Comparison Looking at a few tractors....which one ?

[Farmer495]

I dislike electrical work more than mechanical but I know what your saying, now if it was going the same price or cheaper & a decent tractor, then I could go for that, but atm other one is lined up, it seems to have a hydraulic issue though, maybe you seen other thread I made ?

I put the brakes on and it stopped alright, and the handbrake holds it on a slope that is not shallow, I guess the brakes need to work in case you knock the thing out of gear, do not want a wild ride through my fencing and into a rocky creek ! (I know people who have done this and been very lucky to still be with us), I will be avoiding using it at all where the steepest sections are & the International has a ROPS and a shade cover, which is a bonus.

I should look up to see if it is syncro box, if you can get it back into gear, all should be good, I will keep a digging implement on back if possible, can always drop that as an anchor :thumbsup:

re hard to start, older ones will be harder or take longer that late injected ones, if it is cold enough, every diesel would be hard, but I do not live in the arctic or former USSR, if they all were hard to start, they would not have sold as many as are down under, Lot of Inters, Ford & Massey, quite a few David Brown as well.

You can find Massey TE20 I think they are, near everywhere.

434 is an 8x2 crash box, not synchroed. They shift smooth enough on the road if you double clutch. Hand brake connected directly to normal service brakes.

 

[ovrszd]

434 is an 8x2 crash box, not synchroed. They shift smooth enough on the road if you double clutch. Hand brake connected directly to normal service brakes.

Even in this group of elders, less than 50% would know what "double clutch" meant.

 

[Peter 315]

Even in this group of elders, less than 50% would know what "double clutch" meant.

Try and find somebody that can drive a standard shift truck and drain the air tanks or adjust brakes

 

[ovrszd]

Try and find somebody that can drive a standard shift truck and drain the air tanks or adjust brakes

Three very good examples.

 

[greggyy]

Too broad a statement......you could have a model that had problems, but yeah.......

 

[greggyy]

All gears nonsyncro...or just first.....i changed gears on it ok with a normal upshift.....did not try down, if they had a regular foot accelerator would be easier ....and i can double clutch

Yes...suspected that is how handbrake would work, explains why it stopped well too, are in working order.

 

[Farmer495]

All gears nonsyncro...or just first.....i changed gears on it ok with a normal upshift.....did not try down, if they had a regular foot accelerator would be easier ....and i can double clutch

Yes...suspected that is how handbrake would work, explains why it stopped well too, are in working order.

The gears are somewhat spaced good enough single clutch upshift on nice hard surface might allow clean shift. You've have to rev match down shift on the road. Should have had a foot throttle, every 276 or 434 I've seen in Canada had one, might be different where you are.

 

[Farmer495]

Try and find somebody that can drive a standard shift truck and drain the air tanks or adjust brakes

Yes, some skills are being lost. You start to wonder if it's simply society dumbing down or just technology moving ahead and people not learning stuff that is heading to the history pages.

I can double clutch but I can't harness a team. Don't ask me to fire up a steam engine either

 

[greggyy]

It is probably a combo of both.....down here our govt creates laws all the time to save you from yourself, so people become less and less likely to have a go at anything....

 

[greggyy]

I can double clutch but I can't harness a team. Don't ask me to fire up a steam engine either

Do you know how to operate a fly screen on a submarine ?

Are you capable of safe use of the ashtray on a motorbike ?

What about knowing where the ejector seat button is on a helicopter in case you need it ?