Limbhangers
Member
Need some advice:
The 5200 I have has been a workhorse. I don't know if I will be able to bring myself to sell it but that might be determined by what I can find. I need about 15 more hp and the 1000 RPM shaft option to run a few things I have around. One being a 1k rpm cutter.
What Fords came with a 540/1000 shaft you could swap in the 75-100hp range?
I'm thinking about something like a 7810 or 6810? Don't know if the shafts swap....
Seem to be a lot of 6710's and 7710's around my area.
Don't know about the 40 series but they seem more complicated in electronics and hydros. Not against it, but like to own things I can fix myself.
I was leaning towards something like a 7810 because of the size of the machine. I am riding around in a pine thicket for the most part. My 2 big tractors keep duals on them. But there has been a lot my M7040 has to do alone because the other tractors are too big. That's where the 5200 has been a real nice machine for me. I would just like something a little newer with a few more horses and the option of a 1000 shaft swap would be icing on the cake.
The 5200 I have has been a workhorse. I don't know if I will be able to bring myself to sell it but that might be determined by what I can find. I need about 15 more hp and the 1000 RPM shaft option to run a few things I have around. One being a 1k rpm cutter.
What Fords came with a 540/1000 shaft you could swap in the 75-100hp range?
I'm thinking about something like a 7810 or 6810? Don't know if the shafts swap....
Seem to be a lot of 6710's and 7710's around my area.
Don't know about the 40 series but they seem more complicated in electronics and hydros. Not against it, but like to own things I can fix myself.
I was leaning towards something like a 7810 because of the size of the machine. I am riding around in a pine thicket for the most part. My 2 big tractors keep duals on them. But there has been a lot my M7040 has to do alone because the other tractors are too big. That's where the 5200 has been a real nice machine for me. I would just like something a little newer with a few more horses and the option of a 1000 shaft swap would be icing on the cake.
