Seriously thinking about 1510D
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Smoody
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I don't see any evidence that it's a Vn recon. He will be at least the 3rd owner, and someone put a Koyker loader on it. I do think 4 threads on the same topic could be a TBN record.
In his other thread he stated it had 150 hours since recondition. That doesn't make it a VN, but where else do you hear of one that's been "reconditioned" that hasn't come from VN?
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Where else but VN do you put on the wrong steering link and call that 'reconditioned'?
But I'll vote to encourage this if Ron thinks it's a better hobby than motorcycles. I rode a Brit 650 (way back in the day) as my only transportation for a couple of years in urban traffic. I never dropped it but after way too many near-death experiences in traffic I said the H--- with it and decided it was time for another hobby while all my limbs were still intact. Ron, I support your decision.
But I'll vote to encourage this if Ron thinks it's a better hobby than motorcycles. I rode a Brit 650 (way back in the day) as my only transportation for a couple of years in urban traffic. I never dropped it but after way too many near-death experiences in traffic I said the H--- with it and decided it was time for another hobby while all my limbs were still intact. Ron, I support your decision.
clemsonfor
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Fredericks tractors out of Alabama, as well as several others that recondition on a smaller scale here in the US. I dont think that they reset the hour meter to around 10 hrs like VN but they call them reconditioned, those that sell Fredericks tractors i beleive call them reconditioned, go to fredericks website been a while but they talk about the things they go over fix to me thats reconditioning.
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... done correctly.
clemsonfor
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wasent saying anything about correct or incorrect just that People do recondition here in the US and pointing out the big one.
Smoody
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Those done stateside are more of a "servicing" rather than a "reconditioning", in this case all the problems the tractor in question has I highly doubt you would get that from any reliable dealer here in the states.
I also looked and haven't found anywhere that is states Fredricks "reconditions" Yanmars
I also looked and haven't found anywhere that is states Fredricks "reconditions" Yanmars
If you find the word "recondition" on the Fredricks site, I'm sure they'd like to know about it. They, us, and other dealers avoid the word itself like the plague because it has become so closely associated with the vn tractors. Do we put tractors through the shop? You bet. But the standard recon line is something like new head gaskets, 95% of original on clutch, pressure plate, rings, etc....all of which is bunk anyway. Find one of those sellers who can tell you what the OEM 100% spec was for those items. If you can't quote the OEM 100% spec, how can you guarantee what you have is at least 95% of that? I've always wondered why they advertise all new head gaskets. Why would you pull the head on a tractor with no symptoms? We replace it if necessary, but not on every unit, so I have just assumed every one of their units needs the head pulled for some repair of some kind. Anyway, yes, we and others work on the tractors we buy, but we do it stateside, and we are starting with tractors that are in dramatically better condition to begin with. We use the term "processing". We process tractors. May be semantics, and we're happy to tell our shoppers what gets done when we process, but the recon word has just taken on a meaning many of us don't want to associate with.
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He didn't say it was reconditioned, he was asking if it were reconditioned(????). After 6-8 years no way to tell from the hour meter, but looks more like a poor paint touch-up and bad workmanship to me. RCO Tractors in Texas sells a lot of US reconditioned tractors.
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SailorBob
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I can understand you having the tractor fever. I had it for 2 years before I finally bought mine. I ended up buying one from a dealer in TX that supposedly reconditioned them. As it turned out mine had a bad head gasket which ultimately ended up running hot on me. I had to rebuild the engine. I can tell you for a fact that the head had never been off of it. You live and learn. I discovered too late about Fredricks and lmtc. There has been some good advice given here.
I guess that selling a motorcyle is about as hard as selling a sailboat right now. I wish you luck and hope it works out for you.
I guess that selling a motorcyle is about as hard as selling a sailboat right now. I wish you luck and hope it works out for you.
