b7100 hits 4000 hours!

[charlz]

Well my B7100DT hit 4000 hours yesterday:




Only 156 of those are mine put on in the almost 2 years I have owned it... still a great running machine for something made around 1977.

We were out play... err working in the garden.... laying in the head ditch with the middlebuster (we flood irrigate here)




Then trying to figure out how to make rows with the 'corrigator' I picked up a few months ago. I actually wanted a 'tool bar' but settled on this after waiting quite a while... of course now there are plenty of them on Craigslist.







Quick bit of rake work at the end to flatten the tops of the rows. Little tricky trying to figure out what shovels to buy etc. but I have a better idea of what to buy now so can expand in the future! Gage wheels would be pretty handy.

 

[Chuckanut]

Congrats!!!

I have heard that a diesel engine will go 3000-6000 hrs (depending on the manufacture) with good maintenance before it will would require major part replacement. So at 78 hours a year this tractor should last you another 25 years. That is the amazing part of a diesel tractors!

Chuckanut
B7100HST-D with new Box blade

 

[Egon]

I've heard of one that had 10K hours on it.

 

[LHoyer]

I'm never going to live long enough to see that many hours on my '78 B7100. Bought it used a couple of years ago for $1500 with 350 hours on it and now it has a whopping 389 hours!