About the only thing that wears out early on the 50 and 70 series tractor's is the clutch.
AKfish
Akfish -- I'm also looking at tractors in this size/price range.. What is the cost approximately to replace the clutch on these?
One last thing, I just went to close the browser window I opened TractorData.com John Deere 870 tractor information to take a peek at the specs on the 870 and I noticed that it says that the 870 was made from 1989 - 1998.
Something is wrong, it can not be a 1985 870???