work with the lift capacity at 500 mm, how to look after the horse pasture and which models...
24/09/2026
Which compact tractor suits your situation? For the hobby garden, horse farm, country estate, orchard, landscaper and woodland: hp class, weight, hydraulics and models, plus new versus Japanese grey import and when a wheel loader is handier.
24/09/2026
The common models from BCS, Ferrari, Pasquali, Antonio Carraro, Valpadana and Goldoni side by side: which Kubota, Yanmar or Lombardini engine is fitted, power, lift capacity, weight, used prices and what to look for when buying.
24/09/2026
Three-point linkage, PTO and hydraulics per model, which implements go well with articulated steering, front-mounted implements on a reversible tractor, the limits of a front loader on an articulated tractor and the alternatives, plus ballast, tyres and track width.
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