rockyridgefarm
Well-known Member
Hey all,
I grew up on John Deere, and have been using my dad's 4640 the last couple weeks to plow and power harrow. He needs it back and I can't afford to buy my own just yet. So I need to find a good, cheap horse to finish up fall work. There's a 2670 for under $5K near me that I want to go look at and potentially buy today and looking for some fast advice. I have done some searches on them and it seems there's a love/hate relationship with them. Most of the haters say complicated, unreliable, hard to fix and expensive to fix, slow down the road, and rough riding. Most of the lovers say the opposite. Just like every tractor argument, right?
If I buy it, I'm going to put it on a 13 foot power harrow and harrow 100 acres of 20 year old sod. This power harrow would bog down the 165hp 4640, so it requires a fair bit of HP. I need to know if the 2670's 3 point hitch and PTO is a good setup and if it has big 1000 PTO. I'm heading out by about 11am to look at it and appreciate any feedback plus or minus. I'd hate to invest 5K in a machine that isn't gonna do the job.
I grew up on John Deere, and have been using my dad's 4640 the last couple weeks to plow and power harrow. He needs it back and I can't afford to buy my own just yet. So I need to find a good, cheap horse to finish up fall work. There's a 2670 for under $5K near me that I want to go look at and potentially buy today and looking for some fast advice. I have done some searches on them and it seems there's a love/hate relationship with them. Most of the haters say complicated, unreliable, hard to fix and expensive to fix, slow down the road, and rough riding. Most of the lovers say the opposite. Just like every tractor argument, right?
If I buy it, I'm going to put it on a 13 foot power harrow and harrow 100 acres of 20 year old sod. This power harrow would bog down the 165hp 4640, so it requires a fair bit of HP. I need to know if the 2670's 3 point hitch and PTO is a good setup and if it has big 1000 PTO. I'm heading out by about 11am to look at it and appreciate any feedback plus or minus. I'd hate to invest 5K in a machine that isn't gonna do the job.