What I got to drive today
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Topic: What I got to drive today
Posted By: kip in cny
Subject: What I got to drive today
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 12:32am
My buddy bought this at a auction today with help from don jr and me talking him into buying it. he asked me to drive it to his place for him. He got a great price 14,500 a 8070 with 6200 hrs. It was a fun ride with the a/c and radio. I was impressed on the road speed it felt like way to short of a trip.  ------------- 160 CA 920diesel 5020 HD-3 |
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Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 4:25am
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Wow, very nice. It looks great! ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: captaindana
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 6:02am
| Wow I would rather have done the trip with that rather than the 3000 miles I did yesterday! Nice ride Kip! |
Posted By: JimWenigOH
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 6:57am
| Very nice looking machine. How was the ride going down the road? I've seen it posted on this forum that the tractor hops going down the road with the factory wheel base, and that is one of the reasons for moving the front axle forward. There also was an 8070 at an auction yesterday in La Grange, IN. Does anyone know what it brought? It was listed at 4000 hours w/duals. |
Posted By: WD45
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 8:17am
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Great buy! ------------- Fred Dunlop, G,B,CA, WC,WF, 3 WD45`s,gas, diesel and LP,U,D10 series III, D12,D14,D15 SERIES II,D17 Series IV in Gas and Diesel ,D19 GAS and D21,170 185,210 ,220 an I-600 8070 fwd, 716H and 1920H |
Posted By: Dave in il
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 9:31am
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Nice tractor, I would say it was a steal.
I would like to run a long wheel base tractor and see what they ride like. I have an 8050 and 8070 and they don't hop on the road or in the field and they ride very well versus anything comparable I have used.
It would seem the turning radius would be reduced by the longer wheel base.
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Posted By: kip in cny
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 9:32am
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jim the frount axel is already moved forward. It rode smooth.
------------- 160 CA 920diesel 5020 HD-3 |
Posted By: Gerald J.
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 9:39am
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Mismatch of tire sizes in 4WD mode is a bigger cause of hop independent of wheelbase. And that's adjusted by the tire pressures as well as a choice of tire sizes and tire wear. Gerald J. |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 02 May 2011 at 12:53am
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Dana, how long did it take to go those 3000 miles? 6 hr?
------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |