My first tractor was a 5000. (#2 was a 3000, still have it) It was one fine tractor. I bought my place as a run-down, abandon weed patch. The 5000 dragged trees out of the fields, built a road, ran fences, plowed and disced all the fields, bush hogged a small-scale jungle, and never so much as whimpered. I put over 2000 hours on it in 18 months. Oil change intervals got stepped up beyond reasonable limits sometimes. Once I got the place in shape, I bought the John Deere 2440 I have now. The 5000 ended up becoming a "science project". I bought a turbo kit and tried to make it something it wasn't..... A 5-plow tractor. For over a year, I had it cranking out well over 100 HP. Finally, it just said "I QUIT". The crankshaft snapped.
Yep! I ruined a good tractor. I sold it to a friend who put a new engine in it. Last time I checked, he still had it.
My point is, the 5000 Ford was about as good of a tractor as Ford ever built. For the right price, I'd jump at the chance to buy another one.
Save me the trouble, and buy the one you're looking at, and let me live vicariously through you! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
