Posted by notjustair on December 29, 2013 at 14:02:22 from (174.229.64.126):
In Reply to: Mechanically Sound posted by bill from scotland on December 29, 2013 at 12:25:31:
With the exception of tires (and even those, really), none of those items are show stoppers. It is mechanically sound. To me that means the trans works without obvious issues and the engine runs like it should. With a 25 year old machine I figure I will need to fix 25 things before it is up to the standards of a machine I would use everyday. Sure, some of those are things like replacing burned out bulbs, but some of those are brakes as well. I would consider all of the tractors I have purchased to be mechanically sound, but way more than half of them needed brake work to function like they should. If the previous owner(s) botched one repair a year (which is realistic for some people!) you aren't bad off.
I've purchased things sight unseen but I always plan on getting something that is going to bust my butt in one way or another. I am always pleasantly surprised that way. The part of that I would hate the most is the tires. You can't get a good deal on decent ones anymore. All of them crack in a short time, so if they are supple I would run them until they scare me. I'm not sure I have any tractor here without cracked tires to some degree - field tractors included.
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