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[Onan18]

1975 Ford 3000 Diesel. I bought it as a project several years ago and rebuilt pretty much everything. Block was cracked, clutch shot, power steering was messed up, transmission froze, rear end needed bearings and seals, brakes needed done, hydraulics were shot, front end was wore out, and it was missing the Radiator, air cleaner, and nosecone assembly. Updated it to the 3600 style filter assembly since I had to buy everything anyways, good chore tractor.

 

[czar800]

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1975 Ford 3000 Diesel. I bought it as a project several years ago and rebuilt pretty much everything. Block was cracked, clutch shot, power steering was messed up, transmission froze, rear end needed bearings and seals, brakes needed done, hydraulics were shot, front end was wore out, and it was missing the Radiator, air cleaner, and nosecone assembly. Updated it to the 3600 style filter assembly since I had to buy everything anyways, good chore tractor.

Great looking tractor. Those motors seem like they are very well built. I remember thinking everything seemed over engineered.


I’d like to have a 3000 diesel.

 

[Rogee]

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1975 Ford 3000 Diesel. I bought it as a project several years ago and rebuilt pretty much everything. Block was cracked, clutch shot, power steering was messed up, transmission froze, rear end needed bearings and seals, brakes needed done, hydraulics were shot, front end was wore out, and it was missing the Radiator, air cleaner, and nosecone assembly. Updated it to the 3600 style filter assembly since I had to buy everything anyways, good chore tractor.

Great little tractors those I learnt to drive on one of those . Ended up spending most of my school summer holidays raking hay on it for my father

 

[00wyk]

Dunno if I've posted this here. This MF'er belongs to the outfit we rent our dairy to:

 

[alleyyooper]

More power RRRRRRRR.

Al

 

[farminkarman]

Here is a picture of my biggest tractor that I picked up this spring. It is a 1993 JD 6400.

 

[ajschainsaws]

Here is a picture of my biggest tractor that I picked up this spring. It is a 1993 JD 6400.View attachment 261554

What gearbox is in that tractor is it powershift

 

[ajschainsaws]

been digging out my D2 swung the diesel engine
Over with MF35 belt pulley everything is free and turning over nice on decompression
Donkey engine is free and ready for some
Pull starts
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[farminkarman]

What gearbox is in that tractor is it powershift

It has the power quad trans. The reverser on this one isn’t on the steering column like the newer ones.

 

[ajschainsaws]

It has the power quad trans. The reverser on this one isn’t on the steering column like the newer ones.

ah thanks they’ve got good pulling power there’s a lot of 6400’s over here

 

[farminkarman]

ah thanks they’ve got good pulling power there’s a lot of 6400’s over here

A couple weeks ago I used mine to do some plowing. I was pulling 3-18’s at a depth of 10” in heavy soil right at 5mph. I really like the tractor, and the cab is big enough to bring my kids along for the ride.

 

[countryhog]

Looking for a used 4WD tractor, small to medium, for maintains my gravel/rock/dirt driveway on Arkansas hillside and to skid logs to feed my stove. saw ris kubota B7500 with 224 hours. Comes with loader. Tires musta been used hard for 224 hours. Looks like it was parked outside per the seat, almost totally shredded. On auction, currently at $4200. What think y’all?

 

[Steve]

Looking for a used 4WD tractor, small to medium, for maintains my gravel/rock/dirt driveway on Arkansas hillside and to skid logs to feed my stove. saw ris kubota B7500 with 224 hours. Comes with loader. Tires musta been used hard for 224 hours. Looks like it was parked outside per the seat, almost totally shredded. On auction, currently at $4200. What think y’all?

On used compact 4x4 with loaders, you are better off new. They are hot items and used with 1000-1500 hours usually are only 25-30% less than a new one. Just my observation from a few years research till i pulled the trigger on my new compact.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

Looking for a used 4WD tractor, small to medium, for maintains my gravel/rock/dirt driveway on Arkansas hillside and to skid logs to feed my stove. saw ris kubota B7500 with 224 hours. Comes with loader. Tires musta been used hard for 224 hours. Looks like it was parked outside per the seat, almost totally shredded. On auction, currently at $4200. What think y’all?

