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Dillon, this thing is 12 years old. About 4-5 years too new.
It replaced an IH 656 that is now 51 years old.
We got our moneys worth out of that 656. Still have it.
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New schidt is great when it works.
I know a lot of small scale people who run stuff from the 70's and older.
Heck, any decent tractor from the '50s is more reliable if well maintained.
We have a 1954 Super M that will start every day in the winter. It has pulled me out of the snow and mud twice in the last 3 years. I hook up the battery, drop the seat and pull the started handle. Varoom. My son wants to take it to his place. I'm not sure I like that idea. kwg
For liberals and anarchists, power and control is opium, selling envy is the fastest and easiest way to get it. TRR. American conservative. Never trust a white liberal. Malcom X Current NRA member.
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New schidt is great when it works.
I know a lot of small scale people who run stuff from the 70's and older.
Heck, any decent tractor from the '50s is more reliable if well maintained.
We have a 1954 Super M that will start every day in the winter. It has pulled me out of the snow and mud twice in the last 3 years. I hook up the battery, drop the seat and pull the started handle. Varoom. My son wants to take it to his place. I'm not sure I like that idea. kwg My old redbelly fired up today after being subjected to a couple days of temps in the low teens. I've become fairly satisfied with the old antique tractor. One never knows what they're going to get when they buy a 66 year old machine. But somebody must have done a good restoration of this one. The guy I bought it from had a hard time coming to terms with the fact that I was going to actually work it. The way I see it,....I didn't have $20K to spend on a slick little new John Deere or Kubota,......but I could scratch up $4K for a restored 1952 8N. So far it's proven to be a good decision.
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Barry, I wanted to try using a low viscosity hydraulic oil but given the transmission you can't.
Talked to the head JD mechanic last Friday and he basically admitted that it was a poor design(the SCV's) for chilly temps or colder.
I was trying to rig up a heat tape idea last winter but it would be a daily pain in the ass not to mention the slight chance of burning up the machine.
Richard, a front end loader would be nice for sure.
But it's really only good for loader work. We like to be able to use a machine for more than one thing. Always pulling something when not loading.
A loader can't pull a baler, mixer wagon, bale processor, ditcher, diker, mower, etc.. That and no 3-point.
Nice to have a backup tractor as well. A loader can't pull a baler, mixer wagon, bale processor, ditcher, mower, diker, etc..
The yuppie tractor in question has a loader which we used one time. It's been off the tractor ever since. The previous owner didn't use it either. How much ??
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Oh never mind, Bristoe is on the trail first.
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Bristoe is talking new JD garden tractors.......
The POS in question is supposed to a 'farm' tractor.
Like an 8N.
Or a Super M.
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They even have a warranty.
I don't know why an 8N stabilizer bar needs a warranty. Seems to me if you can fug one up,..it's on *you*.
A flat stick of cold rolled steel with a hole drilled in each end shouldn't need a damn warranty. I can show you a stack of twisted and bent stabilizer bars which explains the need for a warranty. I prefer the adjustable, tubular, turnbuckle style. They don't bend. Hell, I have even broken a couple of lower lift arms, a leveling lift rod, and an outer hydraulic rockshaft lift arm.
People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
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Bristoe is talking new JD garden tractors.......
Yeah,....I'm talking about "play" tractors. I don't know what to tell you about "work" tractors. Nobody I've ever known can afford a work tractor.
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Compact utility......
Sorry about the garden tractor comment.....grin
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and to think I was looking at 6420 s before I got my New Holland..........
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Lil Sweets(my nickname for the tractor) is back in business..... As soon as it cools off again I'll have my fingers crossed that the new couplers work. Mechanic said it was a chitshow with their software and informed us that we would NOT be billed for the extra time involved. Which of course is only fair. ![[Linked Image from i37.photobucket.com]](https://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/montanasam/montanasam014/IMG_8765.jpg)
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She won't stay that clean for long Sam! 
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No doubt Richard!
I was nice and blew all the dust off before the JD man showed up.
Just ordered a set of coupler plugs.
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This is what a Midwest worikin' tractor looks like Sam. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/Dwhd9gy.jpg)
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Hope that does the trick, Sam!
Do the new couplers go through the computer system as well?
Worked on hydraulics today too. Ran a hose from a remote and split it and plumbed it in to each wing hydraulic cylinder, making them a two way cylinder as opposed to the one way they came from the factory.
Now those wings have power up, and power down.
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Richard, looks like you got her all cleaned up to pull a float in the parade!
(what a mess, get it cleaned out before it freezes!)
Barry, the flow rate(speed) is set from a computer(which is really handy for the discharge augers on a mixer wagon) and the valves are controlled electronically(which is not so handy when it's -20F).
Supposedly the new couplers will help with the cold weather valve issue which I find hard to believe.
Sounds like a nice improvement on the wings. We have a few old toolbars and you have to watch the wings on those.
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Good luck with it Sam.
That was from last March.
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The wings on that particular shredder were sticking in the up position, and I had to get down and tug hard on them to get them go down. Yeah, you gotta watch out when they start coming down.  Now I just sit in the cab and lower them, throw the lever to float and go...
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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What a damn run around hope you've got it licked now Sam. Little sweets.. wtf you've got more patience than me man. it'd be little _____er at best. lol Happiness is a clean spot with a bunch of new parts installed 
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Richard, looked like about $500 worth of that Iowa mud.
Barry, when the wings hangup just find a side hill!
Salty, the nickname was stolen from those diet Dr. Pepper commercials.
We have another tractor and it's called Lil Smokie.
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