Posted by Siorus on April 03, 2018 at 23:50:59 from (99.40.158.166):
Hi guys,
I'm looking to buy a tractor around 65-85hp (pto, not crank) to handle stuff that my BX2200 doesn't have the power/ground clearance/traction to take care of.
90% of my use will consist of running a 6ft+ (ideally 8ft+) brush hog and/or flail mower on about 18 acres of lawn and pasture. Other than that, it'll see some use running a PTO chipper, and possibly a splitter. Down the road I may use it for tilling/plowing/etc, but not in the immediate future.
Looking at what's available for sale locally-ish to me right now, my options are:
Allis Chalmers 185
Allis Chalmers 6080
Case 1490
Ford 5600
Ford 5610
Ford 6610
Ford 7710
IH 684
John Deere 2440
John Deere 2640
White 2-75
What's your opinion of those specific tractors?
I grew up in the city; I hadn't been within probably 300ft of a tractor of any type until I bought the BX. So, I don't really have a good feel for who made good equipment, or if there are any specific models, eras or features that are particularly good or particularly bad.
I'm aware these are all older machines that are going to need some work; I'm ok with getting my hands dirty, but I'm not sure what parts availability is going to be like on a 30-50 year old tractor.
Given that these are all older machines, how many hours can I expect these things to do between engine rebuilds, transmission rebuilds, etc.? Obviously it's highly variable based on use/abuse, maintenance, etc., but as a very general guideline? Is it safe to assume that a tractor with 5,000hrs on it is probably worn out? 10k? 20k?
Also, how useful do you find having a bucket loader on a tractor to be? As I understand it, they don't really have the weight or the structural integrity to do any serious digging, and I can only think of a handful of use cases (light duty forklift, handling hay bales if I get cows/horses, hauling gravel for my driveway, that's about it) for one. I'm trying to decide how important having one is to me (if it is at all), and I want to make sure I'm not overlooking some uses for it.
And lastly, what is the availability of aftermarket ROPS like, in general? My property is fairly hilly, and several of the tractors I have in mind are open stations with no rollover protection, which kinda gives me the heebie jeebies.
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