Your Tractor's Age????

ovrszd · Sep 14, 2006

Just read a post from Birdhunter1 about his purchase of a 17 year old tractor and whether it was vintage or not. From that I got an idea that it might be interesting to hear the age of your tractor. For those that have multiples, we don't need to hear about all of them. To set a fair playing field, you can only list the tractor you put the most hours on in a year. So one tractor per person, the most used. All sizes of tractors, CUTs and SCUTs apply.

Mine would be a 2001 Kubota B2910.

Soundguy · Sep 15, 2006

Gosh that's a hard one... I got a bunch of tractors, and use 3 of them regularly.. though 1 does get used slightly more than the other 2. I'll post that one as my official answer.. but post the other two as a side note.

Most used: 2002 NH 7610s

(52' 8n and 55' 660 get 75% of the hours that the 7610s gets. )

ovrszd · Sep 15, 2006

Soundguy said:
Gosh that's a hard one... I got a bunch of tractors, and use 3 of them regularly.. though 1 does get used slightly more than the other 2. I'll post that one as my official answer.. but post the other two as a side note.

Most used: 2002 NH 7610s

(52' 8n and 55' 660 get 75% of the hours that the 7610s gets. )

That works. Just trying to get an idea of the average age of the tractors most used by TBN posters. Would have done some sort of POLL but wasn't smart enough!!!

California · Sep 15, 2006

About 1980 and sure its vintage, it's the next-to-last update of a model that was in production for a decade or two by then.

Pure vintage, none of that modern fru-fru like power steering or 4x4. Full stop to shift gears.

roxynoodle · Sep 15, 2006

Ok, California, my Yanmar is 79-81 and DOES have the fru fru 4wd! No power steering though. I am also considering relieving a friend of a 1941 Farmall (think it's an A) because it is a really good deal and could pull the manure spreader instead of using my truck.

Turbys_1700 · Sep 15, 2006

2000 model 1720...
Well, I'm pretty sure it's a 2000...
Just purchased in July with 245 hours...
So...It's only 6 years old...
My old Yanmar was a 75 model...
It it's vintage...
I'm an antique...

Farmwithjunk · Sep 15, 2006

ovrszd said:
Just read a post from Birdhunter1 about his purchase of a 17 year old tractor and whether it was vintage or not. From that I got an idea that it might be interesting to hear the age of your tractor. For those that have multiples, we don't need to hear about all of them. To set a fair playing field, you can only list the tractor you put the most hours on in a year. So one tractor per person, the most used. All sizes of tractors, CUTs and SCUTs apply.

Mine would be a 2001 Kubota B2910.

At least it isn't as old as I am....

My FAVORITE tractor is a 1971 Massey Ferguson 150 I bought new in May of '71. I've kept the hours fairly low. Rather run it than 10 new ones. So 35 years old.

Still have in my fathers 1957 Massey Ferguson 50 that he bought new in Aug of '57. I don't consider it "mine" as much as I consider it "family property". My son will get it when I'm done on this earth. Restoration begins this winter. 49 years old.

Also have Uncles Ferguson F-40 he bought new sometime in 1956. It's rough. Someday it'll get re-done, but not in the next year or two. 50 years old.

I have my Deere 2440 I bought new in June of 1979. It's on the way to my sons place in a month or two. I've got one more job for it, then it's his. 27 years old.

1974 Ford 3000 that replaced one I bought new in 1972. Original was a gasser. It spent most of it's life with a loader on it. Replacement is a diesel in MUCH better condition. 32 Years old, but only here for 9 months so far.

There's been a few more that came and went. In the end, my 150 and dads 50 will stay until I'm in a box.

Too old to break in another one.

dknarnd · Sep 15, 2006

Currently all my use is bushhog 20 plus acres of fields plus some back blade work and pulling firewood. For all of this I use a JD 1010 vintage approximately 1961 with a 35hp gasoline engine.

Also have a JD "B" vintage 1952 that I am in the process of attaching a No 8 (3pt with no wheel) sicklebar mower to. This is what we used on the farm when Dad was farming so I am restoring the B to useable condition. For now I use it to drag firrewood out and general putzzing around. When the sicklebar mower is again functioning I will mow the field edges and banks with it.

randy41 · Sep 15, 2006

i've got a ford 1710 that i bought from the dealer back in '90 but it was probably built in the mid-80's.

alvanko · Sep 15, 2006

1983 (?) YM186D
1988 (?) MT372D

wnymudd · Sep 15, 2006

1953 Ford Golden Jubilee. Hope to just use for parades and light mowing after I get my new one!

BB_TX · Sep 15, 2006

1984 JD 950

YM2610D · Sep 15, 2006

Had a YM2610D for about 3 yrs, my first real tractor. I'm not sure what date it was manufactured, but all the info I found on it indicated between 1979 and 1981. Thoroughly a good all around tool. Did alot of things surprising well for it's size. Grey market or not, had very little trouble getting parts for it. ( HOYE Tractor Parts) Sold it for about what I paid for it and July this year, bought new JD3720. (Guess I probably need to change my name on TBN via new registration, huh?)

redlevel · Sep 15, 2006

1955 Ford 640
2006 Farmtrac 535

Will probably see about equal use. The old Ford for planting and cultivating, the Farmtrac for heavy mowing and primary tillage. Nothing plows corn like an old Ford!

Ductape · Sep 15, 2006

I too have an early eighties Yanmar. Great little tractor !

ovrszd · Sep 15, 2006

Ductape said:
I too have an early eighties Yanmar. Great little tractor !

That's a great looking tractor for being old enough to vote!!!

firemanpat2910 · Sep 15, 2006

1989 Ford 2910 II

morningwood · Sep 15, 2006

1959 Fordson Power Major with 1004.4 hours

She is off of a fresh overhual and still a daily driver.

1995 John Deere 770 with 678 hours.

Never had a wrench turned on her other than to change the fluids.

Scott

3RRL · Sep 15, 2006

2005 Kama 554 exactly 1 year and 1 month old with 240+ hours on it now.
4wd 55 hp, Koyker loader, several custom hydraulic additions and implements.

It's my first and only tractor. Using it for a variety of chores on my wilderness property like building new roads and trails. Also for grading the home site, maintaining my road ,food plot, mowing brush, trenching, rock removal and helping the neighbor out. No breakdowns, very versitile and a strong runner. I do all my own wrenching for the mods and maintenance on it.