Buying Advice Is this even a 445?

[Andrew1001]

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[American50]

so pardon my ignorance and I will try my best to describe things.

I am not sure if this tractor has a clutch. It has a two-pedal brake and one pedal behind the brake pedals that you use with your heel and that's the acceleration pedal. There is a throttle lever that's behind the steering wheel on the right-hand side. There is a Forward - Neutral - Reverse level on the left-hand side and then there is a lever in the middle that's for gear selections. I did not see a clutch pedal unless its there and I missed it. I test drove it but all I had to do was put it in forward.

A little background. I purchased my dream home last year and then made a stupid decision of buying a brand new Massey Furgeson GC1710. I really like my 1710 but its too small for what I want to do. I want to clear few more acres of my land and move a really long 3 ft wide rock wall. needless to say that Massey is just not build for this kind of work and I won't even want to try. I thought about renting a dozer and a skid steer for a week but then came across this machine. I am really interested in buying it vs renting and just keeping this machine for tasks that require a lot of power such as moving rocks, moving lots of firewood around and perhaps plowing my .25 mile driveway. Is this the right machine for what I am hoping to do with it?

is it possible that this unit had a backhoe and the owner sold it? Can I add my own 3pt hitch if needed? I was hoping to use a rear blade in winter to plow my 1/4 mile driveway. My MF GC1710 can barely move 10 feet if it snows 6+ inches and I have a 5 ft blade .

Also there are no active leaks but the engine does have this black dirt/grime/oil on it. Is that normal or is that a red flag? The owner had me touch the machine to confirm that it was ice cold and started it for me. It started fast and compared to my GC1710, it feels like I am operating a crane.


thank you so much for putting up with my silly questions . This forum is awesome!!

The transmission is manual, but there is a torque converter that allows you to shift from reverse to forward with the steering column mounted shift reverser. Its like an automatic transmission, but its an automatic shifting mechanism. So you don't have a "true clutch" pedal, as you don't need it with the torque converter that takes the place of a clutch. The black dirt/grime is normal from doing works. I would pressure wash the engine/transmission and rear axle and then look for any leaks while its running. I have a 545D and I love it. Its a real workhorse and it's reliable.