Was wondering if any of y'all have any experience with small tractors. 25-40hp
I have learned, since I started kickin tires, that we now have emissions crap on anything over 25hp.
They are required to have a DPF (diesel particulate filter). These filters basically reside in the exhaust system and filter out the soot, in order for me to be able to place my mouth over the tail pipe and take a hit of clean air, thank you al gore.....
And with this system, the tractors must run at high RPM's most ALL the time. ~2200 rpm's I believe.
After a certain amount of hours, the engine must go through a "regen" process, in which the exhaust gases get hot enough to basically clean that DPF.
If, you do not operate the tractor correctly (too much idling, or operating below ~2200 R's for several minutes) the damn thing will make you go in to a PARK regen mode. At this time, you can not operate the tractor, run the R's up and walk away until it completes the regen process.
What a bunch of shit.
However, from what I've studied, it's not that big a deal if you operate the tractor right. But it's certainly something that's new to me and I'm not sure I like the whole idea.
OK, with all that said, I'm looking at Deere and Kubota.
Do any of y'all have any LEGIT, read closely Chance, I said LEGIT, input on the CURRENT offerings in the 25-40hp class of those two brands?
Thanks