Re: Best Designed Tractor (1950 and up)

Posted by Will Herring on July 09, 2010 at 19:19:24 from (108.1.54.226):

In Reply to: Best Designed Tractor (1950 and up) posted by Tx Jim on July 09, 2010 at 08:57:25:

John Harmon said: (quoted from post at 15:41:22 07/09/10) Well some will say no and some yes but we felt our AC 190 and D17 were the best all around tractors we could buy. Our history with AC goes back to 1959 with our first used WD45 we bought when we started farming and continued with several more WD45's and the D17 and finally the 190.We never got rid of any of them until our farm sale spelled the end of farming.We farmed 360 and milked 45 Holstiens and the AC's did every thing asked of them.Most of our equipment was AC except for silage tools and a 494 JD Planter.[/quote:5138b494e6] My family would agree with that. I'm pretty sure that the AC WD-45 (I'm a WD fan, but it technically came out in '48, so we'll go a model up) would be my choice for this topic. Also, as far as the WD is concerned, I know triangle tractors are dangerous but man that thing can go anywhere and seems to just have all the power you could want for a tractor that size. olliekid said: (quoted from post at 16:16:57 07/09/10) the 4455 was an improved 4440. but the 4440 was a great tractor. lots of them still used today. I have no complaints with the 4430, 4430, and 4455. Good, solid tractors. Had a lot of fun driving them. The power steering pump on the 4430 was in an odd place to work on, though, IIRC. [quote:5138b494e6="Fixerupper"](quoted from post at 21:03:53 07/09/10) Was having a conversation with another farmer today about the 8420. I'ts the modern day 4020 or 4430 in my view. This neighbor has a 8420 with 6000 hours, and probably 4000 of those hours came from hard use hooked to a 1000 bushel grain cart on the wheat harvest. The powershift was overhauled at 5000 hours, but for the beating it took from being shifted up and down many thousands of times with that 50,000 pound cart in tow, it survived very well. Some of those young drivers would go as fast across the field as they could stay in the saddle. The engine hasn't been worked on yet and it's still going strong. Jim

I'm not sure what the difference is, but having driven an 8100 and 8400, and I have to say they were all nice tractors to drive. Never put enough hard hours on it to get a good feel for how they'd perform, but if I could afford one, it'd like one. Used the 8100 on a 16' field cultivator (I am fairly sure that it could've pulled the thing in half if I wasn't careful with it). Even the 6400 series are pretty good for a compact. Was not a fan of the 8530 I drove, though. Had a fuel pump go out on it with under 300 hours. For shame, green machine.

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