Re: advice on buying a tractor

Posted by Jumptrap on July 01, 2004 at 10:22:46 from (172.209.206.62):

In Reply to: advice on buying a tractor posted by TD on June 30, 2004 at 17:42:08:

You have certainly gotten lots of opinions here and mine is no different I suppose, but my approach is a bit different. Some of these folks are advising to you buy ancient iron because that is what they LIKE. OLIVER hasn't built a tractor in 30+ years. I very well recall our first tractor, a 1946 OLIVER 60. Yeah it was a good machine, but nowadays it belongs in a museum. The next tractor was an Allis 'CA'. A major step up as it had hydraulics, a snap coupler hitch and a hand clutch (for semi-live power). Then came the John Deere 430....the Allis was twice the machine excepting the 3 point hitch the JD had. The snap coupler system is superior, but didn't catch on. All of those machines are old and antiquated, mostly worn out when you find them and best suited for somebody who likes to play with old machinery. If you're like me, you buy the tractor to perform work with, not to work ON. I don't have time to screw around with something like that. If I want to see old machines, I go to an antique machinery show....fun to look at, not practical for everyday use. That 8N is a POS, run from it and throw rocks at your neighbor for suggesting that you buy it. The 650 JD is too small, but you're on the right track. Get yourself something made within the last 20 years that has a diesel engine and a live PTO and hopefully, with 2000 hours or less. A fine small tractor for your use is the JD 1050. It has a turbo diesel 33 PTO horsepower, live power and weighs around 3000 pounds. The Yanmar engine is like a Toyota....they run forever if treated half way right. I have a 1050 that I bought 21 years ago...it's a '80 model. It had 447 hours when I got it from the original owner. I got the tractor, 2-14" spring trip plows, a boom pole, a 5' JD bushhog, a 6' Ferguson adjustable disc and a set of one row cultivators for $6800. In the last 21 years, I have replaced the clutch, battery, seat, and relined the brakes once. I change oil twice a year and the fuel and air filters each season. It now has 1460 hours on it. I mow a 2 acre yard with it once a week and mow a small pasture when it needs it and plow the garden. It has been a fine machine. NO, I wouldn't recommend it for daily hard farming, although it will work circles around the old Allis CA and JD 430 we had years ago. But I'm not farming and neither are you. I'd say you could probably find a decent 1050 for $4500 or so.

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• Re: Re: advice on buying a tractor Ron 15:35:51 07/01/04 (0)
• Re: Re: advice on buying a tractor Mike (WA) 12:48:10 07/01/04 (1)
  • Re: Re: Re: advice on buying a tractor Jumptrap 16:08:34 07/01/04 (0)

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