Posted by dhermesc on March 03, 2009 at 05:35:19 from (24.248.193.103):
In Reply to: 240 utility questions posted by gonecountry on March 02, 2009 at 19:56:19:
The auxilary hydraulic controls are rare - especially two - on the utility models. I've never seen one in person with even one, and only a few pictures of a 240 utility with one. They will give you live hydraulics, but the reserve tank on a 240 is quite small so you're pretty limited on what it will operate. A cylinder on a mower it can do - putting a loader on it will tax both the reserve and the pump's power. On the plus side every 240 utility I've ever seen had power steering (standard?), on the down side you really don't need it since the tractor is so light and very few had loaders mounted on them. The 4 cylinder engine is very easy on gas - but then we never worked ours very hard at anything - mainly haying and an auger power unit.
Power wise you're looking at 24-27 hp, more in line with a C than an H in power. Our 240 was the first tractor I ever drove (picking up hay bales) with the power steering and easy clutch it wasn't to hard for a 6 year old to handle.
The other thing I remember about them is that they are very SLOW - great for moving around a field with preteens picking up bales of hay, but "road gear" at 12 mph (at best) seems to add a lot of time to getting anywhere. Raking hay with them seemed to take forever too since 4th was too fast and 3rd was way to slow.
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