My Branson sat out in field about 4 yrs before I bought it, got shredder and blade with it,I knew I would probably need to replace some major parts, tractor was parked where it stopped and wouldn’t start for owner. I am fortunate my brother is a diesel man and got tractor started, I changed oil and all filters, ran tractor for about 2 years before I drove tree branch through radiator, then had to replace PTO shaft because tiller I bought was 8 spline to 6 spline and didnt use shear bolt, I took shredder gear box to machine shop had 8 spline rounded smooth and hole drilled to accept shear bolt, still working today,then July 2016 had to replace cylinder head, head gasket, exhaust gasket, intake gaskets, water pump gaskets, and seals on button of injectors. My brother did the work. The PTO Shaft was $210 and head and gaskets was $1635 and Brother did work.Radiator was about $400 with fan and I did work. I have loader on tractor with power beyond , I installed fel, I installed thumb from Green’s Machine Shop. The tractor is a 2910i I believe it to be about 2008 model. I gave $2000 for tractor in 2013. I knew I would probably need to replace head as it rust would be involved. I believe it was fair price for non running tractor.
