Jerry/MT
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- Joined
- Feb 2, 2008
- Messages
- 3,135
- Location
- North Idaho-The Palouse
- Tractor
- New Holland TD95D, Ford 4610 & Kubota M4500
some is, some isn't. Same can be said of any machinery.,
the landscape co across from my office trades mowers every 3 years.. as they ar eplum wore out.
get a pice of equipment that has been maintained or repaired.. or repair it yourself and it will be fine.
Take an easy to work on antique or classic. just about every part on them is repairable, replaceable or renewable with wear parts. pretty much everything except the bulk of the castings. ( some castings ( forgeings really, I suspect ) available as new. plenty of castings available..used
Maybee in the 80's that was true.. however now? info and parts are a mousestroke away. Last antique I refurbished. I had it home, and looked it over, and -THAT NIGHT - placed 4 orders, 2 online parts houses, 1 email to a guy I know who sells used parts, and another in a seperate email to another guy I know that sells used parts. The next day, on the way home from work, I hit the TSC and grabbed my paint supplies and whatnot.
Parts for these antiques are by and far WAY cheaper than newer models. I replaced a single hyd part on my 2000 NH 7610s that cost more than the entire refurb cost of the last tractor I did.
At work, dealing with cat and JD equipment. It's not uncommon to buy parts that cost MORE than an entire classic tractor, and hve it arrive in a box a ups man can carry
When I rebuilt the hyds on 2 of my fords recently.. it's kind of nice that an 11/16 wrench takes out all the bolts ont he top and bottom hyd cover and pump.. can do a full hyds overhaul on an 8n top cover and pump.. new wear parts for under 300$ and about 7hrs work start to finish... hard to get much easier or cheaper to work on.
pump for my 4600, 5000 or 7610s is =way= more spendy.
soundguy
I could be wrong, but I thought the OP wanted to "work the tractor" not "work on the tractor".