Side X Side tractor..... really odd!

[Lil Foot]

Saw one of these at a tractor dealer near Wickenburg, AZ.
It's a Hinomoto JF1:

 

[Kubota_Man]

Odd to say the least

 

[76_Bronco]

That is very odd, but it would be great for making food plots in my hilly back woods property. Here's a video of it tilling> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCZFLIvWHLE It's either a little weak in the hp department, or his ground speed is too fast.

 

[Lil Foot]

Gotta love that windshield..... deflects all that high velocity air from hitting your knees!

 

[Eric McCarthy]

It not much different from the Bobcat Toolcat. Its a UTV that you can put a loder and other toys on.

http://www.bobcat.com/utility_machines/toolcat

 

[helomech]

Yamaha had a 4 wheeler called the terrapro back in the 80's that had a pto. I think it was a 350cc.

http://www.yamahamotorsports.com/sport/epic_atv/1988_terrapro_6a.aspx

http://www.townandcountrymotorsports.com/used/89YamahaTerraPro.htm

 

[Lil Foot]

It not much different from the Bobcat Toolcat. Its a UTV that you can put a loder and other toys on.

Yamaha had a 4 wheeler called the terrapro back in the 80's that had a pto. I think it was a 350cc.

While I agree the concept looks similar, the Hinomoto is not an ATV or UTV.... this thing is a real tractor underneath that goofy truck-like body.
If I had the extra money or time, I'd buy it to restore..... I love oddball stuff like this.

Here are the specs:
http://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/004/7/8/4782-hinomoto-jf1.html

 

[helomech]

While I agree the concept looks similar, the Hinomoto is not an ATV or UTV.... this thing is a real tractor underneath that goofy truck-like body.
If I had the extra money or time, I'd buy it to restore..... I love oddball stuff like this.

Here are the specs:
http://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/004/7/8/4782-hinomoto-jf1.html

Define real tractor. The bobcat weighs just as much and has as much or more hp. And can probable do more work. Restoring it because you like it and it is neat is great, but there are plenty things out there that will do the exact same job.

 

[Lil Foot]

Define real tractor. The bobcat weighs just as much and has as much or more hp. And can probable do more work.

I wondered if my opinion would stir something up....
As I stated, I am not going to buy one of these or anything similar. Perhaps what I should have said is something like this:
"this thing is a real conventionally built, traditional style tractor underneath that goofy truck-like body."

 

[helomech]

I wondered if my opinion would stir something up....
As I stated, I am not going to buy one of these or anything similar. Perhaps what I should have said is something like this:
"this thing is a real conventionally built, traditional style tractor underneath that goofy truck-like body."

Not stirring anything up. I said if you want to restore one because you think it is cool than great. It is still a light weight vehicle with only 20 hp, which is about the same as the UTV. I also think the walk behind tractors are cool and would like to have one of those. Having toys is a good thing.

 

[76_Bronco]

Not stirring anything up. I said if you want to restore one because you think it is cool than great. It is still a light weight vehicle with only 20 hp, which is about the same as the UTV. I also think the walk behind tractors are cool and would like to have one of those. Having toys is a good thing.

It weighs about 600lbs more than my B7200 and has 3 more hp too. I would love to find one to restore and use it to bush hog and plant food plot on my hilly hunting property. I think it would greatly reduce the pucker factor my lil tractor currently gives me on those slopes.

 

[helomech]

It weighs about 600lbs more than my B7200 and has 3 more hp too. I would love to find one to restore and use it to bush hog and plant food plot on my hilly hunting property. I think it would greatly reduce the pucker factor my lil tractor currently gives me on those slopes.

And that is great. It is neat, but watching it struggle in that video to run a tiller makes me not want it.

 

[Eric McCarthy]

Back in the day the old Military issue Jeeps were like a Swiss Army knife, you could run all kinds of things of a Jeep and some had a rear pto and could pull a trencher. I saw a link to it somewhere on here a while back.