I have owned a FORD 545 Skip Loader for the past 10 years, the one thing about FORD Tractors that CAT and CASE really can't claim,,,is that FORD is made simple...(-;When I bought my FORD 545 I knew nothing about Tractors, and I got screwed, I paid $17,000.00 for my tractor from Staben Equipment Co. in Oxnard Calif.in 1994... Being I Firewood Guy, I know equipment, but I did not know tractors, I very soon descovered that I had been had...)-; So rather then going back to Staben Equipment, I called the local John Deer Dealership and theywere quite helpful and got me into contact with Burchtold Equipment in Bakersfield Calif. I then ordered a full set of parts and service manuals for my tractor,the very first thing we had to do was a compleat engine rebuild,then the power stearing slave cilinders were braking on me right and left... When I bought my FORD Tractor, I knew nothing of Tractors,,,But now, I are a FORD Tractor Micknic...(-; I am now in the process of buying a FORD Backhoe Model # D5011K, a very clean machine 110hrs on a new inframe,new trans,new brakes and the rear end has just been gone through...(-; But even so, Burchtold is sending me a compleat set of Parts and service manuals for the Tractor and the detachable Backhoe...(-; The FORD Tractoe experiance, also helped me to better understand Tractor Basic's, and prepared me for the CAT D2-RU Old CAT's were made simple too...(-; So Smile, that The Lord pointed you over to a good old FORD that you can aford to fix by yourself at home...(-;
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