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G-MAN
03-20-2003 07:35:42
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Re: What is considered a low/high hour tractor? in reply to Dennis, 03-20-2003 06:45:44
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It depends on the tractor and what it's used for. If it's a chore tractor, it wouldn't be uncommon for it to be used 1000-1200 hours a year or more. If it's a field tractor, it could be run 12-14 hours a day, but only 50 days a year. There are areas of the country where the farm around the clock - one guy gets out and another gets in. They only shut down long enough for repairs or routine service. Regardless of the model or usage, what is far more important is how the tractor has been maintained. I've seen 10,000 hour tractors that I'd buy before some that I've seen that only had 5000 hours. Another prime consideration is that when you're dealing with tractors with mechanical hour meters, true hours are only registered at rated RPM. If the guy puts around at 1000 or 1500 rpm the majority of the time, the tractor will actually have far more hours than what is indicated on the hourmeter. In these parts (large row-crop farms), the average usage seems to be around 500-600 hours per year on big field tractors. Most of the 4955s we see will have in the neighborhood of 5000-6000 hours. 4640s and 4840s around here will usually have 8000-10,000 hours. Figuring off of 500 hours a year, the 4840s should have more hours, but a lot of them have been replaced as the big field tractor, and are used more for general farm work and yard work. We have some 8000s in the 5000 hour range, but those are mostly early ones that are the same age as the later 4960s. I don't put much stock in real low-houred tractors. Most of them have sat too long at a time without running, haven't been used hard enough to be broken in, and generally will cause more problems than they're worth.
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