65HP Utility Tractor

Turbys_1700 · May 13, 2017

Offer 15K. They will come to 16K easy. You will probably get it for 15,500. Not bad for a 270 hour tractor. It's barely broken in.

jenkinsph · May 14, 2017

I would certainly give all of this a hard look. What is the net difference in cost between your existing tractor and this 5075E with weights on front? There is about big difference in weight between the 2350 and a 5075E, about 2,200 lbs more for the 2350, very noticeable with a MX7 on the three point. Have you tried the electric pto with the 5075E starting up an MX7 yet? IIRC the 2350 has a lever to engage the pto clutch, see which one you prefer.

It would be great if we could see ahead another 5000 hours to compare the costs of operation having the 5075E at 5000 hours vs. the 2350 at 10,000 hours. I am betting the 2350 cost would be a lot less even including some restoration.

jeff9366 · May 14, 2017

jenkinsph said:
It would be great if we could see ahead another 5000 hours to compare the costs of operation having the 5075E at 5000 hours vs. the 2350 at 10,000 hours. I am betting the 2350 cost would be a lot less even including some restoration.

jeff9366 said:
Better tractor weight in strengthening chassis steel than dumb front weights IF you can get your JD2350 properly repaired.

I agree.

buckeye21 · May 14, 2017

Yeah I wonder the same thing myself. I haven't started the PTO on the mx7 yet on any of the 5000 JD series. I guess if I could find a great mechanic that could give me a cost for a complete restoration, I would have a better idea. The way I look at it is that it took us over 30 years of mowing to get to almost 6,000 hours. So saying that I will be almost 60 to get there. I will probably be buying an 85hp cab tractor with batwing by then.

buckeye21 · May 14, 2017

I keep thinking about this FEL. How much cost would be involved to add a FEL to a 2WD that has no mid valve? Would you wait for a 4WD with power reverser to add to it instead?

BrokeFarmerJohn · May 14, 2017

buckeye21 said:
I keep thinking about this FEL. How much cost would be involved to add a FEL to a 2WD that has no mid valve? Would you wait for a 4WD with power reverser to add to it instead?

You can put a FEL on anything, only thing is with a 2wd you will need lots of rear ballast for a FEL, if I'm on a slight hill pointing down with a round bale on dry grass my rear wheels will spin pretty easy and start digging up my turf, I have found myself kicking it in 4wd often.

Also going down hill with a load up front you only have rear wheels to break, there's a few guys on here that went for a ride because there rear got too light and there barn stopped them after there forks put a hole in the wall, that scenario can be dangerous for obvious

If I didn't have a FEL I wouldn't own a tractor, that's 90% of my use for it.

jenkinsph · May 14, 2017

buckeye21 said:
Yeah I wonder the same thing myself. I haven't started the PTO on the mx7 yet on any of the 5000 JD series. I guess if I could find a great mechanic that could give me a cost for a complete restoration, I would have a better idea. The way I look at it is that it took us over 30 years of mowing to get to almost 6,000 hours. So saying that I will be almost 60 to get there. I will probably be buying an 85hp cab tractor with batwing by then.

If you are about 30 years old what is preventing you from learning more about your tractor and performing more of the maintenance yourself? That would lower your cost of operation I would think.

buckeye21 · May 14, 2017

BrokeFarmerJohn said:
You can put a FEL on anything, only thing is with a 2wd you will need lots of rear ballast for a FEL, if I'm on a slight hill pointing down with a round bale on dry grass my rear wheels will spin pretty easy and start digging up my turf, I have found myself kicking it in 4wd often.

Also going down hill with a load up front you only have rear wheels to break, there's a few guys on here that went for a ride because there rear got too light and there barn stopped them after there forks put a hole in the wall, that scenario can be dangerous for obvious

If I didn't have a FEL I wouldn't own a tractor, that's 90% of my use for it.

Ok yeah I did read without 4WD, you lose braking ability with full load. If I did go with a 4WD and decide to put off the loader for the first year or two, would I need weights up front still or would that take away the slipping.

buckeye21 · May 14, 2017

jenkinsph said:
If you are about 30 years old what is preventing you from learning more about your tractor and performing more of the maintenance yourself? That would lower your cost of operation I would think.

I don't have many tools or time to mess with it. Working 45 hours and then needing to work another 10 hours on the weekend on the farm, I'm kinda limited. If I'm not mistaken, all of the leaks on this 2350 involves at least one split.