MSRP for 2WD open station; Deere lists MFWD separately at $7,103
Where the 5E line starts offering choices: a cab, a 12F/12R PowrReverser and even an eHydro are all on the 5060E order sheet, none of which the 5050E below it can have. Same 2.9 L PowerTech, same DPF-free aftertreatment, ten more horsepower.
1.37 PTO hp per $1,000 of list price
As published by the maker
On the price: This figure is the maker's published price for 2WD open station; Deere lists MFWD separately at $7,103. It is a real published number but not a like-for-like one, so nothing on this site ranks it against the bare-tractor prices — not the per-dollar picks, not the matchup pairings.
Lift figures are the maker's and are quoted at whichever point the maker chose; the about page explains why two loaders with the same number do not lift the same pallet.
Comes with
From owner discussion and long-term write-ups
Gathered from owner reports
Two things dominate what owners say about this tractor, and neither appears on a spec sheet. The first is that it is built in India, which owners discover from the manual rather than the brochure - one who cares about buying American was openly disappointed, and says with hindsight he wishes he had looked harder at Massey Ferguson. The second is what the E in the name costs you. That same owner lists what he expected to be standard and had to pay extra for: side mirrors, stereo, rear wiper, a passenger-side door (he has a glass panel bolted shut instead), a second hydraulic valve, and a seat with lumbar support. His conclusion is that he would rather it were all simply included, because the upgrade prices are irritating once you add them up. He still says the tractor gets the job done.
The alarming report is a severe one. An owner describes a machine that has been in the workshop more than the field, with the engine rebuilt at five hours, numerous modules and sensors replaced, repeated reprogramming and calibrations, two seasons missed because it would not run, brakes he calls non-existent, and a dealer quoting $1,200 to replace a battery that failed seven months in. Read that as one badly wrong machine rather than the norm - other owners are content, one reporting no comparison in comfort between this cab and his open-station Kubota - but it is on record in more than one discussion. The more broadly useful complaint concerns three-point lift height: an owner who also runs a smaller 4-series gets about 2.5 feet of clearance under his brush hog with the small tractor and barely a foot with this larger one, has adjusted the top link for maximum lift, and was told by a Deere mechanic on site that nothing is wrong and that is all the lift there is. If you need height under a rear implement, measure it before you sign.
Summarised from public owner discussion, not from testing. Nothing here was measured by this site, and a report that recurs is not the same as a defect rate.
Cross-shopped against
Same brand or same size, nearest in price
John Deere
The 5E most often bought for baling: 49 PTO hp out of the 2.9 L PowerTech, a Category 2 hitch and 6,029 lb of machine in 4WD trim, with a cab, PowrReverser or eHydro all available. It sits about $2,600 under a 5075E for 8.6 fewer horsepower.
Spec sheet & owner notes
John Deere
Deere's real utility line starts here, and it is a different animal from the compacts below it: a 2.9 L PowerTech three-cylinder that Deere builds itself, a Category 2 hitch lifting 3,192 lb, and no diesel particulate filter to regenerate.
Spec sheet & owner notes
John Deere
Where Deere's compacts stop pretending to be lawn equipment: 42.5 hp, a 3,770 lb frame and 15.4 GPM of hydraulics. M trim drops the R's cab, premium electronics and suspension seat, which is most of the several-thousand-dollar gap.
Spec sheet & owner notes