Buying Advice How many hours is acceptable

[whistlepig]

Buying used I wouldn't go over 1,500 hours. Better would be 1,000 to 1,500 hours. Tractors with these kind of hours are very hard to find. And when I tried looking for used with these kind of hours I found out that buying new was only a couple of hundred dollars more. I ended up buying new.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Thank you all for your responses. They will definitely help in my hours decision. The PS will be a little more difficult, since you all have mixed emotions. I will be using a loader alot, so I am leaning toward PS.

Thanks again. I will let you know what I decided when I buy it......Rich

Only one of these responses mentioned PS not an issue and even that one said maybe with a loader it would maybe be important. Some never mentioned it period and the others said it will be important with a loader which you want. A loaded loader will not be pleasant after several hours of work without PS. If you plan on keping it for use and for awhile, get what will make it usable without hating to use it or even being unpleasant to use. Or subscribe to my theory of buy what seems about right then a year later get the one that comes closer to meeting your actual needs at that time. First purchase is just a test purchase.

 

[dntfxr]

Yeah if you are doing a lot of loader work the PS is definitely nice, I didn't mean to imply that it's not. And the bigger the loader capacity the more you'll miss it!

 

[kuboman]

Yeah if you are doing a lot of loader work the PS is definitely nice, I didn't mean to imply that it's not. And the bigger the loader capacity the more you'll miss it!

Nice hardly descibes PS. I had a B4200 pint size with no PS and gear tranny. It was a cute little tractor and capable for it's small size but I hated the arm strong steering and the clutch and gears for loader work. If you don't get PS you will learn to hate the tractor. But like JT says, the first is just a test.:laughing:

 

[OrangeRidge]

There's ALOT of secondhand BX out there. You don't have to
put up with high hours in any particular age/price range really.
You'll find some will have three to five times the use for 80%
of the price . Look well and you'll get a good one somewhere.
Just ONE major problem with a purchase will lose you anything
you saved with an older machine . For BX , look for less than
250 to 400 hrs . There're heaps of 'em . If it's got the options
that you want ( folk hate splitting up a unit ) then bargain
hard . The economy is stuffed and cash is king .

 

[silvertramp]

Thank you all for your responses. They will definitely help in my hours decision. The PS will be a little more difficult, since you all have mixed emotions. I will be using a loader alot, so I am leaning toward PS.

Thanks again. I will let you know what I decided when I buy it......Rich

I have a Yanmar 276D with a loader, no ps. There is a kit available, but I guess I just don't care enough. What I wouldn't want to do without is 4wd, 12f speeds, and the powershift tranny. If something comes up with ps that meets your criteria, grab it. I wouldn't consider no ps to be a deal breaker tho.
I'm 64 years old, but put on less than 100 hours/year. Much of it tight work.

 

[MMH]

Nice hardly descibes PS. I had a B4200 pint size with no PS and gear tranny. It was a cute little tractor and capable for it's small size but I hated the arm strong steering and the clutch and gears for loader work. If you don't get PS you will learn to hate the tractor. But like JT says, the first is just a test.:laughing:

Kuboman, you have a L5740 & B3200 & the original poster is looking at a B7100. Even w/o a loader you need PS w/ a 5740. PS on a B7100 w/ a loader may be nice, but definitely not a must have. I have a B9200 w/ a loader & no PS and a gear tranny. Over 90% of my work is loader work. My loader (a BF350) can lift 1000 lbs. & curl 1200 lbs. When I lift that much PS would be nice. However, most of the time I am lifting 500 lbs. or less. The armstrong PS works just fine. As to a gear vs. hydro, to each his own - the more I run my gear tractor, the more I like it.[/QUOTE]

 

[kuboman]

Kuboman, you have a L5740 & B3200 & the original poster is looking at a B7100. Even w/o a loader you need PS w/ a 5740. PS on a B7100 w/ a loader may be nice, but definitely not a must have. I have a B9200 w/ a loader & no PS and a gear tranny. Over 90% of my work is loader work. My loader (a BF350) can lift 1000 lbs. & curl 1200 lbs. When I lift that much PS would be nice. However, most of the time I am lifting 500 lbs. or less. The armstrong PS works just fine. As to a gear vs. hydro, to each his own - the more I run my gear tractor, the more I like it.

[/QUOTE]

Some people enjoy the exercise, I don't.

 

[Ductape]

Some people enjoy the exercise, I don't.[/quote]


That's why MMH's biceps are huge, and yours look like wet noodles !

 

[jonyyuma]

Test Tractor???HA...Ps and 4 wheel drive are needed for effective loader work. Go ahead a fight the wheel...at least you have read it here...beforehand?