Belarus Tractors

[Alberta Haymaker]

Oh yeah I don't care for where the OEM hyd. levers are in the 825. That joy stick is so handy!! Keep an eye out for a used joy stick controler and plumb in the separate spool vavles it works slick. Wreckers sometimes have them off of older tractors.

Our old 970 has been good to us we've had it since new in 1974 and its been a good haying tractor. It actually has its 40th birthday on this April :thumbsup: The 2090 while a nicer tractor to drive and decent cab for its age has had its share of "mechanical issues" lets just say. Good thing its easy to work on and I fix stuff. It only has some 65xx hrs on it.

Problem though with the 970 is the hydraulic vavles are basically ON or OFF when under heavy load. Its not easy to "feather" the controls on the loader. Guy told me once people used to screw on extentions onto the leavers making them longer thus making it easier to for loader work. Never bothered though as I use the 825 now but still have a big old Leon loader for the 970 that we bought 30 years ago. Its a high lift model which is usefull but clumsy and visablity isnt' great on the 970 compared to the 825.

Back in 2007 I think it was I rebuilt the motor as it was using oil. Then I figured I'd paint it too while I was at it that winter. Well the paint job took way longer then rebuiding the motor!

 

[Bison]

I'm not much of a 70 series case fan, parts are way to pricy to my liking,..especially powershift parts
I used to repair them for the neighbors, did a couple power shift and engine rebuilds for them
I also don't like the long rear axle shafts and again the aggressive inching pedal
Strong engines though and good pullers.

I had a good scare one day. a neighbor came to get his 1070 fixed(clutch did not work and it had no brakes either) I had to start it in gear, tried the shutoff knob a couple times to make sure once i drove it in the shop i could kill the engine. I put it in first and idled it trough the door.
When i was under the hoist i pulled the knob,..pulled the cable right out of the IP shut off lever and the **** thing kept going. i franticly tried to pull the thing out of gear only to pull it in a higher gear. i finally managed to bang the lever into neutral just short of the tractor exiting with a couple engines and other stuff ahead of him trough the rear wall.
( that made my heart jump a couple notches i tell ye):shocked:

 

[Alberta Haymaker]

Hey Bison does your old Belarus have the "pony engine" option on it? I've heard that the older ones you could get with a 2 stroke gas pony engine for remote area's in the Eastern block or other countries where batteries were harder to come by.

Here's a video of one I found. Its kind of neat, would be a pain if you're stopping and starting it always. I know the old CAT's had them pony engines never new small tractors like this did. Would be a handy though if you were out in the bush in the middel of now where

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

The U.S. must have sold a few of them. They had the pony motors available for retrofit. Not sure how many, but I saw them on the shelves.

 

[Bison]

Hey Bison does your old Belarus have the "pony engine" option on it? I've heard that the older ones you could get with a 2 stroke gas pony engine for remote area's in the Eastern block or other countries where batteries were harder to come by.

Here's a video of one I found. Its kind of neat, would be a pain if you're stopping and starting it always. I know the old CAT's had them pony engines never new small tractors like this did. Would be a handy though if you were out in the bush in the middel of now where

my 800 came with 12v starter but i bet the pony motor can be fit as well.
It does have an air tank under the cab and a pressure gauge in the dash so putting a compressor on it would be easy.
Actually the 800 and 925 are fairly identical for the most part

 

[longrider]

I have a 400A and I understand all the comments and agree but it is also a strong tractor that said I have information for anyone who wants it. The Belarus parts is easy the number is 1-800-356-2336 I usually talk with Nick he is very knowledgeable on the parts they are good on shipping and they have all or most of the manuals I purchased the operators manual, assembly/disassembly and the parts and accessories manual they were not bad on cost. Hope this helps.

Cheers.

 

[longrider]

The parts is 1-800-356-2336 Nick is very helpful they also have most of the manuals.

Good luck

I run across a Belarus 250-A in really nice shape and less then 1000 hours on the meter...
I was unable to locate any US dealers, nor did the Belarus home page list any...

Just wondering if Belarus is now a orphan, is there any part available and what could be the
worth of a 250-A in nice condition...

Thanks in advance for any help...

Richard
West Michigan

 

[Bison]

I have a spare starter, all it needs is brushes...just the.brushes are $200 for a set of 8. Compare that to $320 for a Brand new starter ..you go figure :confused2:

Bought the new starter

 

[longrider]

Hello all. Does anyone know the cost and location of a service manual for a 400 an?

 

[Alberta Haymaker]

I have a spare starter, all it needs is brushes...just the.brushes are $200 for a set of 8. Compare that to $320 for a Brand new starter ..you go figure :confused2:

Bought the new starter

Hey Bison if you're in a bind for brushes there is a place in Edmonton that has all kinds and can cut them to size if you want. I can't remember the name off hand but I went there years ago to gets some brushes for a blower motor that I rebuilt. It was one of those deals the dealer wanted 400 bucks or something and all it needed was a couple bearings and some brushes which cost very little at the time.