Ledgemere Farm
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No. I am almost positive the 656 was available either way. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Your Personal Top-5 Most Desired Tractors?
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Ledgemere Farm
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Ertl has a new 6030 toy out. It is an ugly brute for sure, but looks like it could pull a house!!
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Ron , no not all 656's are Hydro's. They came in bowth gear drive and hydro. They also came in Farmall/Row crop and standard or utility style.
Farmwithjunk
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I have the "Plow City Expo" Ertl 6030 sitting on my office shelf.
I've had the opportunity to run a couple real 6030's over the years. The last time, I helped a nieghbor drag out a stuck combine with one. Talk about a feeling of power! The first one had been rebuilt, using the 619 cu. in. "kit" for an 8650 4WD, instead of the 531 cu. in. "stock" motor that came in the 6030. It was turning a little over 275 hp. The only down side I can see with them is they are a 4-wheeled fuel crisis.
I've had the opportunity to run a couple real 6030's over the years. The last time, I helped a nieghbor drag out a stuck combine with one. Talk about a feeling of power! The first one had been rebuilt, using the 619 cu. in. "kit" for an 8650 4WD, instead of the 531 cu. in. "stock" motor that came in the 6030. It was turning a little over 275 hp. The only down side I can see with them is they are a 4-wheeled fuel crisis.
DavesTractor
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Robert,
I'm just north of you a couple hours and my wife isn't real thrilled with the little Cletrac crawler I recently bought. It's in good shape for being 85 years old. email me if interested, or I do check my PM's occasionally, so you can contact me that way as well.
I'm just north of you a couple hours and my wife isn't real thrilled with the little Cletrac crawler I recently bought. It's in good shape for being 85 years old. email me if interested, or I do check my PM's occasionally, so you can contact me that way as well.
Southwesteader
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My top 5 most desired are:
IH 1066
Farmall M
John Deere A
Mitsubshi D2000fd
John Deere 80D
Big Bud 16V (teasing)
IH 1066
Farmall M
John Deere A
Mitsubshi D2000fd
John Deere 80D
Big Bud 16V (teasing)
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I'll put my list in here too:
'41 Farmall A dual fuel with vacuum lift
Kubota B1600
Massey 1085 Cab
JD 4020 Diesel Powershift open station
Kubota M9000 HDCC3
Lets see, I've owned them all. Wish I still had the '41 barnyard Buick, I still have the single bottom plow in my barn, someday to be a yard ornament I suspect.
The JD, well I sold it. It was open station as well as the little Kubota which was my first of many Kubota's. Open station units don't cut it with me. I like comfort, air and a good stereo.
I still have the Massey 1085. It's a beast with the 12x12 combined multi power transmission and the 318 cubic inch Perkins naturally aspirated diesel. It's also heavy and tall but it goes down the road fast enough to get me a ticket in a school zone. I've dead yanked a few 5" diameter maples with the 1085 and never spun a wheel and they aren't loaded (I don't believe in loading tires). She is good on fuel too.
I just bought the M9000. My partner has a 105S and I fell in love with the tractor. My little 5030 was a toy compared to the 105 but the 105 is ungainly like the 1085. My alternative was the M9. Plenty of torque rise with the turbo/ata motor and a square hood with an honest to goodness hood ornament for me to line up my rows with. I had a bad time getting straight rows with the 105.
I like old iron, problem is, I use my tractors for their intended purpose and when it's time to farm I don't want to be tinkering.
Besides, I live in Deere country and it's refreshing to see silver and red or orange and grey going down the road
'41 Farmall A dual fuel with vacuum lift
Kubota B1600
Massey 1085 Cab
JD 4020 Diesel Powershift open station
Kubota M9000 HDCC3
Lets see, I've owned them all. Wish I still had the '41 barnyard Buick, I still have the single bottom plow in my barn, someday to be a yard ornament I suspect.
The JD, well I sold it. It was open station as well as the little Kubota which was my first of many Kubota's. Open station units don't cut it with me. I like comfort, air and a good stereo.
I still have the Massey 1085. It's a beast with the 12x12 combined multi power transmission and the 318 cubic inch Perkins naturally aspirated diesel. It's also heavy and tall but it goes down the road fast enough to get me a ticket in a school zone. I've dead yanked a few 5" diameter maples with the 1085 and never spun a wheel and they aren't loaded (I don't believe in loading tires). She is good on fuel too.
I just bought the M9000. My partner has a 105S and I fell in love with the tractor. My little 5030 was a toy compared to the 105 but the 105 is ungainly like the 1085. My alternative was the M9. Plenty of torque rise with the turbo/ata motor and a square hood with an honest to goodness hood ornament for me to line up my rows with. I had a bad time getting straight rows with the 105.
I like old iron, problem is, I use my tractors for their intended purpose and when it's time to farm I don't want to be tinkering.
Besides, I live in Deere country and it's refreshing to see silver and red or orange and grey going down the road
OP
EquipmentJunkie
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5030, do you have any problems with starter motors on the 1085? A friend of mine has a 1085 that has a difficult time making the starters last. He finally gave up on the rebuilds and sprang for a brand new one...it lasted much longer.
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Odd that you should ask that.
I do, but not the starter itself, but the Bendix. I roasted the starter a while ago and had it rewound by SPB Rebuilders in Cleveland, Ohio. Lately, the Bendix has been sporadic in engagement response so I just jog the key until it engages solidly.
One thing about big Perkins Diesels is that they are a fairly long stroke motor and when the oil is cold and thicker, it takes a lot of oomph to spin them. I try to plug it in (block heater) about 30 minutes before I fire it up when it's cold outside. Another don't with the Perky is no ether. Perkies don't like ether, it tends to crack rings...I know, I learned the hard way. I have a broken ring in the 4th hole and the engine is getting kitted this winter. The a broken ring is easy to diagnose. The engine will either wet stack (slobber) or puff blue smoke at idle. Either way you better keep an eye on the oil level. This summer, mine was consuming about a quart an acre though it does keep the mosquitoes at bay. It never lacks for power though.
I do, but not the starter itself, but the Bendix. I roasted the starter a while ago and had it rewound by SPB Rebuilders in Cleveland, Ohio. Lately, the Bendix has been sporadic in engagement response so I just jog the key until it engages solidly.
One thing about big Perkins Diesels is that they are a fairly long stroke motor and when the oil is cold and thicker, it takes a lot of oomph to spin them. I try to plug it in (block heater) about 30 minutes before I fire it up when it's cold outside. Another don't with the Perky is no ether. Perkies don't like ether, it tends to crack rings...I know, I learned the hard way. I have a broken ring in the 4th hole and the engine is getting kitted this winter. The a broken ring is easy to diagnose. The engine will either wet stack (slobber) or puff blue smoke at idle. Either way you better keep an eye on the oil level. This summer, mine was consuming about a quart an acre though it does keep the mosquitoes at bay. It never lacks for power though.