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[jacob59]

Hey, can one tell the year model of the tractor by the serial # on a LS tractor like you can with a auto?
Thks Jack

 

[GManBart]

Dealers might have access to something, but I've never seen anybody publish a way to decode the serial number. Tractors don't really have a model year like cars do...they might make the identical model for several years, so they don't need to have a year code in them like the VIN on a car.

 

[jacob59]

Dealers might have access to something, but I've never seen anybody publish a way to decode the serial number. Tractors don't really have a model year like cars do...they might make the identical model for several years, so they don't need to have a year code in them like the VIN on a car.

Ok, Thanks.
Jack

 

[Guesseral]

The old fords did have a way to tell the year or real close. It was from xxxxx number to xxxxx number was this year and from xxxxx number to xxxxx number was the next year and so on. Look how long they made all those N's hundreds and 01"s they had to have some way of knowing where they belonged ish!

I don't know about the new ones but they probably have something like that at least.

 

[jacob59]

The old fords did have a way to tell the year or real close. It was from xxxxx number to xxxxx number was this year and from xxxxx number to xxxxx number was the next year and so on. Look how long they made all those N's hundreds and 01"s they had to have some way of knowing where they belonged ish!

I don't know about the new ones but they probably have something like that at least.

Hey Guesseral, yeah I agree. On my Ford 4600 and 8N I can reference the model # and it gives me engine type, fuel type, transmission type and of course the year production. There has to be some way to referance and determine year prouduction. Are there any dealers out there that can give us some valid information on this matter?
Thks Jack

 

[GManBart]

Hey Guesseral, yeah I agree. On my Ford 4600 and 8N I can reference the model # and it gives me engine type, fuel type, transmission type and of course the year production. There has to be some way to referance and determine year prouduction. Are there any dealers out there that can give us some valid information on this matter?
Thks Jack

That just isn't how it's done now. People have asked the question before....no answers. Why do you think none of the big brands publish this now?

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/ls-tractors/307954-serial-number-help.html

 

[Guesseral]

There just isn't any reason to shoot someone down, if they want to ask the question what harm will it cause they may just ask the right person and get an answer. I am sure that the information is out there in the same manor as it used to be. Every tractor, car, truck, or widget for that matter has a serial number and the manufacturers know to some reasonable period of time when it was made. Getting the manufacturer to share that information could prove to be difficult at best or maybe the question just hasn't reached the right place yet.

Why do I think none of the big brands publish this now, maybe because not all of the units made in a year are sold in that year so now they are the next model year since there were no changes being made anyways. Heck I don't know we can all make any assumption we want to it doesn't make them right!

 

[GManBart]

There just isn't any reason to shoot someone down, if they want to ask the question what harm will it cause they may just ask the right person and get an answer. I am sure that the information is out there in the same manor as it used to be. Every tractor, car, truck, or widget for that matter has a serial number and the manufacturers know to some reasonable period of time when it was made. Getting the manufacturer to share that information could prove to be difficult at best or maybe the question just hasn't reached the right place yet.

Why do I think none of the big brands publish this now, maybe because not all of the units made in a year are sold in that year so now they are the next model year since there were no changes being made anyways. Heck I don't know we can all make any assumption we want to it doesn't make them right!

Nobody is shooting anybody down, and nobody said they can't ask the question. It's just that comparing it to old iron isn't a comparison at all.

The reality is that serial numbers for older tractors like the ones mentioned normally became available after they were no longer in production. In many cases many years after they were out of production. Cars have a code to include the model year in the VIN, and it's a standardized format, so anybody who understands it can look and tell the year instantly.

As you know, tractors don't have model years the way cars do, so that same kind of system wouldn't work the same way. Dealers will obviously have a database to check when a machine was produced, but for whatever reason, the manufacturers don't seem to want it public.

If someone wants to know when their machine was manufactured, the only likely way to find that out is to call/visit their dealer, and ask the parts/service people to look it up...maybe bring donuts

 

[murphy1244]

Kioti uses a alphabet code for year made.

 

[Guesseral]

Yes you are correct the older tractor serial number information did come out long after there production, and the published information if I am not mistaken was from a private source, can't believe I forgot to include that info. So basically we agree.

 

[GManBart]

Kioti uses a alphabet code for year made.

Has anybody explained/decoded it publicly?

 

[GManBart]

Yes you are correct the older tractor serial number information did come out long after there production, and the published information if I am not mistaken was from a private source, can't believe I forgot to include that info. So basically we agree.

If enough people got their dealer to tell them what year their machine was, and we pooled the responses, we might be able to do the same thing, or at least start to narrow it down.

 

[murphy1244]

Has anybody explained/decoded it publicly?

Yes..Thats how I heard about it.

 

[GManBart]

The serial number for my R4047 was 2106012661.

Edit to add: I ordered it in December of 2012, and it was delivered in Jan of 2013, but I have no idea of knowing how long it was at the distribution facility in NC, or how long it was on a ship from Korea before that. I guess it's possible it was made in 2011, but more likely 2012.

 

[ozley]

Here is the tag on my 5030

 

[jacob59]

If enough people got their dealer to tell them what year their machine was, and we pooled the responses, we might be able to do the same thing, or at least start to narrow it down.

Bingo GManBart. I'm looking ahead, say 5 years from now. I want to sell my tractor. I list on the common mediums one advertise farm equipment on. I have a intrested, serious buyer. They would like to know the year of this tractor, and all I can tell them is that I bought it what I thought was new in the year xxxx.
That won't fly in my neck of the woods.
Jack

 

[GManBart]

Bingo GManBart. I'm looking ahead, say 5 years from now. I want to sell my tractor. I list on the common mediums one advertise farm equipment on. I have a intrested, serious buyer. They would like to know the year of this tractor, and all I can tell them is that I bought it what I thought was new in the year xxxx.
That won't fly in my neck of the woods.
Jack

Why not just call your dealer and ask them? You would have had the answer two days ago, and you'd know it was correct.

If you later go to sell it, and they don't believe what you tell them, give them the serial #, and they can call an LS dealer, or contact LS themselves. Nothing we're going to come up with here is official, so it always comes back to contacting the manufacturer, or a dealer.

 

[GManBart]

Here is the tag on my 5030

When did you buy it?

 

[ozley]

When did you buy it?

Spring of 2011 I can't say for sure but I think it had at sticker that had a 2010 built date on the cab I'll check when home.

 

[HarryN]

The serial number for my R4047 was 2106012661.

Wonder if they use the Gregorian calendar method. (or a coded variation of it)
If so, your serial number reads it was made on the 106th day of 2012.
Our company uses it, so customers have no idea how to figure it out. I do not like that approach!