Re: Need some help deciding on an old tractor...

Posted by Nat on June 27, 2005 at 05:09:43 from (64.80.110.47):

In Reply to: Need some help deciding on an old tractor... posted by Jeff Bond on June 26, 2005 at 23:53:23:

The A has a PTO, but no 3pt hitch and no hydraulics. Hydraulics are not even an option on a plain old A. Some people have cobbed on an old power steering pump and driven it off the crankshaft pulley for hydraulics, but unless you have metal fabrication skills and the tools to do it right, I would not recommend it. Cob-jobs usually are more trouble than they're worth, with belts flying off at the worst times and junk. Plus they just look bad. Never seen someone do a power steering pump on an A yet that didn't look like it was held on with 2x4s, duct tape, and chewing gum...

So... Anything on an A will be hand lift. You'd need a small, and I mean SMALL, tow-behind bush hog.

Plus, $1800 seems awful steep for just a plain old A. You could probably get a Super A, C, or Super C, all of which have hydraulics and a belly lift, for the same or less. Your uncle is crazy if he thinks he can get MORE out of a non-relative. $1800 is an A in top running condition with a nice paint job.

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