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Read articles →This is a family-owned 2014 5075E (about 1,000 hours) walked through by the owner's son, focused on real-world after-market additions rather than showroom specs: the added cab door kit, mirrors, lights, telescopic draft links, battery disconnect, and a custom sprayer-marker mount. It covers cab controls, PTO/gear ranges, engine sourcing, and matching it to a 15-foot batwing mower, plus honest talk on payload limits and cab dust concerns. Good for buyers weighing a used, lightly-modified E-series for pasture/timberland use.
Posted by the Paul Family Pastures Farm channel, an owner-operator family sharing hands-on impressions of their own tractor rather than a dealer or reviewer.
Yes, the Woods 180 batwing needs 58 hp PTO minimum and the 5075E outputs about 61 to 62 PTO horsepower, so it handles it but is near the limit.
Toolbox and radio are standard, but the passenger door, mirrors, front lights, battery disconnect, and telescopic draft links were all added aftermarket.
The tractor is assembled at John Deere in Indiana, but the engine is made in India and the drivetrain comes from China.
Yes, the owner recommends a cab to avoid dust and silicosis risk if using the tractor outside a lot, saying it's more comfortable than a dust mask.
