High hour tractor

tomstractorsandtoys · May 1, 2020

I was just at a repair shop and there was a 6400 Deere there and it had 41,000 hours. It has been a tmr mixer tractor at a big dairy since new. It did not look to bad either for those hours. Tom

SHALER · May 1, 2020

That is very impressive, must be getting top notch maintenance, plus Ive heard those TMR mixers are very rough on PTO systems. I suppose its possible it May still have the original rubber on it.

Bruce from Can. · May 1, 2020

Did they say if it had ever been rebuilt? A friend of mine has a bio mass generator on his dairy farm, they milk about 250 cows. He told me the engine needs a rebuilt after 40,000. They have a spare, and it is about a days work to swap one out, and the other back in. Methane burns much cleaner than diesel, more like Propane. And when they do an schedule oil change, the oil still looks like new.. With this knowledge in mind, if that tractors engine hasn?t been rebuilt in the past. , it?s probably due

fastfarmall · May 1, 2020

I seen a IHC, cant remember the Number, but it had 30,000, two brothers had it on a feed wagon,Near Belle Plain Minn, it was kept in a heated shop every nite,they believed in 30 weight oil, that looked nice too!

Mike M · May 1, 2020

Even more amazing is an hour meter lasting that long ! lol.

Cliff Nelson · May 1, 2020

The tractor he is talking about had a complete new engine at 17,000 hours. The current engine started using coolant last fall and sat since early winter. It's waiting for a space in my shop right now. A lot of idling time running a tmr.

coonie minnie · May 1, 2020

My 4230, also a TmR tractor is over 37,000 hours today. Lots of idling and puttering around. Has had two engine rebuilds, one clutch in 37,000 hours.

Mine records hours at a given RPM, the newer one you had seen shows hours the same no matter what the engine speed. I'd be curious how much difference there is.

used red MN · May 1, 2020

The meter not lasting is true of older mechanical hour meters. Not a 100 percent sure but I think that new of a tractor has a digital hour meter. In some cases a 4 or 5 digit display is selectable to change what it reads. You may choose to display engine or PTO rpm, mph, etc. or engine hours. Which by the way are stored in the tractors PCM...power control module... and if a PCM replacement is needed the hours are transferred into the new one.

jal-SD · May 1, 2020

What are TMR mixers please? Not familiar with that term. Thanks in advance.

JK-NY · May 1, 2020

TMR= total mixed ration - corn silage. hay silage , concentrates,minerals maybe some dry hay all mixed to make a feed. Often called mixer wagons.

jddrawbar · May 1, 2020

I saw a JD R in Fairview, Ok. tractor show yrs. ago that had 21k hrs. and had not been touched. The 1 owner, drove it to the show from the hay field. It looked nice with original paint....well cared for.

Bruce from Can. · May 1, 2020

Cab tractor gauges seem to hold up better than they do on open station tractors

SVcummins · May 1, 2020

J. Schwiebert · May 1, 2020

I did a class one time and We had manuals from IH that stated to use 30 weight oil year round and if you had low temperature equip the engine with a good block heater.

showcrop · May 2, 2020

If they milk 3X daily the tractor almost never gets started cold which eliminates a lot of wear.

fastfarmall · May 2, 2020

Well,it's definitely working for them, sitting in a 50* shop i would too !!

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