Allis 8010 - Add to the Collection?

Always looking to add to the collection, I came across this 8010 while on the way back home from the farm.  It's located in Anson, TX at Watt's Tractors (which I hear has a good reputation).  They were closed but here are some numbers they had posted:

Serial number - 2765
Hrs showing - 369
Transmission - PS
Price - $13,950

The sales ad says 369 hrs but the tach reads 371 so with a difference of 2 hrs, I'm assuming the tach is working?  If so, aren't those hours ridiculously low?  I'm on the fence about grabbing it but always wanted to add an 8000 series to the collection (its use would be small round baling and/or brush hogging).

Here are some pics I took of it...inside the cab doesn't look that great; the outside looks somewhat neglected (lights); everything is dry underneath except there appears to be a fuel leak at one of the connections to the tank.

What do you all think?...worth a test drive or RUN?

I would be interested if it was closer, but I doubt that the hours are right!

It looks to me like the hour meter is broken if you look the first digit looks damaged.

10371 hours more like it.

Look real close, It peed a spot on the ground Just thinking about going back to work. Its tired,someone give it a rest.

I've dealt with the dealer before and they came across as being honest and straight forward.There is similar one in Deleon TX for $15500 that looks a little better. I looked at this one but have not heard it run. I was trying to decide if I should buy it.

She def. spent plenty of years in the open to be that faded. Always gets me that a filter can't be changed before showing a tractor or advertising pictures on-line. How much would a filter cost? I usually walk away when I see a rust colored oil filter, but that's just me.

I would vote for the hour meter rolling over, so add 10,000 hours. In that case, other than paint it looks pretty decent for a 10,000 hour texas rig. A coat of paint would really make that thing pop.

Plus the fan pulley wear.

wear on clutch? It is a hydraulic clutch pack....only way to check wear is disassemble and measure.

I doubt thats a 10000 hour tractor, but is possible it is. The number on the hour meter has fell off or was printed right, i have one like that on my 6080. One things for sure, it sat out a bunch. If the meter still works you could find out what number it is in just over 600 more hours.

TREVMAN wrote: Well, they aint making any new ones, and they didnt make that many to begin with. What you are buying is a core...It can be made to look and perform like new, takes money, time, effort. Some of the "afters" on this forum are amazing, I refer you to the most recent is the man that restored and I think vastly improved a 440. Very impressive. Then there is sumerix tractors, and fokkers I think is the name. The gentleman and his brother I think from northern CAL that restores AC crawlers. Awesome. Go check it out, if nothing seems to be tremendously out of order, buy it. It can be painted, cab kit etc. after the mechanicals are dealt with, make a very nice tractor. JMHO, Trev.

Trev, Well said.

So just asking on Steves post, I'm not famiar at all with the 8000 series,, he,s saying they have no clutch, all clutch packs , ? IS THIS RIGHT ? Always thought they had a break away from the engine

That's where I got my 8010, don't expect them to back off the asking price, they can sit on it until someone buys it

AC7060IL wrote: After viewing photos again & doing more thinking, I wonder if this 8010 was used for some kind of a Coop liquid fertilizer application tractor? Or, maybe a drainage or irrigation pump tractor?? Seems like the exposed metals (top of engine hood, front wheel rims, & front of cab) saw a lot of humidity and/or 28% nitrogen solution.