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The TRACTOR thread

Got the left side glass guard and transmission filter guard done. And yes the flat plate came off the Titanic. Just using what I had on hand.
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Tiha said:
Need to know the pulley size on the engine and what pulley drives the blower?

Is it normally driven directly off the engine pulley? Then 3,500-3,800 rpm range.

If it is driven off a second pulley, we need that pulley diameter to calculate input rpms

blowers are actually engineered to operate in a specific rpm range. Faster is not always better.
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I’ll get my pulleys measured up and report back.
 
Trying to find a certain tractor but don’t really know what model to look for.

Currently have a 1980 Deere 850 compact. Looking for something that is the approx same size.

Make doesn’t matter, needs to be hydrostatic, ~35hp and 2wd. Everything is 4wd any more, rather have a 2wd for simplicity and less to break.
 
you need a deere 855. they went to hydrostatic in the next model. 2wd is easy to find around here.
 
back woods said:
Trying to find a certain tractor but don’t really know what model to look for.

Currently have a 1980 Deere 850 compact. Looking for something that is the approx same size.

Make doesn’t matter, needs to be hydrostatic, ~35hp and 2wd. Everything is 4wd any more, rather have a 2wd for simplicity and less to break.
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Why wouldn’t you want a 4wd if everything else you needed was met? Are you really 4 wheeling a tractor hard enough to be breaking one? I also can’t identify with wanting hydrostatic.
 
JR4X said:
Why wouldn’t you want a 4wd if everything else you needed was met? Are you really 4 wheeling a tractor hard enough to be breaking one? I also can’t identify with wanting hydrostatic.
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More of a preference on 2wd, not mandatory
 
JR4X said:
Why wouldn’t you want a 4wd if everything else you needed was met? Are you really 4 wheeling a tractor hard enough to be breaking one? I also can’t identify with wanting hydrostatic.
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Loader work is miles better with hydro. I can’t think of anything else that it would have an advantage over a gear drive.
 
hard to beat the ford 3 cyl diesel machines. the smaller ones are very maneuverable and hammer reliable.

3000,2910,2810,3430,3400,3910,3930 4630 etc
 
back woods said:
Any thoughts on a 4400 Deere?
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Don't know about the 4400, but I have a 5105, and it is the sorriest tractor I have ever owned. Maybe mine was made on a Monday after a holiday weekend, but it sucks. It turned me off Green. I am now a fan of the orange. (or old Blue, or Red)
 
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Personally I love hydrostat. I don’t care if I loose HP. I can put anyone on it, and they can at least safely move it. My shuttle shift is easy for me, but anyone else is a chore to tell them how to run it. My wife likes being on tractors and I like her help. I like tractors she likes to drive.

50hp and below, I like hydrostat
Over I prefer shuttle shift (I do more real work with them).
 
WTF? said:
they're solid mechanically, but the plastic body panels won't last 10 minute's in your usage- the gauge clusters also fail routinely. basically a 12 valve cummins Ram of a tractor
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If the 850 was hydro it would be perfect for what I need.
 
back woods said:
If the 850 was hydro it would be perfect for what I need.
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I moved into a 4200 hydrostat from a 870 (standard syncro trans/clutch). the 870 was a tank compared to the plastic-fantastic 4-thousand series, but mechanically it feels just as stout and I wouldn't go back to the 870 to do the same work given the opportunity.

I think the 4400 would absolutely do comparable work to the 850; just be prepared for the drop in quality of fit/finish and accept that it will look like this after ~20 hrs in the woods:homer::
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it was kind of nice about 50 hrs before-
this pic taken about an hr before I popped the hood and both engine panels fell off and hit the ground and shattered because the dealer has snapped off the brittle plastic twist cam lock tabs.

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OutlawRider said:
Personally I love hydrostat. I don’t care if I loose HP. I can put anyone on it, and they can at least safely move it. My shuttle shift is easy for me, but anyone else is a chore to tell them how to run it. My wife likes being on tractors and I like her help. I like tractors she likes to drive.

50hp and below, I like hydrostat
Over I prefer shuttle shift (I do more real work with them).
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Spent a couple of hours on a Kubota MX series tractor today. I’m not really a fan of hydrostatic transmissions. There’s wasn’t terrible other than I hated the foot pedal.
 
back woods said:
Trying to find a certain tractor but don’t really know what model to look for.

Currently have a 1980 Deere 850 compact. Looking for something that is the approx same size.

Make doesn’t matter, needs to be hydrostatic, ~35hp and 2wd. Everything is 4wd any more, rather have a 2wd for simplicity and less to break.
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Aggie06 said:
Spent a couple of hours on a Kubota MX series tractor today. I’m not really a fan of hydrostatic transmissions. There’s wasn’t terrible other than I hated the foot pedal.
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All new kubotas are hit and miss. One out of 10 is a complete pos, and 1 out of ten works way better.... the other 8 are mehhh. Ive had 2 newer mx's it the last month and they were complete opposite ends of the spectrum.
This one was the best running/ oppersting tractor ive had out of hundreds.

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I tell everyone that im not trying to sell a tractor to to buy the cleanest lowest hour late 90s-early 2000s john deere they can find and pay up for it.
 
Looks like the exact same model I was using today. The hydraulics were a little slow on it, which I would normally attribute to it being a rental but, it was a fairly low hour tractor (200 ish). I also wasn’t a fan of the tires on it. That’s just a personal preference.
 
I’m looking for a new/new to me tractor. Probably in the 60-75 hp. Haven’t settled on a given brand. So far I’ve looked at John Deere, Kubota, and New Holland.

I’d like to have auto steer for work purposes, so that makes it slightly limiting on the model.
 
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