magnum tractors

4020deereboy · Apr 20, 2013

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Bruce from Can. · Apr 21, 2013

I think they may have been better, than what they build now. But wait, have yu ever heard that before?

Wheat Farmer · Apr 21, 2013

If I only knew then what I know now I would have kept my 7110 Magmun.

T in NE · Apr 21, 2013

All-new, unless you remember the STS transmissions from the 2+2 and 88 series tractors.

farmer boy · Apr 21, 2013

I think it may actually be true in this case. I've always heard that the original Magnums(71xx,72xx,89xx) are one of the best tractors ever made. If I needed a tractor of that size, it'd be the first tractor I'd look at.

rusty6 · Apr 21, 2013

I keep hearing the same good reviews about the "boxcar magnums" like my 7130. I've had it since the summer of 96 and plan on keeping it for the foreseeable future. At 6500 hours I'd guess it has a good many years left in it.
This pic is one of the few times I have been stuck with it. Pulling 31 feet of anhydrous cultivator in some insanely muddy conditions a couple of years ago.

John A. · Apr 21, 2013

Guys, Nothing! Kills a Deere like a Magnum!
LOL!, LOL!, LOL!
Later,
John A.

charlespretzer · Apr 21, 2013

I have a 7230 . Best tractor I've ever owned .Dealers sure want me to trade it in.No way! it will outlast me>

showcrop · Apr 21, 2013

(quoted from post at 09:29:17 04/21/13) I keep hearing the same good reviews about the "boxcar magnums" like my 7130. I've had it since the summer of 96 and plan on keeping it for the foreseeable future. At 6500 hours I'd guess it has a good many years left in it.
This pic is one of the few times I have been stuck with it. Pulling 31 feet of anhydrous cultivator in some insanely muddy conditions a couple of years ago.

What do you mean stuck? It's not stuck until you are resting on the casings, LOL. You must be over 40 years old.

rusty6 · Apr 21, 2013

(quoted from post at 10:23:13 04/21/13)
What do you mean stuck? It's not stuck until you are resting on the casings, LOL. You must be over 40 years old.

Ha, you are so right, I have been farming just over 40 years. With only a 970 to pull it took a hundred foot heavy nylon tow rope to get me out of there. Then I had to go back in with the magnum and pull the cultivator and tank out.

fixerupper · Apr 21, 2013

A local independent mechanic who used to work as a mechanic at IH told me if all he had to work on was Magnums he wouldn't have enough work to keep in business. Jim

pete 23 · Apr 21, 2013

They were and still are good tractors. That doesn't mean they didn't have growing pains. I still have the book of field improvements that I installed on them. It was mostly rather small stuff but there were some rather major issues that were on a fix as fail basis. The engines went through rather extensive changes with sleeves, pistons, blocks and lubricating systems. Was some changes made to hydraulic systems as well. Then the differentials in smaller models. There was a mess up at factory on the bearings in transmissions mid way through production. Early ones didn't bother I always said the 7130 was the best of the bunch. The factory rated power fit the tractor with out stressing the components.

4020deereboy · Apr 21, 2013

Good looking rigs guys

Anonymous-0 · Apr 21, 2013

I had a 7120 Magnumn with over 10,000 hrs, engine , transmission was never opened up. only a new trottle cable about it

Bob Bancroft · Apr 21, 2013

Here's mine. Wish I had another just like it.

T in NE · Apr 21, 2013

I have a friend who deals used equipment, he has two questions on a Magnum.
1) what"s the PSI in the accumulators?
if it"s over 50, he asks if it needs paint and tires.
He bought and sold 6 8950"s a few years ago, three made it to his place before they were sold, one made it off the trailer first.
He can sell a 10,000 hour 8900 Magnum faster than he can sell a similarly sized JD.

Chris in SK · Apr 21, 2013

Here is my 7140....11,500 hours and the only thing it needs is some new paint!

Jim in Sask · Apr 21, 2013

Here's a pic of my 7120 swathing. It has a little over 3500 hours on it.

4020deereboy · Apr 22, 2013

Thanks for all the Nice pics

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