Tractor hours

Eldon (WA) · Feb 23, 2019

My brother noted in an email to me today that his Deere 6400 turned over 18,900 hours. He bought the tractor new and has had no engine work done to it. It is his chore tractor w/loader, so it gets used every day of the year. He did buy an Agco a few years back to take over his heavy tillage. He has run Amsoil in it since new....what is your highest hour engine without an overhaul? If it wasn't my brother I wouldn't believe it LOL!

SVcummins · Feb 23, 2019

Lots of 8000 series Deere?s with over 20,000 hours
locally that haven?t been touched

DeltaRed · Feb 23, 2019

My Turbo 706(310 german). 13,000 hrs.

DeltaRed · Feb 23, 2019

My 1256 has over 20,000. But it's been OHed a couple of times.Last time was about 2500 ago.

centash · Feb 23, 2019

Well, I will start this discussion, and there will be all kinds of stories...some
years ago I was associated with an old tractor club or group of sorts. One fellow
claimed he had an engine with 50000 hours on it. I tried to reason with him that it
had to run 1000 hours per year or close to 4 hours every day for 50 years which was
highly unlikely during the 1940s and 1950s. Others in the group suggested that a
lot of those hours were accumulated when the engine was being used as a heavy duty
doorstop....so, that's my tall tale!

Ben

rusty6 · Feb 23, 2019

Those are some amazing high hours for an untouched engine. I've got just over 8000 on my 3. JD 2140, Case 2090 and CIH Magnum 7130. They
all seem good with little oil consumption. Good starting and power. I'm hoping they have a few years left in them.

Patch164 · Feb 23, 2019

We have a 2630 John Deere has 24k on it had first engine overhaul about 2k hours ago. But
transmission and pto have been gone through a couple times. It doesn't get used much anymore tho.
Cousin has a case magnum with around 16k haven't touched it except exhaust manifold. He said it's
getting tired tho when you get to the end of the row it getting slower picking up their 12 row planter.

Eldon (WA) · Feb 23, 2019

(quoted from post at 19:19:43 02/23/19) Lots of 8000 series Deere?s with over 20,000 hours
locally that haven?t been touched

The key word is "yours', pretty hard to verify the hours on a tractor that a friend of a friend's girlfriend's husband's nephew's uncle has LOL!

Traditional Farmer · Feb 23, 2019

How often does he change oil in that tractor?

hd6gtom · Feb 23, 2019

Many of the AC's in the 1970's easily ran 15-20000 hours using F/S 15w40 oil.

Josh-nhihguy · Feb 23, 2019

Grandpa bought his 856 brand new in '69?
I forget now. Still has it. Over 20,000
hours on it runs like a top. He says put
the lower bearings in once but that was
it.

Used as a primary tractor up until the
late 2000s. Grandpa says he'll be buried
with it.

gary1466 · Feb 23, 2019

newer tractors have electronic hour meters that log hour for hour. Older tractors are tach driven hours that are based on engine speed. these don't add up the hours usually as fast. Where I work we have diesel forktrucks that have 400000 plus hours on the original engine. they run probably 22 hours a day 7 days a week.

Eldon (WA) · Feb 23, 2019

(quoted from post at 20:58:25 02/23/19) newer tractors have electronic hour meters that log hour for hour. Older tractors are tach driven hours that are based on engine speed. these don't add up the hours usually as fast. Where I work we have diesel forktrucks that have 400000 plus hours on the original engine. they run probably 22 hours a day 7 days a week.

Wow, 50 years and only getting 2 hours off every day? Incredible!

K Effective · Feb 23, 2019

Yes, Eldon, I think we have to assume he made a typo there, and meant 40,000 hours. A 50 year-old forklift run that many hours would have worn through the forks, heck the counterweight would need to be rebuilt!

Down under farmer · Feb 24, 2019

6206 deutze 22 000 on moter had been seized
twice from over heating befor it got
rebuilt. Only top end but never had crank
out. Had done crown wheel and pinon. Broke
pinon shaft 1 clutch and i couldnt be sure
but think had been inside back end for
something else but i was only litte then
had it since new and was main tractor till
about 1999/2000. Since been rolled back
down pecking order a fair way to run around
tractor now. Dx6.30 deutze had 17 000 on it
when it lifted top off a piston we hadnt
touched it had it from 10 000 hrs. 7800 jd
we gave an inframe to last yr 10 000 hrs
not mark inside it but had a liner seal let
go letting coolant into sump so gave it
whole hog while we where in there. But
bloke i worked for had 7800 retired it from
main tractor at 19 000 just after i left
seen it for sale couple yrs latter at 21
000 hadnt touched anything in the front or
back

jm. · Feb 24, 2019

HD6 AC actually put out a paper in mid 70s saying that the average farmer, (what ever that was) put an average of 630 hours a year on their primary tractor. I always thought anything over 10,000 hrs you were on borrowed time. But then I never owned a JOHN DEER .. LOL

Eldon (WA) · Feb 24, 2019

(quoted from post at 19:58:43 02/23/19) How often does he change oil in that tractor?

Every 500 hours.

Traditional Farmer · Feb 24, 2019

I have the WD45 my dad bought in 1957 and we worked that tractor hard with a lot of hours all thru the 60's and 70's it still runs good just smokes some love to have had an hour meter on it.
Head or oil pan has never been that tractor.

Joe Styke · Feb 24, 2019

Is there a way to replace hour meter and run the new one up to current hours?

T in NE · Feb 24, 2019

The 966 grandpa bought new in 72 was
rebuilt on the late 80s and traded off in
the early 90s. 9 years ago it hadn't been
opened up again yet, and the hour meter
quit shortly after it was traded off at
over 11,000.

As far as I know it is still a 2 owner
tractor.

ajl · Feb 26, 2019

I was driving a buddy's AC 8070 power shift last spring when it clicked 13000 hrs. Original 426. Very nice tractor for its day. Too bad
they finally had a tractor that nice and then went down.

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