One Tractor To Do It All?

MossRoad · Monday at 8:36 AM

bsekf said:
Keep in mind that with one tractor and a bunch of equipment for it, you will be changing equipment often and it not easy unless you have a helper.

It takes less than 15 seconds to change an unpowered implement on our PowerTrac and you don't have to leave the operator's seat. Powered implements take about 30 seconds longer because you have to disconnect a couple hydraulic hoses.

I have changed implements 30-40 times a day on our little PT switching between ripper, buckets, forks, mowers, etc...

On standard equipment, quick attach systems like skid steer mount on FEL arms and quick hitch or I match systems on 3 point make it a lot easier.

oldtimer 66 · Wednesday at 6:59 PM

WinterDeere said:
That's interesting. I was convinced all three of my JD CUT's have had Yanmar engines, but now you're making me doubt that assumption: 750, 855, 3033R.

In fact, I think the 750 was a Yanmar tractor, just wearing green paint and decals. It was a solid little machine, but lacked a removable loader and had 4wd with no power steering (oof!). My elbows still hurt, remembering using that machine as a loader.

In 1987 when I bought my new JD 750 it cost $12,200. It had the power steering, the 60" MMM and the front 59" snow blower and it was powered by the 3 cylinder Yanmar engine. That was it. In 2006 I traded it in for my current tractor the compact JD 4320. The 750 was 19 years old with approx. 1400 hrs on it and they gave me $8000 on the trade in. Which I thought was very good. The only other accessory I had for it was a back blade. Without a live PTO and no rear remote, it was not a very flexible tractor.

WinterDeere · Thursday at 12:12 AM

oldtimer 66 said:
In 1987 when I bought my new JD 750 it cost $12,200. It had the power steering, the 60" MMM and the front 59" snow blower and it was powered by the 3 cylinder Yanmar engine. That was it. In 2006 I traded it in for my current tractor the compact JD 4320. The 750 was 19 years old with approx. 1400 hrs on it and they gave me $8000 on the trade in. Which I thought was very good. The only other accessory I had for it was a back blade. Without a live PTO and no rear remote, it was not a very flexible tractor.

I suspect you might be remembering a 755, not a 750, but I could be wrong. I think the 750/850 were only sold up thru 1985, and then replaced with the 755 and 855 in 1986. I remember this because my 855 was actually a 1986 model year, one of the first off the line. I think my 750 was a 1978 model year, but that's a long time back to remember now.

The 750's I remember were all clutch and gearbox without power steering, and I'd never seen a front snowblower for one of them, but maybe I just missed that. The 755/855 had hydro trans, power steering, and the front snowblower with mid-PTO was a popular accessory for them.

Another big difference between the x50's and x55's, was operator access. Getting on and off of a 750 wearing a front-end loader was a job for a contortionist, not something you'd want to do past age 40, whereas the x55's were easy step on/off.