I agree with Steve. You either pay a premium for used, or just buy new and get the warranty and everything that comes with it.

Or, if you have the ground and can utilize a bigger tractor, see if you can find a deal on a bigger tractor. I've seen some decent 50-60 HP 4WD farm tractors with a loader that go for the same or less than a 20-30 HP compact.

 

[Steve]

I agree with Steve. You either pay a premium for used, or just buy new and get the warranty and everything that comes with it.

Or, if you have the ground and can utilize a bigger tractor, see if you can find a deal on a bigger tractor. I've seen some decent 50-60 HP 4WD farm tractors with a loader that go for the same or less than a 20-30 HP compact.

Yes, seems to be no love for a rig between 40-70hp.

 

[timg]

been digging out my D2 swung the diesel engine
Over with MF35 belt pulley everything is free and turning over nice on decompression
Donkey engine is free and ready for some
Pull starts
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That's very unique AJ. I've never seen a Massey Ferguson belt drive conversion like that. I have the same old D2 and looking for a winch. Those old crawlers are all engine with the pony. LOL!!

 

[Ryan Browne]

Looking for a used 4WD tractor, small to medium, for maintains my gravel/rock/dirt driveway on Arkansas hillside and to skid logs to feed my stove. saw ris kubota B7500 with 224 hours. Comes with loader. Tires musta been used hard for 224 hours. Looks like it was parked outside per the seat, almost totally shredded. On auction, currently at $4200. What think y’all?

What the other guys said was my experience as well. I shopped around for a used one for a year before buying our MX4700 new. Watching the way a lot of numskulls operate a loader tractor would make me real hesitant to buy a used one. They just aren't built like a skid steer, but people treat them like they are. You do see LITTLE tractors like that 7500 occasionally go for a decent price, but they're pretty darned small. Not gonna be able to skid much of a stick, especially on a hill. The machines one or two sizes up are a lot more stable and capable. I don't know if they still are, but Kubota was doing 0% financing for like 84 months or something. Makes buying used seem pretty silly, when it's 80% of the new price and you gotta come up with all of it at once.

One other possible exception is that I occasionally see compact or 4wd utility tractors come up for sale with no loader. I bought one actually, since I have a loader on my MX. It seems they're hard to sell without a loader, because almost everyone buying something that size wants a loader. So, if you can get one pretty cheap and add the loader (which is not cheap) and still come in at a decent price, you might do okay that way.

 

[ajschainsaws]

That's very unique AJ. I've never seen a Massey Ferguson belt drive conversion like that. I have the same old D2 and looking for a winch. Those old crawlers are all engine with the pony. LOL!!

yes it’s a good set up you just gotta make sure you cross the belt years ago every
Farm had a belt driven saw bench, water pump, stone crusher or root chopper
So a pulley bolted onto the PTO Was very popular and useful

Belt was slipping to start with but once I rubbed the tar stick on the belt
That made the 35 sit up and work

 

[timg]

Yes sir, We still have Amish in our area using belt drives on their steel wheeled tractors. Sawmills, buzz tables, feed grinders, and silo blowers. The tractors have to be on steel to passify their beliefs/religion. When you get time if you could get me a couple of pics of your belt drive it would be appreciated. I may have to search some salvage yards. Also hate to be a naggy bugger but did you ever get a link to the Ford//Fordson tractor auction. It's another want to have and curious on pricing across your way. They had a 5000 size with large tired 4x4 at an auction and the seller turned down 10k dollars. Crazy some of the pricing. LOL!!!

 

[amberg]

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A couple weeks ago I used mine to do some plowing. I was pulling 3-18’s at a depth of 10” in heavy soil right at 5mph. I really like the tractor, and the cab is big enough to bring my kids along for the ride.

Yes, used to pull a 5 bottom White 14 to 24" hyd. reset back in the late 70's and the early eighties.