As I build time I'll comment. Sounds like you got a great deal! Sometimes the price has less to do with the quality. Since I only put about 50-75 hours a year on the machine it's hard to justify the more expensive tractors. But this one is leaps and bounds ahead of my Belarus and I was happy with that tractors performance. I must admit though, the AC is worth buying for summer work.
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Update on engines. In 2006 the EPA has required strict compliance for off road diesel engines. There is a lot of uncertainty about Chinese tractors. After a little investigation here's the deal. The engines that go in the 70 and 80 series Foton/Farm Pro/Euroleopard tractors are made by an engine manufacturer in China. This is a separate company from Foton Heavy Industries that makes the tractor. Foton buys the engine. The distributor in Indiana said Farm Pro will get the certificate required to import the tractors in their line after Jan. 1st 2006. He didn't elaborate, but he was quite firm. I sent an email to the Chinese manufacturer of the Perkins Phaser 1004-4T that's used in the 70 and 80 series tractors. He sent back that they are certified for sale in 2006 and if I were to buy an engine, they'd ship it to me direct with the EPA certificate.
It would appear that for the 70 nand 80 series this is a moot point.
It would appear that for the 70 nand 80 series this is a moot point.
Just added a Hawkline 96" HD rear blade ($575 delivered) to complete the snow plowing package. It came in handy as the torrential rains this month required several loads of gravel for the drive. What a beast! Set the depth on the blade and easily moved the gravel in two passes. The hawkline blade is excellent. Only change I made was replacing the angle adjust pin to a 1" grade 8 hex bolt. Now it's solid as a rock at the set angle. The high mold board will make quick work of even heavy deep snow....bring on winter.
circleTfarm
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where did you find the fonton dealers I have been looking for one (824 or904) but the only dealer I can find in the states on web is in Iowa kinda far from Ohio. I was in the understanding that the eurolepard was sold only in europe due to copy right they look like the new holland..
Euroleopard/FarmPro/Foton/ are all the same tractor. My FarmPro 8240 has a Foton decal on the back and a Euroleopard operaters manual. They're all made by Foton Heavy Industries www.fotonhi.com. I bought the tractor from http://www.m-mtractors.com/ owners name is Jeremy. He has the 8240's in stock. $19,000 for the tractor and with a Koyker 310 loader, delivered from Indiana to Hew Hampshire $26,000. He was no nonsense straight up. Very good to work with. Very nice machine by the way.
circleTfarm
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does your tractor have same setup as fonton &euroleopard as in cab heat/ac, perkins diesel that was $19,000 with loader? can you pick up at his place or does he always deliver ..
Tractor has the Perkins Phaser 1004-4T turbo diesel (great engine). Everyone knows most tractors blow a little smoke from the stack. This engine starts right up and you can't see any stack exhaust. Smells more like an over the road truck engine than a farm engine. No gagging from the foul smell of half burned fuel. The cab is heated and air conditioned and it works well. I ordered the tractor with the Koyker loader and 12 days later the tractor was sitting in it's heated bay at my property. I suppose you can pick it up, you aren't that far from him. Transportation to NH was $1,000.
Good luck...let us know how it goes.
Good luck...let us know how it goes.
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Hmm... havn't seen this on any of my ford/NH diesels... ( Nh 97' 1920, 02' NH 7610s, and 75' 5000. Start up without any black smoke, and run without black smoke. I don't lugg my engines down.. so don't even get to see that momentary puff where the governor is pumping up the rpms.. etc.
On our fleet of off road and on road diesels, at work.. when we see a diesel smoke while running.. it almost always turns out to be a clogged air filter and / or bad fuel/filter.. or is slap worn out. I've also seen smoke on the hard starters ( wore out units ), or on the ones using a starting aid in colder weather.. etc.
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Hmm... havn't seen this on any of my ford/NH diesels... ( Nh 97' 1920, 02' NH 7610s, and 75' 5000. Start up without any black smoke, and run without black smoke. I don't lugg my engines down.. so don't even get to see that momentary puff where the governor is pumping up the rpms.. etc.
On our fleet of off road and on road diesels, at work.. when we see a diesel smoke while running.. it almost always turns out to be a clogged air filter and / or bad fuel/filter.. or is slap worn out. I've also seen smoke on the hard starters ( wore out units ), or on the ones using a starting aid in colder weather.. etc.
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thouhgt it worthwhile to post this link http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Board/parts/Number/764954/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o//fpart/1 . Just goes to show all tractors can have mechanical problems. This one appears to be a design issue,
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Personally, I have never started a diesel tractor without a puff of smoke.