Posted by RodInNS on October 04, 2009 at 11:06:54 from (216.118.158.123):
In Reply to: Re: Belarus ? posted by Phil in Pa on October 03, 2009 at 19:13:08:
There's a good number of us that have had them and still say they're junk. We had a 520A for a lot of years. It never gave us much in the way of mechanical trouble but it had a non-existant electrical system. BUt leak... I don't think there was a seal on the whole damn tractor that didn't leak or ooze something. It marked it's territory more than an old Detroit.
I wouldn't say it was a great engine either. It didn't burn much fuel and it had good torque... but it never seemed very steady or reliable. Kinda like you didn't know if it was going to bite hard and stall or keep lugging. A Ford... you knew it would keep pulling by the sound of it.
All we ever used it for was brute pulling on a woods tralier or sometimes on a disc. Had a set of duals on it so it would go over nearly anything. It's basic feature was that it was a Belarus. Entirely expendable. Didn't matter if you bogged it, hung it up on a stump or anything else. Just hook a chain on and jerk it out.
Of the guys around here that did use them extensively, those that lived in the woods basically ALL broke in half at the clutch housing... probably owing to the fact that they didn't have a proper bellhousing... Most had hydraulic problems. Most had engine overhauls or were junked by 4000 hours. Beyond that, most people I know around here that have them think tehy'r great tractors in spite of hte fact that they've had broken cranks and sundry and various other major problems with them. They think they're great because they're cheap.
I found it a clunky, poor manuvering tractor. Hard on the operator to do much with it. Poor controls that were hard to use and not overly crisp... it was just plain weird to work with. Again, a tractor for a purpose. If yo buy it cheap enough in good shape and don't plan on doing much with it... and you've got some mechanical appitude to keep it going, then it might work out. Beyond that it will be a yolk around your neck that most just don't need.
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