Store by me has a 1966 1850 for sale, straight, weathered, hoses tired, 21-34's that need replacing. Over/under. Shows 6600 hours. Everything works but the oil smells way too much like diesel. $3850 asking (probably would go $3400 or so).There is a keyway'd shaft sticking rearward from the injector pump. It looks like whatever was there was removed recently. What belongs there? A man near my dad has an 1855, 18-34's, duals, weights, nice shape, less than 3000 hours. I have not eyeballed the tractor but non-tractor people who have seen it say the paint looks original and decent, nice looking tractor. The man wants $6800, would almost certainly take $6000. My dad has about 40 acres that we work, but all of us kids are off farm employed and have maybe 4 days a month to farm. We're doing hay with a 1355 (Fiat) and an Allis B (rakes and hauls wagons) right now, but we are looking at doing tillage (chisel / disk) next spring and want to go quick. Soils are sand, clay loam, and muck (which we don't drive on unless it's dry). Oh, did I mention that whichever one we get will be the last tractor we get for at least 5 years? Which one do you think? How big a chisel and disk can these things pull? As always, I appreciate the guidance.
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