New John Deere Owner

[Ron JD670]

Hello
My brother convinced me I needed a tractor for my 4.5 acre rock pile. My back when I moved the fire wood in for Christmas confirmed the matter.

I found a JD670 with 40 hours that had been covered and or barned most of it's life with FEL, PH auger, and rake. They delivered just before christmas and I have been creating a mess since then getting used to the tools. Almost took out the gate I was trying to improve the clearance on. Found out that the football size rocks are as much a problem for the PH auger as for me by hand.

Had to make a contraption to hang the auger on before I could get it off the 3 pt as I sure did not want to take it appart again. Had fun making a contraption to Hang a 200# roll of fencing wire from the FEL . Treated it like a paper towel roller with some chain and a piece of pipe. I rolled out 150 feet without a pinched finger or stained back. Now I know why I needed a tractor.

I look foward to finding some good ideas here. Will share some pictures when I figure out how.

Best wishes

 

[Muhammad]

Welcome to TBN.

 

[creekbend]

Good to have you aboard. There is an informative JD forum here on TBN that may interest you.:tractor:

 

[RoyJackson]

Welcome to TBN!!!

A 670 with 40 hours!!!!! 40 hours??

My first tractor was a 670. Great little machine!!
They put out about 20 Engine HP and 17 PTO HP which will be a good fit for your 4.5 acres (it was for my 2.5 acres).
I ran a 60" rear finishing mower (a BEFCO that was sold with the tractor) and 60" Land Pride rotary cutter. The mower did fine...the cutter bogged the tractor down a bit, now and then.

BTW, the 670 begat the 790 and current 3005...so there's still a lot of 670 heritage.

 

[TripleR]

Welcome to TBN.:thumbsup:

 

[Briana03]

WELCOME to TBN

I moved your thread to the John Deere Owning/Operating Forum.

 

[psdx]

A John Deere 670 with 40 hours is a rare find - will be watching for the pictures. A couple of years ago I bought a 4wd Kubota B8200 with 42 hours. It was like stepping through a time warp - old and new at the same time. Welcome to TBN!

 

[Ron JD670]

psdx
Thank you for the warm welcome. Yea I did not want to pay buy new and the few used units I found were realy used hard. The prior owner of the 670 was a machinist and he and his son both bought 670s. The son had 400 hours and the dad had 40. I could not pass it up. Now everyone thinks I am an Oregon Ducks fan.

I have atached pix of the tractor and the stand for haniging the post hole digger. Note still working on modification for a tripod to make the 3PT easier to hook up on the auger.

 

[Bob77064]

Welcome congrats

 

[Johndeere3720]

Congrats on the 670 and :welcome: to TBN! One of my friends has a 670 with over 2000 hours and it's still running strong. :thumbsup:

 

[hosspuller]

psdx
Thank you for the warm welcome. Yea I did not want to pay buy new and the few used units I found were realy used hard. The prior owner was a machinist and he and his son both bought 670s. The son had 400 hours and the dad had 40. I could not pass it up. Now everyone thinks I am an Oregon Ducks fan.

I have atached pix of the tractor and the stand for haniging the post hole digger. Note still working on modification for a tripod to make the 3PT easier to hook up on the auger.

Very cool .. Was the post hole auger stand built using a saw horse kit? If so ... clever !

 

[Ron JD670]

Very cool .. Was the post hole auger stand built using a saw horse kit? If so ... clever !

Hosspuller
Thank you for the COOL
You are correct. I had the saw horse kit sitting around from a prior project and I had 4 inch X 1/4 bolts on hand so I drilled through both sides of the saw horse clamp and the 2X6 header, added some large washers and and nylock nuts to make sure the clamp could not release. I did not want to depend only on wood screws, when my neck was on the line. I trimmed the header bottom so the legs would spread at the bottom and used some old chain to hang from the header with a simple hook on the other side. I then added some old garden hose over the chain to avoid damaging the old paint and rust on the auger. My only regret was not making the header a bit longer as it is hard to get in to take the auger bit off and on.