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Read articles →A near-100-hour real-use recap from someone who ran this cab tractor through a full winter on a 140-acre cattle operation, feeding 110 round bales, using a grapple bucket, and letting a novice driver log hours. Covers specific gripes (no interior grab handle, awkward reverse pedal, hydrostat noise) alongside genuine positives. Useful for buyers weighing the 5045's cab and hydrostatic setup for small livestock operations.
Posted by the Ozark Trailer MFG & Sales channel, which appears to sell tractors and added the grapple/third-function kit to this demo unit, so expect a generally favorable but not purely objective perspective.
The owner fed 110 round bales over the winter to 25 mommas using the three-point round bale unroller and hay spears, calling it super easy.
No interior grab handle inside the ROPS for exiting, an awkwardly positioned reverse pedal, and the hydrostat being louder and almost annoying compared to a shuttle shift.
Yes, the owner called it a very good fit for 25 head on 140 acres, though larger operations with 100 head or 400 acres may need a bigger tractor.
Yes, it has a heated seat which was nice when feeding hay in the snow, and the owner's son loved it.
