The farm I used to manage had a JD 2950 from 1986 that was German. When they closed the farm in 2009, it had something in the neighborhood of 5000 hrs and had given us no problems. It wasn't our biggest but it got a lot of use. No loader work though.
It even survived some dummy (me!) who opened the front cap because he thought it was low on coolant and added some. Trouble was the front cap was the fuel tank, it sat in front of the radiator. Adding antifreeze to diesel fuel on a cold day clogs the fuel filter real quick!
Dale
