Posted by the tractor vet on April 22, 2009 at 08:44:35 from (75.19.124.161):
In Reply to: Check out 1206 on ebay posted by Larry B 1486 on April 22, 2009 at 07:32:36:
I would hate to tell ya what my old bosses and my uncles old 806's were turning as they had the first two in the area when they first came out in 63 . now both had turbo's installed with in a week of delivery and the old RD pumps tweeted they were both running 165 and stayed there for as long as they were on the farms . My old boss liked the 806 so well that in 1964 he bought 806 #2 AND IT GOT THE SAME TURBO SET UP , in 1987 i bought that tractor off the farms second owner for the low end of nothing as it had a steering leak and had sat in the barn for several years as they had got a price to fix it from some guy and they told them that it was going to cost over two grand to fix and when i heard about it it was up for bid on trade in with several dealer . I did not have much play money and put a bid in for 2400 bucks and won the bid . Fixed it where it sat for now get this 14 bucks and change and drove it out . I did have to install two new batterys as they had froze but she ran like a top . and she was set at you guessed it 165 hp. So 145 is not a big deal.
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