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Re: Green Guy thinking of red 856
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Posted by Hugh MacKay on October 06, 2003 at 03:28:37 from (209.226.247.10):
In Reply to: Green Guy thinking of red 856 posted by H on October 05, 2003 at 19:02:06:
H: I have owned 16 farmalls in my farming days, most of them bought new or less than 1,500 hours and while I never had an 856, having monitored this forum now close to 4 years, I would have to say 856 is without question the toughest tractor IH ever built. Some of them now have close to 25,000 to 30,000 hours on them. Not a lot of tractors any color ever see that kind of use or hours of use. Most of the problems with TA were operator problems not TA problems. Get a set of manuals. The mid 50s on into the 60 spelled the end of reading the manual if all else fails.
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