Cab Tractors, Ranked by Three-Point Lift

Three-point lift is published at two different places on the hitch, and this list contains both. John Deere's 5075M shows the gap on one machine: 5,685 lbs at the lift points (the hitch balls) and 4,793 lbs with the load 24 inches behind them, about 16 percent less from the same cylinders. In this catalog the Deere, Massey Ferguson and Case IH figures are taken 24 inches back, while most LS, TYM and Yanmar figures are taken at the ball ends. A rotary cutter or tiller carries its weight well behind the balls, so the 24-inch number is the more useful one, and a ball-end rating that sits a few hundred pounds above a 24-inch rating on this list is not proof of the stronger hitch.

A cab changes the machine around it. On the 5075M, Deere lists the cab tractor 420 to 440 lbs heavier than the open-station version in both two-wheel and front-wheel-assist form. Height matters more than weight for most owners: LS gives the MT7101CPS as 107 inches to the top of the cab, close to nine feet, and unlike a folding ROPS a cab cannot be lowered to get under a low barn or shed door. Measure the opening before buying, and check transport height on a trailer as well.

What the cab buys back is a clean place to sit. Equipment dealer RDO points to dry or dusty ground, grass clippings and flying debris as the conditions where a cab earns its place, and notes that some aftermarket cabs let the windows come out for summer, a middle path for owners who want an enclosure only part of the year. Factory cabs can add climate control as well; Kubota's MX4900 cab, introduced in spring 2025 as the lowest-priced cab in that series, is heated and air-conditioned.