sjhuls
New member
Hello all,
This is my first post. I've been a lurking member for many years. This past summer I purchased a JD1070TLB on an internet auction estate sale. Location of the estate was 60 miles from my home and the auction company provided time to closely inspect the items. The original owner had many pieces of equipment with very low hours (e.g. 753 bobcat with 60 hours, JD 4x4 gator with 20 hours, JD455 with 50 hours). I understand he liked stuff and bought it then wrote it off against his small business. The original owner had no family.
This tractor had 26 total hours on it. I don't believe the backhoe was ever used. The loader bucket had some normal wear for the hours listed. All-in-all a nice clean unit. Everything works as it should. First thing was changing all the fluids and then a good cleaning/detailing.
I've got 11.4 acres of very rocky level land, 5 of which are still in farm field. The other 6.4 are in lawn. My uncle (80 years old) still farms the 5 acres, but does so more as a matter of convinience to me. The TLB will be used to clear rocks from the field and plant windbreaks in the future.
Many thanks to all of you for the great advice and information you've given me over the past years. A special thanks to AKfish and Roy Jackson for your input on this series of tractors. I've also attached a picture of other JD stuff in my barn.
This is my first post. I've been a lurking member for many years. This past summer I purchased a JD1070TLB on an internet auction estate sale. Location of the estate was 60 miles from my home and the auction company provided time to closely inspect the items. The original owner had many pieces of equipment with very low hours (e.g. 753 bobcat with 60 hours, JD 4x4 gator with 20 hours, JD455 with 50 hours). I understand he liked stuff and bought it then wrote it off against his small business. The original owner had no family.
This tractor had 26 total hours on it. I don't believe the backhoe was ever used. The loader bucket had some normal wear for the hours listed. All-in-all a nice clean unit. Everything works as it should. First thing was changing all the fluids and then a good cleaning/detailing.
I've got 11.4 acres of very rocky level land, 5 of which are still in farm field. The other 6.4 are in lawn. My uncle (80 years old) still farms the 5 acres, but does so more as a matter of convinience to me. The TLB will be used to clear rocks from the field and plant windbreaks in the future.
Many thanks to all of you for the great advice and information you've given me over the past years. A special thanks to AKfish and Roy Jackson for your input on this series of tractors. I've also attached a picture of other JD stuff in my barn.
