iam2sam
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Hey! After searching off and on for several years, I finally bought a T5C. I paid $7,800, somewhat more than my target price, but the asking prices have been inching up around here (NJ), and I had lost out on several Terramites over the past six months by waiting on a lower price. I will come back and post pics when I get down to my storage yard later on to take some. I will also need to get the s/n and check the year, my guess is 1997-2002-ish. The chassis has 2200 hours, the PO replaced the Kohler recently with a new 23 HP Honda engine that currently has ~200 hours, so I'm hopeful the engine will outlast me. He said he consulted with Terramite and followed their recommendations on the swap (including buying an adapter and taking power from the flywheel side) but that he elected not to remove the shaft on the drive side as they recommended (in case he ever wanted to use the engine in a different application). Guess I'll need to see what disadvantages (if any) that has, but it doesn't sound too bad on the surface. PO told me he reused the motor from the original Kohler, which is pretty loud, and suggested that I might want to change it (I dunno, hearing protectors are cheaper 
Front tires are brand new, rears are adequate. New cylinder on the hoe, all other cylinders appear to be in good condition, except for the RH outrigger cylinder which has a tiny seep at rest (does not get worse in use). PO also welded a receiver to the top of the loader bucket and made a set of lift arm/forks that attach to it, which was included with the machine. Everything I saw indicated that the PO was right on top of maintenance issues, which (along with the Honda engine) helped me make the purchase decision. He kept it in a shed. History of the machine according to my PO is that the original owner was an excavation contractor who used it as his "small spaces" machine, my PO is a residential landscaper who used it for his "big jobs", such as they were. Never was a rental, as far as I can determine. Unfortunately, after I take this down to my land in VA, it will be stored more-or-less in the open. I intend to rig some kind of canopy using a tarp and flexible poles that will attach to the tractor itself and keep the rain off the seat and most of the working parts. If anyone here has done something similar, I'd sure like to see the results.
EDIT: I assume the "540540" stamped under "T5C" on the plate located on the left ROPS post is my S/N? I need to call Terraquip for the year based on the S/N.
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Front tires are brand new, rears are adequate. New cylinder on the hoe, all other cylinders appear to be in good condition, except for the RH outrigger cylinder which has a tiny seep at rest (does not get worse in use). PO also welded a receiver to the top of the loader bucket and made a set of lift arm/forks that attach to it, which was included with the machine. Everything I saw indicated that the PO was right on top of maintenance issues, which (along with the Honda engine) helped me make the purchase decision. He kept it in a shed. History of the machine according to my PO is that the original owner was an excavation contractor who used it as his "small spaces" machine, my PO is a residential landscaper who used it for his "big jobs", such as they were. Never was a rental, as far as I can determine. Unfortunately, after I take this down to my land in VA, it will be stored more-or-less in the open. I intend to rig some kind of canopy using a tarp and flexible poles that will attach to the tractor itself and keep the rain off the seat and most of the working parts. If anyone here has done something similar, I'd sure like to see the results.EDIT: I assume the "540540" stamped under "T5C" on the plate located on the left ROPS post is my S/N? I need to call Terraquip for the year based on the S/N.
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