Posted by 730virgil on September 17, 2007 at 14:38:34 from (205.188.117.74):
In Reply to: Re: calling 730Virgil posted by David in Wales on September 17, 2007 at 13:53:20:
yea crazy ain't it? i have been around them some and have came to conclusion part of the problem came from the guys that owned them didn't take care of them as they needed attention to details. ford overrated them and farmers being farmers thought will if they can do this a little more won't hurt. WRONG! i think part of problem came from ford not having built a "big" tractor before the 6000 where as deere and the rest had. so they had an idea what to expect where as ford didn't. i wonder if ford saw they were going to be pushed out of the tractor market and started selling a big tractor to keep up. however they jumped the gun and weren't ready to sell the 6000. where i went to high school local dealer sold lots of 6000 tractors. mom's cousin who worked there told me when you saw how the tractors were used it wasn't hard to see why some guys had trouble and others got along fine. this would have been after the recall in which tractors were rebuilt or farmer got a new one for little money.
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