Anyone have any experience with these Jinma, Chinese tractors I see are so "economical" (I read cheap) I may be looking for a compact tractor soon and see that I can get on of these new for the same $$ as many of the brand names are used. Just wondering if they are as cheap as I expect they will be considering the cheap Chinese dirt bikes and four wheelers I see out there.

been looking at them also, one fellow that had one for sale in LM told me after he sold it that he had it for one year with no issues. Do a little research and you'll find out that John Deere compacts are made by some asian company[Yanmar?]...and most of these chinese/asian manufacturers have been building millions of units..

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Worth a look for sure. Do you happen to know if anyone in PG distributes?

No I don't, there was a George in the PG buy&sell advertising Jinma...in a couple of different spots. So perhaps he is starting up?? We were waiting to find out what was going to happed with our contract negotiations before we bought. We also want to take a look at Montana and Mahindra tractors for comparison.........

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Did a little research.... Good call on the Montana, and Mahindra. I think one of those would be the way to go over the Jinma.

In PG jinma 284 w/loader is $11,000
Kubota L3400Dt w/loader is $19,300

Online the Montana is even higher $ than the Kubota...

The Jinma is 2/3 the price of the Kubota...looks pretty attractive for a simple piece of machinery?

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Where in PG do they sell Jinma, or was it the one on Craigslist? Wondering if someone is bringing them in and you have to assemble it yourself.....Actually I think there's a place in the lower mainland who is stocking them.