Ford FORD1100 4.80 star(s) (6)

1982 1100 GOOD
Model Year: 0

Used it to mow. pull, turn rows, moved to town and still using it to do what I can't. It just keeps on going. Starts up winter summer.. has never been babied.. used it to pull a 12-in. 30-ft. tree out of the front yd. this yr.

Pros: Will do anything I need to do.
Cons: Needs a little TLC that's all.

Love It
Model Year: 2006

Best yet.

Pros: Easy start.
Cons: Slow.

The Little Tractor That Could
Model Year: 1982

30 Years ago I was looking at Kubotas at the Texas State Fair and decided 9 acres would be a whole lot easier to maintain with a tractor. Back then, buying American was a big deal and the little wife suggested we check the Ford dealer out a few miles from home. Next day I did just that and the salesman told me to avoid Japanese tractors because their transmissions wouldn't hold heavy, American implements and that they roll over far too often, killing or maiming the operator. He was pretty convincing and said we need to keep manufacturing jobs here, not help out Japan. Bought a little 4WD, 13 hp model with a 4' box blade for $4,800, brand new and drove it to the house (four miles on a farm road). Well, two weeks later my neighbor who had just bought a small 4WD John Deere was telling me that my Ford was made in Japan. In fact, his John Deere was also made in Japan. A little shocked I've been waiting for the transmission case to break or for the tractor to roll over on me ever since. Implements I have are: Four-foot King Kutter, five tooth box blade with 100 lbs. of railroad rail welded on for weight, 5 foot Bush-Hog mower with the back wheel cut off so it doesn't leave tracks in the yard and allows me to turn really sharp, 4-foot King-Kutter tiller, and a 5-foot Liberty backhoe. The box blade has gotten the most of the tractor's 3316 hours and it weighs right at 450 lbs. I have a trailer ball welded onto the railroad iron so that three-point hitch has lifted over a thousand pounds hundreds of times with no problem. In fact, if you mow too fast the bush hog (which weighs 600 lbs) used to bounce the front end off of the ground. I say "used to" because last year I built and installed a front-end loader on the machine and now it has plenty of weight in the front. Have been using the 650lb backhoe for over a year with no problems at all. Minor stuff like belts, a radiator hose, and one seal are the only things I remember breaking on this little guy. Love it.

Pros: Small so it fits in tight places and goes through small gates.
Cons: Small so some jobs take a little longer but still get done.

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Ford 1100
Model Year: 0

This is a very reliable tractor, but probably best for a small acreage. It struggles to pull a 4' disc or plow and is under powered for mowing dense vegetation with a height over 12". Although, finding parts is no problem. It works well with a boom attachment for lifting heavy loads and with grader blade is good for clearing snow and spreading gravel or loose soil.

Pros: Small size is good for working in areas with obstacles such as trees or places a larger tractor cannot access.
Cons: Is under powered for use with most attachments.

Tough but needs more weight
Model Year: 1981

This was my first "real" tractor with a regular 3 pt hitch (Cat 1) and 540 PTO. The tractor has enough power (13 hp diesel) to pull a 5 ft rear finishing mower (s long as the grass is less than a foot high and you go slow.) The 3 point hitch works fine. However, the tractor has limitations, primarily because it only weighs 1100 lbs (can add a couple hundred pounds wheel weights, which I did)and mine's only 2wd with turf tires; it struggles with a 4 ft box blade or single bottom plow. The manual transmission is clunky to change gears F to R or back which makes it harder to use the box blade. A two-position clutch would help mowing--when I hit the clutch to go into a corner, the PTO stops. It came with a mid-mount mower but it doesn't have enough ground clearance to effectively use it. Manual steering can give you a workout.

Pros: Runs great, well built, economical on diesel
Cons: Too light for ground-engaging implements

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Ford 1100
Model Year: 1982

Only parts I ever needed were oil filter and fuel filter

Pros: Great little compact tractor
Cons: Hard to start in winter until I added a block heater. No problem now