New tractor: how many hours usage acceptable?

[Taiser]

0.2 on mine, probably all from moving it around on the lot!

 

[flusher]

For you guys that have bought new tractors, how many hours on the meter when you took delivery?

Less than one hour on my Kubota B7510HST when delivered in June05.
Now has 155 hours and counting.

 

[daTeacha]

I think mine had somewhere between 10 and 20, but I never really looked that close.

 

[john_bud]

Mine had under 2. Hard to recall exactly.

I agree with the comment that it's much ado about nothing. Hours put on by the dealer will have been pretty easy hours. It's real hard to abuse a tractor with the sales guy standing there.

Many folks swear about how good their dealer is due to them bringing out a tractor to try. That adds hours. Why try and penalize the dealer for doing what you want a great dealer to do?

Now if it has 25 or more hours, that would be a bit different. I know several folks that put fewer hours on in a year. (Low rpms clock hours slower)

jb

 

[Skyco]

(Low rpms clock hours slower)

jb

HUH? I don't think so...an hour is an hour! Except maybe in Canada where due to the exchange rate their hour is 55 minutes....or is that the other way around?

 

[JerryG]

If I buy a new tractor and it doesn't have a few hours on it, I would be wanting to know why it didn't. If it is preprepared right it will have some time on it. I don't won't it just slapped together and put on the truck.

 

[canoetrpr]

HUH? I don't think so...an hour is an hour! Except maybe in Canada where due to the exchange rate their hour is 55 minutes....or is that the other way around?

Not true. The hour meter on the tractor clocks slower when running below PTO rpm... at least it does on my L3400. If you think about it, it makes sense because you are trying to measure use - which is what revolutions are, rather than time, which is what hours are.

Either that or my tractor runs close to the speed of light when the revs are less than what is necessary for the PTO at 540 and the effects of the Lorentz contraction and time dialation are kicking in. Say...I do feel a bit shorter and heavier but I don't think that it has anything to do with it.

 

[Grrrr]

Heck, I really don't get this.

We have had tractors come to us new and for demonstration and they often have from 100 hundred to 200 hours on them. Some of them are sold as new, some are sold as demonstrators if they have more than about 250 hours on them.

I don't think it matters how many hours are on then tractor if it is new, often tractors are run for a while at the factory or at the dealers to check all is well.

 

[canoetrpr]

Mine came with an hour or less but I would consider 10 to 20 to be just fine as new.

 

[Spiveyman]

Not true. The hour meter on the tractor clocks slower when running below PTO rpm... at least it does on my L3400. If you think about it, it makes sense because you are trying to measure use - which is what revolutions are, rather than time, which is what hours are.

Either that or my tractor runs close to the speed of light when the revs are less than what is necessary for the PTO at 540 and the effects of the Lorentz contraction and time dialation are kicking in. Say...I do feel a bit shorter and heavier but I don't think that it has anything to do with it.

Yep - my manual even states the RPM that it is metered at and says that anything below that RPM will add hours slower than a clock, anything faster will add hours faster than a clock.

I didn't buy a new tractor, but I appreciate the point that a "good dealer" will work with you and let you try the thing out. That's the guy I'd want to buy from. A few hours on a decently made tractor are nothing to worry about.