New Holland’s subcompact Boomer 25C tractor has been a hit with dealers and customers alike since its launch two years ago
When New Holland first launched its Boomer 25C tractor at AgQuip 2022, the company said the new unit was filling a previously unrepresented gap in its product line-up.
It marked the manufacturer’s re-entry into the subcompact tractor market, targeting those with acreage wanting a small but versatile machine for jobs around the property and gardens.
Fast forward two years and the Boomer 25C is achieving its target and proving a winner, thanks to its versatility and ease of use.
“It’s a versatile tractor in terms of having so many uses and applications, so it’s really hit the ground running,” Stag Machinery Group sales manager Bruce McGregor says.
“Our customers have been really pleased, because they’re so versatile and also liking the fact they’re easy to operate and anyone in the family can use them.
“It’s suitable for everyone and it’s just a good all-round tractor which is also very competitively priced.”
Stag Machinery Group is a Queensland-based New Holland dealer which has branches in Toowoomba, Dalby and Chinchilla.
As McGregor says, its customers have found the Boomer 25C to be a winner and this endorsement is certainly not region-specific.
To cite just one example, Farms & Farm Machinery highlighted the Mount Martha Public Golf Course’s use of the Boomer 25C last year, with maintenance and upkeep of the course on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula made easier with the subcompact tractor.
Another user experiencing the tractor’s benefits is Stag Machinery Group customer Hedley Eulenstein.
He used to own a larger farm in north-west New South Wales but is now semi-retired and lives on the outskirts of Toowoomba, where he owns 320 acres (130 hectares).
The Boomer 25C is a relatively recent purchase for Eulenstein, having only clocked up 30 hours on it, but this has been long enough for the experienced tractor owner to feel satisfied with his purchase.
This was also his first ever investment in the blue of New Holland tractors, having chosen it in part due to its immediate availability at Stag Machinery Group and the “terrific” service he received.
“This is the first New Holland tractor I’ve ever owned and I’m very pleased with it,” he says.
“I bought it do little bits of work around the garden, to put down pipe for watering systems and cleaning bits and pieces up around the garden.
“It’s very handy – it’s a great little tractor and it’s good for getting little bits of dirt for the garden too.
“The four-in-one bucket is good on it and it’s really easy to operate and suits my needs.
“My sons have borrowed it as well and they love it too.”
As a subcompact machine, the Boomer 25C is the smallest tractor within New Holland’s Australian range.
It offers a 24.7hp (18.4kW), three-cylinder 1.3L diesel engine, while measuring just 2.58m long and just 2.35m from the ground to the top of the ROPS frame.
The Boomer 25C also has a 1.43m wheelbase and two-range hydrostatic transmission.
An aspect which has proven to be popular with buyers is the option of having factory-supplied attachments such as a front-end loader, backhoe or mid-mount mower fitted to the tractor.
Eulenstein, for example, has a backhoe fitted to his Boomer 25C to make jobs even easier.
New Holland describes the Boomer 25C as being bigger and more capable than a lawnmower but without the weight, horsepower or price tag of a full tractor.
For customers such as Eulenstein, this size tractor perfectly fits the brief, while also being an ideal second tractor for farmers already owning something larger.
Many of these characteristics ring true with how McGregor describes the Boomer 25C, both in terms of the demographic it has appealed to among Stag Machinery Group’s customers and the features they have been drawn to.
“In terms of the customer base, it has been really diverse from someone on the edge of town with an acre block, to considerable size properties where they’re using it around the yards for landscaping and mowing,” McGregor says.
“Everyone wants a loader with a four in one bucket. It’s very versatile and the beauty of it is a hydrostatic transmission, so it’s really easy for everyone to use.
“Having the PTO and linkage on the back means we’ve got that adaptability for putting on extra attachments, whether it be a backhoe or mid-mount mower.”
The Boomer 25C is available through New Holland’s national dealer network.