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allis restorer 
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 Topic: Looking at an off color tractor
Posted: 09 May 2011 at 6:46pm |
Here what do you think on this tractor, if anyone has any experience with one of these please speak up i want to know, we are going to call on it tommorow. thanks Steve
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Rfdeere
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Posted: 09 May 2011 at 7:55pm |
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That seems like alot of hours on a 14 year old, 145 hp tractor to ask $35000 ?
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Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:04pm |
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Now that I looked thru the listings seems to be right in the ballpark looking at the rest of them.
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allis restorer
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Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:09pm |
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Yeah they are not cheap, if you look at the ones with lower hours, they take a huge jump in the price, we are also looking to one that isnt overly far away. I guess we will find out tommorow if it was ever overhauled or what not. Steve
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Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:23pm |
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You know there are some nice looking AC 8050's in your area with alot less hours for less money. I know there a decade older but there still Orange !!
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allis restorer
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Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:29pm |
I know but we getting tired of bounceing around all day long on old tractors, and we need one that is fuel efficent and has weight an horse power. i have nothing against old tractors but we have to keep up in the neighborhood, we are starting to look small again lol. Steve
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Brad(WI)
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Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:47pm |
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They are very dependanble and fuel efficient trators, at least that is what I have heard. Find out what type of hours. If on a mixer waon, not very many. If tillage, might want to watch out. I know what you mean about boucing around in old tractors. When you spend hundreds of hours in a tractor, air seats and can coolers are nice.
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Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:49pm |
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Ok thanks Brad, I tried to zoom up on the drawbar and it dosent look wore so that is a good sign. thanks
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Nick So. IN.
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Posted: 09 May 2011 at 9:29pm |
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Allis Restorer, I have a couple hundred hours on these tractors. In my opinion these are the most user friendly Powershifts made. They downshift automatically when you push in the clutch too. I am unsure of the longevity of them. The only problems I had with the ones I ran were they were hard starting in the winter time. I think the air intake heater is a poor design. Had a few a/c issues. And the transmissions hit hard when shifting from 9th to 10th i believe. I cant think of anymore issues we had with them, I believe the 8670 had 6000 hours and the 8870 had 4500.
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Bill Long
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Posted: 09 May 2011 at 9:48pm |
While I cannot be of any assistance in the the capabilities of this particular unit I would like to add that newer more efficient units are necessary to farm more technically efficient nowdays. I see these units pull the sand cleaners at OC MD. I usually talk to the operators to see what they say but last year the New Hollands were new and I was not in a position to ask them. However, they seem to pull beach cleaners - a job a 190 did years ago - with ease. Funny, The largest AC unit I sold was the D-17. Here is a unit that is more efficient, much more comfortable, and more tecnically efficient with almost three times more power. Hard for me to believe. Good Luck! Bill Long
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Posted: 10 May 2011 at 6:26pm |
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Well i call the guy today, and He said that the tractor Runs great and looks good for as many hours are on it. He said it was mainly used on a mixer, so the tires are good on it, and he said that everything works and said if i wanted i could take it for a test drive, So now we have some thinking to do on it, I also found one other one that i might call on tommorow. I will keep you updated. Steve
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