Sorry Clem, I should have said 4000 - 20 series (ie 4120, 4320,4520, and 4720). These are the ones with the American-made JD Powertech engines. Also, my 4120 has been completely trouble-free in the 5 years I have owned it, proving to me once again, just like all my Chevy trucks have, that Americans still build fine-quality products. I will admit there are some sub-par products produced here, such as my wife's Ford Windstar van that basically self-destructed electronically after (5) years and which she replaced with a Toyota (for some reason, Chevy stopped making mini-vans). Chevy trucks and John Deere tractors have never let me or the last (3) generations of my family down and I have no reason to think they ever will. My 2000 3/4-ton Silverado still runs like it did when new, as does my grandad's 1950 JD M.
Farm tractor models to avoid
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knightrider955
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The older Oliver Row crops are pretty tough. Stay away from the kubota L210. They only made it in 72 and 73 and only imported them in the US in 73. Motor parts are obsolete. Ive heard Farmtracs are hard to get parts for too.
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Yep, anything with MF
j/k....
I would avoid the Chinese tractors. Lots of risk of the company not being there to stand behind them in the future and horrible resale value.
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The very very early ones did have issues -- 50 years ago. Those issues have been fixed many moons ago, if you get one made in the late 1960's to early 1970's or newer they are as reliable as any other power shift.
Not that a guy with my handle would know about them at all:laughing:
Dargo - Yeah the Rusty Rusky tractors were nothing but problems around here too. One guy I know had a leak from a casting -- factory had slathered on body putty to cover voids that went the thickness of the axle housing! They still come up for sale for real cheap. When I see that, I think "poor sucker!"