New NEW new CaseIH STX 500.....my thoughts

[hamboyz06]

Well, I just got home excited like a kid with a new pack of football cards. I just made a trip to my local "red" dealer on my way home from work and picked up the new STX500. All I can really say is.......its bigger, better, meaner than the initial castings in the STX lines. It's a brick....super heavy. The details are really good, the tires definitely look like they belong, instead something that I'd want to replace. It rolls really smooth. I would suggest this as a purchase. Below are some pics with comparisons with it and the JD 9530 & the newer STX435. Enjoy







Well, I think the JD 9530 is gonna be "retired from my farm" and put up on the bookcase and the STX500 will be my new Big Dog.

[Quinton DeDecker]

wow nice tractor, glad to see case ih is steping it up in the toys, it looks like a beast

[John K.]

Looks like a nice tractor. What dealership did you get it from?

[hamboyz06]

Sioux International, here @ Sioux Falls

[hamboyz06]

Just noticed this a little bit ago.....In tradition of me having the un-orthodox........evidentally the assembler's at the local dealership were in a hurry

Haha

[mstjhamfarms]

Well, guess who just showed up at my doorstep with an 2011 STX 500. Yep enough about him, the tractor is simply gorgeous. Aside from the tire issue, the tractor is worth well more than $10. This is at least $15-20 quality. The casting is perfect the articulation point is nimble and precise. Extra details are awesome. It is missing the rear light bar, oh well. Ertl you have done an extremely good job!

[Quinton DeDecker]

how the turing radious on these ones, on the old ones they hardly turned

[70ds]

I think I am going to have to pick one of those up. They are sharp. I hope the NH's are that nice when they come out. If they are Minkler Farms will have a blue tractor on it for the first time in it's history.

[steiger9330]

They look good. I hope they come out with a small frame version.

[mnjosh]

Looks nice and sounds like a very nice model to add. I'll be looking forward to the blue version of it.

[mstjhamfarms]

I got mine today! I took some pics with the Big Red Dawgs but the lighting, focus all stunk. I did accomplish a trial run with the 72ft cultivator and it pulls pretty well. The articulation hinge will need some lubrication plus the front inner duals are rubbing on the fenders. I don't know if CIH is upping the tire size on the 500 but the tires are absolutely huge (900s?). The whole model dwarfs my 525 Pro and Big Bud 500. It looks like the 525 PRO is going back in the box and the Bid Bud could be short lived. Enjoy the pics...

[hamboyz06]

yup.....you're right on you're way to have yourself a red dealership

[mstjhamfarms]

Yeah, its getting, there. Should I place that on the "display" sub-post? Just kiddin all, just talkin dumb trash...laugh all its hump day!

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to both of you

[steiger9330]

I bet you don't have to worry about that cultivator getting caught in the carpet...the Steiger probably has enough horsepower to plow through it!

[mstjhamfarms]

It pulls really well through the short shag which is throughout the house. The long Shag rug (actual 5x7') I had to use the 32' NH disk and JD crumbler to knock down the "stubble". OBTW I used my PTA325 Panther for that job.

[magnum 7240]

is this tractor plasticly because it looks it is

[mstjhamfarms]

The new STX 500 is the heaviest of all the tractors you see in the pictures. The only thing that is plastic are: the tires/wheels, weights, cab, muffler/intake everything else is cast. Please DO NOT drop this on your feet.

[Deleted]

I just picked one of these up. Best ertl product for a long time. Beautiful construction. One heavy tractor.

[hamboyz06]

Definitely.......makes you wonder what could be in the future......guess it just depends on demand and the "economy" of the hobby