Suburban600
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- Joined
- Jul 23, 2004
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- 73
- Tractor
- Farmtrac 60
My tractor is a 2003 Farmtrac 60. I've owned it since new. I bought it because I wanted a simple easy to work on tractor. I have about 620 hours on the tractor but they are hard hours clearing land, building roads, digging a pond, and clearing trails in my wood lot. I intend to work it a lot harder supplying/moving my new sawmill.
Here's a list of the repairs I've made to date.
1. Punched a hole through the right rear tire on a stob. Bolted in a boot. Then had a commercial boot installed. Fixed.
2. Punched a hole though my radiator screen and almost punched a hole in my radiator (the branch left a nice mark on the radiator). Replaced the screen. Fixed.
3. Replaced the left front axle control arm bolt with a grade 8 bolt. OEM stretched. Fixed.
4. Went through the whole clogged tank screen episode. Easy fix. Fixed.
5. Battery wasn't charging. Replaced bulb in dash. Episode somewhere here in forums. Fixed.
6. Had my power steering ram rebuilt and had new hoses made. I run 303 hydro in the power steering and in the main hydro. Fixed.
7. Most recent. TPG held my hand through "oiling up the fuel injection pump". Got it working again. Fixed.
My attachments.
SQ 72 bushog ... Keep and keep welding it up (would not have a bush hog without a clutch)
Dearborn disc plow, lots of welded repairs... Keep
Chain on forks ... Keep
Old bush and bog disk ... Keep welding it up
No Name Box blade ... Keep
HF PTO generator ... Sell (The old ford design engine is just too noisy, and PTO gen power is too dirty, gen works fine but I like portables better...keeps tractor free)
New capstan style hydro forestry skidding winch...right sized for my 20 year old pines. Not yet evaluated.
Here's a list of the repairs I've made to date.
1. Punched a hole through the right rear tire on a stob. Bolted in a boot. Then had a commercial boot installed. Fixed.
2. Punched a hole though my radiator screen and almost punched a hole in my radiator (the branch left a nice mark on the radiator). Replaced the screen. Fixed.
3. Replaced the left front axle control arm bolt with a grade 8 bolt. OEM stretched. Fixed.
4. Went through the whole clogged tank screen episode. Easy fix. Fixed.
5. Battery wasn't charging. Replaced bulb in dash. Episode somewhere here in forums. Fixed.
6. Had my power steering ram rebuilt and had new hoses made. I run 303 hydro in the power steering and in the main hydro. Fixed.
7. Most recent. TPG held my hand through "oiling up the fuel injection pump". Got it working again. Fixed.
My attachments.
SQ 72 bushog ... Keep and keep welding it up (would not have a bush hog without a clutch)
Dearborn disc plow, lots of welded repairs... Keep
Chain on forks ... Keep
Old bush and bog disk ... Keep welding it up
No Name Box blade ... Keep
HF PTO generator ... Sell (The old ford design engine is just too noisy, and PTO gen power is too dirty, gen works fine but I like portables better...keeps tractor free)
New capstan style hydro forestry skidding winch...right sized for my 20 year old pines. Not yet evaluated.